discussion Operation Market Garden , 20th september 1944 ( redone photos)

[Alan 45]

Operation Market Garden was a plan devised by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, his plan to drop 35,000 British and American troops into Holland to capture the bridges at Eindhoven, Nijmegen and Arnhem in hope of crossing the Rhine into the Ruhr in Germany and taking control of there industry


The plan failed!


The British at Arnhem were supposed to be relieved after two days by the British xxx corps tank brigade but due to ignored intelligence from the Dutch underground that bittricks 2nd ss army was resting in the Arnhem area , the British at Arnhem were surrounded they faced a brutal onslaught


On the 20th September a ceasefire was agreed to let over 200 British and German casualties to taken out of the battlefieldView attachment 116761

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[papa 695]

A great little diorama Alan well built painted and put together on the small base top work

 

[Wendall]

That is fantastic Al. Nice composition, excellent building and painting of all of the component parts. Not to heavily weathered. Looks just right to me.

 

[Guest]

Brilliant mate, and a lot of feeling in that little package too.


Scott

 

[Alan 45]

Cheers guys I appreciate that


I tried to give it a human feel and create a piece of history

 

[spanner570]

Excellent little diorama Alan. Yet packed with plenty to see.......and admire!


Top work.


Ron

 

[eddiesolo]

Nice work Al, looks better without the giant house. Great painting mate, like it very much.

 

[Alan 45]

Cheers guys I appreciate it

Nice work Al, looks better without the giant house. Great painting mate, like it very much.

Now I know why that house came with a beanstalk

 

[Guest]

That is a nice diorama Alan and placing it on the rippled glass, makes it really stand out, but I couldn't help thinking that it was a raft, floating on water But top marks, it captured the scene very well. One of my uncles (mother's youngest brother) was killed at Arnhem, but that was before I was born and I never got to know him.

 

[john i am]

Great work Alan really like this


one to be proud of mate cheers


John

 

[Alan 45]

Cheers guys I appreciate that

That is a nice diorama Alan and placing it on the rippled glass, makes it really stand out, but I couldn't help thinking that it was a raft, floating on water But top marks, it captured the scene very well. One of my uncles (mother's youngest brother) was killed at Arnhem, but that was before I was born and I never got to know him.

quite a few have commented on the glass lol it's my patio table I use it to get some natural light ,

 

[Guest]

Oh!


This a lovely and inspired vignette, Alan!


Polux

 

[Alan 45]

Great work Alan really like this
one to be proud of mate cheers


John

I'm going to make a few slight adjustments to it as I've noticed some things

 

[Guest]

Very nice realistic work Alan.


Laurie

 

[Guest]

Really good, Alan - it tells a moving story.

 

[Guest]

Fantastic job mate,i enjoying in your works....

 

[Alan 45]

Cheers guys I appreciate that

 

[PhilJ]

Cracking diorama Alan, really well balanced.


Nice use of litter and coffee sticks, notes taken!


Cheers


Phil

 

[geegad]

looks superb like all the little details really makes it pop top marks

 

[Alan 45]

Cheers Phil and John I appreciate that


I've changed that wall it wasn't sitting properly so built a new one