Arnhem 1944: The Forgotten Polish Paratroopers Who Changed History

First Polish Independent Parachute Brigade was to land on Drop Zone K South of Arnhem Bridge on the 19th of September , take the southern end and then help reinforce the men of the First Airborne Division who would have taken the northern end of the bridge.

However, as the situation developed and Lieutenant Colonel Frost and his Second Battalion being the only battalion to make it to the.

northern end, this information was relayed back to the United Kingdom and as such the plan changed for Sosabowski .

Major General Sosabowski 's mission lay to the north of the town, and that was to capture the ferry that would then take them to Usterbeck , enabling them to reinforce the men of the First Airborne Division that were surrounded in the perimeter there.

The ferryman who controlled the ferry here realised that there were Germans on that opposite Bank of the Rhine .

So he made the decision himself to prevent the ferry from falling into German hands.

The Poles of drill are very much part of the drill story and are honoured in drill.

The Polish forces now here in drill are commemorated and their commanding officer, Major General Stanislaw Sosabowski , are honoured on just about every St. St. Mary's every day.

And there are Polish airborne flags hanging from every lamppost and on all the houses.