Editing Arnhem (section)

=== World War II ===
{{Main|Battle of Arnhem}}
During the German occupation ([[World War II]]), the occupiers operated a subcamp of the [[Herzogenbusch concentration camp]] in the city.<ref>{{cite book|last=Megargee|first=Geoffrey P.|year=2009|title=The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume I|publisher=Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum|page=820|isbn=978-0-253-35328-3}}</ref>

[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-S73820, Arnheim, britische Gefangene.jpg|thumb|left|Battle of Arnhem]]
During [[Operation Market Garden]] (September 1944), the [[1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom)|British 1st Airborne Division]], under the command of [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] [[Roy Urquhart]], and the [[1st Independent Parachute Brigade (Poland)|Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade]] were given the task of securing the [[bridge]] at Arnhem.

[[Glider infantry]] and [[paratrooper]] units were landed into the area on 17 September and later.  The bulk of the force was dropped rather far from the bridge and never met their objective.  A small element of the British 1st Airborne, the [[2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment|2nd Parachute Battalion]] under [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant Colonel]] [[John Frost (British Army officer)|John D. Frost]], managed to make its way as far as the bridge but was unable to secure both sides. The British troops encountered stiff resistance from the German [[9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen|9th]] and [[10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg|10th SS Panzer Division]]s, which had been stationed in and around the city.

[[File:John Frostbrug 2017.jpg|thumb|The [[John Frost Bridge]], seen from the Airborne memorial]]
The British force at the bridge eventually ran out of ammunition and was captured on 21 September, and a full withdrawal of the remaining forces was made on 26 September. These events were dramatized in the 1977 movie ''[[A Bridge Too Far (1977 film)|A Bridge Too Far]]''. (The bridge scenes in the movie were shot in [[Deventer]], where a similar bridge over the [[IJssel]] was available, as the area around Arnhem bridge had changed too much to represent WWII-era Arnhem). As a tribute, the rebuilt bridge was renamed '[[John Frost Bridge]]' after the commander of the paratroopers. The official commemoration is 17 September.

The current bridge is the third almost-identical bridge built at the same spot. The [[Dutch Army]] destroyed the first bridge when the [[German Army (Wehrmacht)|German Army]] [[Battle of the Netherlands|invaded the Netherlands]] in 1940. The second bridge was destroyed by the [[United States Army Air Forces]] shortly after the 1944 battle.