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Please note that some of these men may have died of wounds received on an earlier date. From this road junction follow the N in the direction of Varsseveld along the ringweg. Take the sixth turning on the right, called Romienendijk, and the cemetery is on the right. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on Location Information: Arnhem is in the eastern Netherlands.
Oosterbeek lies 7 Kms west of Arnhem on the road to Wageningen. From the Utrechtseweg, turn on to the Stationsweg heading for Oosterbeek Station. At the railway station, turn right on to Van Limburg Stirumweg. The entrance to the cemetery is a short distance along this road opposite the town cemetery. Historical Information: Following the Normandy landings of June , the Allied advance through northern Europe was extraordinarily rapid and on 11 September , the Second Army entered the Netherlands just south of Eindhoven, the first Allied troops to set foot in the country since its fall in May Their next aim was to cross the Rhine before the Germans had time to reorganise after their recent setbacks, securing crossings over the rivers and canals that stood in their path at Grave, Nijmegen and Arnhem.
On 17 September , the 1st Airborne Division began landing west of Arnhem, but German resistance, bad weather and problems with supplies and reinforcements led to heavy losses, and their objectives were not taken.
