Day 26 - Sept 22, 2017: To Arnhem and Area Editors Note: Photos and edits to come Today we made our way to Arnhem. After the battles at the Schelt Estuary the boys were stationed in this area near Nijmegen. The Canadians had to wait for supplies. Although the port of Antwerp was opened, the supplies went to support other Allied forces who had completed bitter battles, endured the coldest winter on record and suppressed the final German military offensive in the Ardennes. Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery/ Groesbeek War Memorial Burials: 2617, Canadians: 2338 Those laid to rest in the cemetery are the result of casualties of the NorthWest Europe campaign from the crossing of the Seine River in August 1944 to the end of the war. It was humbling as there were a great number of Canadians laid to rest here - the most we had seen up to this point - including a Victoria Cross recipient. Sgt Aubrey Cosens,VC from Latchford, Ontario. Aubrey's heroic sto
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