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20-09-2019 Arnhem Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven during the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem.
The royals attend the memorial meeting in the Eusebiuskerk and walked along in the silent journey to the Airborneplein where wreaths were laid.
Soldiers and veterans salute the British and Polish veterans who fought during the Battle of Arnhem in 1944.
The evening ends at the John Frost Bridge with "Bridge to Liberation", a show in which personal stories are told with music, dance and film.

Operation Market Garden, of which the Battle of Arnhem was a part, was one of the largest land and air operations during the Second World War. In September 1944, British, American and Polish troops tried to cross the Rhine and push back the German occupiers. The operation failed. 90,000 people had to evacuate. Arnhem was in ruins. Eventually the city was not liberated until April 1945.

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