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<blockquote data-quote="emilioteles" data-source="post: 1737010" data-attributes="member: 3144">&quot;A bridge Too far&quot; <img src="https://scontent-mia.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/10931486_646779722118490_1902285165685531589_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Two soldiers watch as 'Cromwell' tanks of the Guards Armoured Division of the 2nd Armoured Recon Battalion the Welsh Guards cross Nijmegen bridge in the Netherlands, Thursday, the 17th of September 1944.This bridge was located approximately ten miles from Arnhem and was described by General Eisenhower as a ‘valuable prize’.It marked the entry point to the flat piece of land that divided the River Waal from the Lower Rhine, which was called ‘the Island’. The exposed single road north often proved to be a bottleneck as vehicles were vulnerable to enemy fire.This image is one of a series colourised by Tom Marshall for a new book by Trevor Royle on the history of the Welsh Guards 1915-2015. 'Bearskins, Bayonets &amp; Body Armour' is available to purchase now from Pen and Sword Books at half price here; <a href="http://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/welshguards" target="_blank">http://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/welshguards</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="emilioteles, post: 1737010, member: 3144"] "A bridge Too far" [IMG]https://scontent-mia.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/10931486_646779722118490_1902285165685531589_o.jpg[/IMG] Two soldiers watch as 'Cromwell' tanks of the Guards Armoured Division of the 2nd Armoured Recon Battalion the Welsh Guards cross Nijmegen bridge in the Netherlands, Thursday, the 17th of September 1944. This bridge was located approximately ten miles from Arnhem and was described by General Eisenhower as a ‘valuable prize’. It marked the entry point to the flat piece of land that divided the River Waal from the Lower Rhine, which was called ‘the Island’. The exposed single road north often proved to be a bottleneck as vehicles were vulnerable to enemy fire. This image is one of a series colourised by Tom Marshall for a new book by Trevor Royle on the history of the Welsh Guards 1915-2015. 'Bearskins, Bayonets & Body Armour' is available to purchase now from Pen and Sword Books at half price here; [url]http://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/welshguards[/url] [/QUOTE]

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