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      • ‘Fiva’ website
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71st anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem, 2015

71st anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem, 2015

September 18, 2015
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On this 71st anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem (17-26 September 1944), in which the 1st Airborne Division lost nearly three-quarters of its men, I…

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