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Arnhem

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Arn·hem  (ärnm)
A city of eastern Netherlands on the lower Rhine River east-southeast of Utrecht. In World War II British airborne troops suffered a major defeat here in September 1944. Population: 143,000.
Arnhem [ˈɑːnəm]
n
(Placename) a city in the E Netherlands, capital of Gelderland province, on the Rhine: site of a World War II battle. Pop.: 137 222 (1999 est.)
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Noun1.Arnhem - a city in the central Netherlands on the lower Rhine RiverArnhem - a city in the central Netherlands on the lower Rhine River; site of a battle in 1944 during World War II
Holland, Kingdom of The Netherlands, Nederland, Netherlands, The Netherlands - a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level
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During the battle, immortalised in the 1977 movie A Bridge Too Far, Allied paratroopers battled bravely against Nazi troops to secure Arnhem bridge.
Para's leap into Second World War by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
The Battle of Arnhem has been made famous to younger generations in the 1977 Richard Attenborough film starring Dirk Bogarde, A Bridge Too Far.
Paras remember real cost of Arnhem battle; 'Disastrous' plan in 1944 ... by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
But the Allied offensive at Arnhem in 1944 became, quite literally, the bridge too far.
BATTLE SURVIVAL; Memories recalled by family as veteran dies at 87 by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
 
 
 
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