British soldiers on Hell's Highway

 

The 5th day of Operation Market Garden: The advance of the Allied forces slowed to a full stop as the Nazis cut the road from Eindhoven to Nijmegen, nicknamed Hell Highway.
In this Hell Highway photo, British soldiers with the Bren machine gun guard a long convoy of SUVs from a possible German attack.



Location: Netherlands
Image Date: September 21, 1944

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