British / Allied Personnel having their first drink in Nijmegen after their evacuation from the German encirclement in Arnhem - September 1944
Captain Jan Linzel (second from left) is a member of the Royal Netherlands Navy attached to No 10 Commando.
During the night of September 25-26 1944, “Operation Berlin” took place with the intention of evacuating the survivors of the British 1st Airborne Division trapped in the Arnhem area which were surrounded on three sides by superior German forces.
The operation evacuated around 2,400 Personnel, thus ending Operation Market Garden.
IWM HU 5417
