war cemetery war cemetery commonly known commonwealth war graves commission cemetery near netherlands established home graves second world war men buried cemetery allied servicemen killed allied attempt cross rhine liberation city following year men killed battles discovered surrounding area 21st century number people interred cemetery continues grow background september allies launched operation market garden attempt bypass line advance germany industrial operation required 1st seize bridges rivers canals netherlands allowing ground forces advance rapidly netherlands cross tasked securing distant objectives bridges division dropped area september small force able secure road bridge unexpected presence troops meant allies able fully secure objectives days sufficient reinforcement advancing ground forces division withdrawn september days battle allied soldiers killed died wounds captivity battle included men british men men polish 1st men raf supply men men exact number german dead unknown believed additionally believed dutch civilians killed battle cemetery owing allied withdrawal vast majority dead left battlefield buried simple field graves little trenches small mass graves dug germans house aid post battle found graves men garden returned war liberated april grave registration units moved area began locate allied dead small field north offered perpetual loan netherlands government imperial war graves commission commonwealth war graves commission june dead killed liberation buried site cemetery completed february originally graves marked metal crosses replaced german dead buried heroes cemetery near battle german war cemetery war commonwealth war graves commission records graves cemetery commonwealth including british canadian australian new cemetery resting place polish soldiers moved disappointment residents dutch civilians killed fighting commission employees graves unidentified allied men known grave area commemorated memorial evidence battle discovered today bodies allied servicemen airborne cemetery found bodies dutch graves registration staff attempt identify soldier discovered cemetery previously unidentified men awarded victoria_cross battle posthumously men rest cemetery lieutenant 2nd battalion parachute regiment flight lieutenant squadron royal_air_force captain 10th battalion parachute regiment john 2nd known grave commemorated instead memorial major survived battle buried died opposite airborne cemetery civilian graveyard small plot containing graves airmen shot shortly battle home surgeon 16th parachute field ambulance battle wished buried near men death similarly cemetery miles east contains graves thirty killed battle unidentified soldier allied dead interred cemetery men killed flying battle trying escape succumbed wounds later buried civilian netherlands belgium usa men died prisoner war camps battle buried germany airborne commemoration service summer veterans battle detached operations norway returned filming war movie theirs glory attended commemorative event cemetery event continued year attended veterans local residents school children laid flowers graves dead 25th anniversary approached dutch organisers suggest ending ceremony believing battle passed sufficiently history dutch emotionally opposed idea ceremony continues held annually
Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery