26th sep.

1944 Underground Romy King, Suus Flipsen, K

Ilse
Vloet
“leaders who do not help the people must be replaced by the people”

Ilse Vloet, Sunday 17th of September

Arnhem attacked by the

allies!

The battle began at half past 11. The Allies

attacked in and around Arnhem. This
includes the towns Oosterbeek, Wolfheze
and Driel. American airborne troops were
dropped in the Netherlands to keep the
bridges safe - this delayed the allies attack.

In the most northern part of Arnhem one

airborne landed. In the attempt to capture the
bridge on the river the Nederrijn. The first
part of the Airborne division landed some
distance from their assigned destination
point. Most of the troops didn’t even come
close to reaching their destination. This
concludes that only few have actually landed
where they had been commanded to. XXX
The landing of the first part of the airborne division
corps couldn’t help this unfortunate sitaution.
The airborne divisions route went from the
slag of Nijmegen to the slag of Arnhem. Kirsten Adams, Wednesday the 20th of September

The Allies conquered the Waalburg in Nijm

Suus Flipsen, Tuesday the 19th of September
Brutal End of the
This event happened on the westside of the
village ‘’Lent’’. This action is part of
Operation Market Garden and the goal was
to conquer the Waalbrug and the
Spoorbrug, in Nijmegen. Operation Market
Garden is an ambitious Allied plan to
secure a series of bridges and push into
Germany, hopefully bringing an ultimate
swift end to this war.
After that, Julian Aaron Cook, was given
the assignment to search for boats, but he
didn’t know where to get them from, so
the ‘Waal crossing’ was delayed.
Eventually, 26 boatsarrived, due to the fact
that 6 out of 32 boats were destroyed
during the voyage. The allies won &
pushed back the Germans, our bridges
were conquered!

celabration in The allies first plan was to conquer both The success of the Waal crossing has
bridges on the 17th of September, but they played a crucial role in to finally securing
Eindhoven wanted to keep the Groesbeekse Bos, so the Nijmegen bridge & the operation is
After the liberation and happiness of the general, decided to use less troops for helping us to push our country towards a
yesterday, another round of bombs fell on the the attack. Now this week on the 19th of great liberation. Nijmegen is free and
city of Eindhoven today. The huge victory of September, around 4.00 pm, the British- Germany has suffered a great loss!
the 18th of September wasn’t even processed American fighting groups got into the city,
in our minds, when Germany attacked again. causing a firefight on Keizer There are now plans to build a monument
Lodewijkplein. The British tanks and to represent this wonderful and successful
The city of Eindhoven wasn’t even done armored vehicles exchanged fire with the occurrence, in honor of the two American
celebrating their victory when the rumors German anti-tank guns and infantry dug soldiers: Dr. Huygen and Herman Jansen.
about the Germans started. The German into the Valkhof and Hunner Park, while More information about the construction
army was once again getting much too close the American paratroopers entrenched of this monument will be announced as
to our beautiful city. Big planes appeared themselves in the houses opposite. soon as possible
above the center and bombed our beloved Meanwhile, heavy German artillery fired
city. The vehicles of the British were stuck across the Waal from Lent at the Allied
and exploded because of all the fuel they attackers.
contained. This festive day turned into a real
nightmare. There were fires everywhere and
you could see the fear in everyone's eyes. We
have lost more than 200 people due to this
violence of Germany. This shows us once
again why we can't give up now! We have to
keep fighting until this war has been won!
Do it for you, your family, your country,
your faith and all victims this war has
caused!

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Tuesday the 26th of September
Ilse Vloet, Monday 25th of September
The commence of the withdrawal plan
The latest updates to get you through the day
They say that last night a copy of the
Withdrawal plan was sent to Urquhart via the
river. At 8.00 am Urquhart had radioed that
Thomas had agreed to the plan because he
had little choice and therefor wanted the plan
to start straight away. The airborne forces
would need to stay one more day in the
perimeter. Men were evacuated the whole
day but this didn’t go as smoothly as planned.
This is because there is no official truce, so
this allows the perimeter to sometimes be set
on fire or even be bombed.
This week’s weather report
This week the change between the summer and autumn took place. With soft
temperatures around 13 degrees and barely any wind, you can speak of a perfect late-
summer climate. Below the weather of Eindhoven and its surroundings can be found.
Romy King, 20th of September
Eindhoven From a different perspective
Submitted by correspondent Alan Moorehead
Eindhoven Wednesday last night, the
Germans tried to cut off the British column
at its base. They gathered their tanks around
Eindhoven and tried to wipe out the city
from the air.
“ I had been up near the head of the column
all the afternoon among the para-troops on
Nijmegen and Arnhem on the Rhine. As we
drove back to Eindhoven we had no idea this
new and dangerous threat was opening up in
the rear – except
Underground Issue #10
At 10.00 am the Germans did their
most successful attack on the
perimeter. The Germans arrived with
Tiger tanks. These are tanks that are
very strong. There were also some
counter-attacks by the Netherlands. The Germans attacked these troops who retreated because t
These were very strong attacks that
for a part repulsed the Germans.
Around 21.00 pm heavy rain was
falling and this helped to hide the
Withdrawal plan. This is also the
moment that the bombardment began.
Soon after some of the troops fell
back to the rivers.
Romy King, 22nd of September
Latest submitted news from our allies in En
Mr Churchill returned home from Canada
last night in the queen Mary – the liner
that took him there. He landed at a west
coast port, looking fit wearing the trinity
house uniform, and smoking a cigar. Mrs
Churchill and high-ranking service
officers were with him. It is three weeks
since he left England to meet president
Roosevelt at Quebec. Mr. Churchill will
shortly give another war review to the
house of commons which meets today
after its success.
that here and there you had to run
past flanking air fire on the way”
Roosevelt and Churchill during their 11th
wartime meeting: Quebec conference,
held in Canada from the 16th to 21st of
September.
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 From the Government

The souldiers from the airborne forces on their way to Eindhoven

Time to regroup!
Romy King, Today Monday 25thof September

Today 6000 of our soldiers were taken captured by the Germans and 1000 killed in Arnhem - the remaining’s of the British
airborne division leave Arnhem and are on their way to the Neder Rijn river. They intend to regroup with the British xxx
corps who are also on their way to the river.

“they fight not for lust of

conquest. they fight to end
conquest: they fight to
liberate”
- president Franklin D. Roosevelt
Romy King, Sunday 17th September

One week ago: Reminder of last week

on the 18th the British xxx corps fought their way through a
dedicated German resistance up the main artery road on their
way to Eindhoven. They have finally united with the 101st
airborne forces, who have also landed in Eindhoven and Veghel.

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