The railway bridge over the Waal, Nijmegen, 1944 (c)

Photograph by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, North West Europe, 1944-1945 (c).

The salient established by the Allies north of Nijmegen in Holland during Operation MARKET GARDEN was the subject of German counterattacks at the end of September 1944. German marine commandos attempted to blow up the road and rail bridges at Nijmegen in an attempt to isolate Allied troops north of the River Waal. The road bridge was only lightly damaged but the attack on the railway crossing successfully blew up the central span of the bridge.

From an album containing 266 photographs belonging to Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).