11-06-2013, 10:10 AM
All ranks now exhausted - telegram is found
All ranks now exhausted': Desperate telegram that spelled end of A Bridge Too Far battle when 9,000 British paratroops launched bid to break into Germany is found
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Battle of Arnhem was biggest airborne operation in history at the time
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Allied troops were to seize eight bridges in German-held Dutch territory
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But it was to prove too much and Allies were overcome by enemy forces
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Now, the desperate telegram calling for reinforcements has come to light
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"