John Frostbrug - "De brug bij Arnhem"

De Arnhemse Rijnbrug was het doelwit van Operatie Market Garden, waarmee de geallieerden in september 1944 het Ruhrgebied wilden binnentrekken.

De John Frostbrug (Nederlandse John Frostbrug, voorheen Rijnbrug) is een verkeersbrug over de Nederrijn, de noordwestelijke arm van de Rijn in de Rijn-Maasdelta, in de Nederlandse stad Arnhem. De brug was het onderwerp van de Slag van 1944 Arnhem als onderdeel van Operatie Market Garden. het werd genoemd 1978 naar de Britse generaal-majoor John Frost (1912-1993).

"As part of the 1st Allied Airborne Army, the 1st British Airborne Division was deposed near Arnhem on 17 September 1944 (Action Market) .It was tasked to occupy the bridge over the Lower Rhine near Arnhem and thus the advancing ground forces ( Action Garden) to enable the passage across the Rhine to German heartland commanded by the unit of John Dutton, called "Johnny" Frost.
The commemorative plaque on the city end of the bridge recalls the events surrounding the heroic defense of the bridge by the Frost Division.
Inscription:
"On September 17, 1944, the 1st British Airborne Division landed about 8 miles west of Arnhem with the aim of forming a bridgehead in the north of the Lower Rhine.
The 2nd Battalion, the paratrooper group, fought its way to Arnhem and occupied the buildings from which this bridge could be controlled. Here they came across other parts of their division.
For 3 days and 4 nights, the bridge was held up against units of the 2nd SS Panzer Corps until after all the ammunition had been used up and all the buildings destroyed, a small group of invaders were overwhelmed. The unit's courageous defense, cut off by enemy activity from the rest of the division, had a significant impact on leading the campaign in Holland and delaying German rebuilding efforts to secure the river crossings at Grave and Nijmegen.
In commemoration of the heroes of the First British Airborne Division, who by their sacrifice initiated the liberation of the Netherlands, the province of Gelderland has commissioned this commemorative plaque on behalf of the grateful population of the province. "
Frost regularly visited the former combat area around Arnhem. On September 16, 1978, the bridge over the Rhine near Arnhem was renamed "John Frost Bridge" in his presence in his honor. "Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Frost#John-Frost-Br.C3 .BCcke