Operation Berlin (Arnhem)
Operation Berlin (25–26 September 1944) was a night-time evacuation of the remnants of the beleagred 1st. British Airborne Division, trapped in German occupied territory north of the Lower Rhine in the Netherlands]. The aim of the operation was to safely withdraw the remnants of the division, surrounded on three sides by superior German forces and in danger of being encircled and destroyed. The operation successfully evacuated approximately 2,400 men and effectively ended Operation Market Garden, the Allies WWII plan to cross the Rhine and end the Second World War by the end of the year. The surviving Glider Pilots were ordered to lay a white tape through the woods, leading from the Perimeter, the grounds of the Hartenstein Hotel, to Driel, where the Canadian Royal Engineers were waiting with smalll boats to ferry them to safety across the Rhine.
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