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Members of 5th Parachute Brigade walk and cycle to Brelingen.
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Gliders of 6th Airlanding Brigade on landing zone near Hamminkeln Station, March 1945.
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Map of Wessel detailing Operation Varsity (Ratio 1: 100,000)
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Map of Wessel including tactical study of the terrain, February 1945
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Map and plan for HQ XVIII Corps, Operation Varsity
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Map of Wessel (Ratio 1: 50,000)
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Final check of maps before assault across the Rhine.
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Aerial photo showing aircraft dropping parachutes carrying containers before men drop.
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Aerial photos showing Dakota with right engine on fire.
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A Horsa glider is unloaded on the landing zone of the Rhine Crossing operation.
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Gliders on the ground after airborne landing in the area of Hamminkeln.
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Aerial photo of Rhine Crossing area.
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Aerial photo of Rhine battle area taken on April 18th, 1945.
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Aerial photo of Issel Bridge, objective of 6 Airlanding Brigade in Rhine Crossing.
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Gliders on the ground after the British airborne landing in Rhine battle area.
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Gliders on the ground after the British airborne landing in the Rhine battle area.
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Aerial photo of the River Rhine and surrounding land.
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Large scale Rhine reheasal. Dakotas fly over drop zone dropping troops and supplies.
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German women search the wreckage of their homes shelled by the Americans.
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Glider troops of the Royal Ulster Rifles dig in at their objective the River Issel.
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Glider pilots with German prisoners near Hamminkeln railway station, March 1945.
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A British para takes the details of one of the first Germans taken prisoner in the Rhine operations.
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