ARNHEM AIRBORNE ASSAULT
by Simon Smith
Early in the afternoon of 17 Septemebr 1944, as Operation Market Garden begins, glider-borne infantry from the British 1st Air Landing Brigade successfully secure 'DZ-X', the drop zone on Renkum Heath several miles to the west of Arnhem. Overhead, paratroopers from the 1st Parachute Brigade begin their drop from USAAF C-47s.