World War II history writers Al Murray and James Holland follow in the fatal footsteps of the British 4th Parachute Brigade who landed west of Arnhem on 18th September 1944 as part of Operation Market Garden ✅SUBSCRIBE / @ww2walkingtheground " On Tuesday 19th September, with the element of surprise gone, the 156 and 10th battalions of 4th Brigade commanded by Brigadier John "Shan" Hackett were confronting a much more organised German resistance (including from the 9th Panzer division) preventing them from reaching their objective, the high ground on the edge of Arnhem. Forced to retreat, a tunnel under the railway line offered an escape of sorts but on September 20th Hackett and 150 of his men found themselves surrounded in the woods, in the now infamous "Hackett's Hollow" a few hundred metres outside the Oosterbeek perimeter and divisional HQ at the Hartenstein.

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