Storm and Assault Boats

[Hanno Spoelstra]

The CWM is highlighting Operation Berlin, see this link

Operation Market Garden and the Royal Canadian Engineers
Discover Second World War materials related to the Royal Canadian Engineer (RCE) units involved in the evacuation of some 2,500 Allied airborne soldiers at the end of Operation Market Garden. On 25 September 1944, the 20th and 23rd Field Companies, RCE, along with the 260th and 553rd Field Companies of the Royal Engineers, and with the support of the 1st Polish Parachute Brigade, launched Operation Berlin. This daring nighttime effort evacuated Allied airborne forces across the Nederrijn (Lower Rhine River) at Arnhem, Netherlands, under heavy German fire.
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There are no known photographs of the Operation Berlin evacuation of Allied airborne forces across the Nederrijn (Lower Rhine River) on the night of 25-26 September 1944. These images from late November show the 23rd Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers using storm boats with outboard motors to transport soldiers of the United States Army’s 101st Airborne Division across the Waal River near Nijmegen, Netherlands. The Americans were being relieved after holding their positions for more than 70 days.
Through the Canadian War Museum’s digitization program, you can now discover more materials related to Operation Berlin in our collections: https://bit.ly/3XW7nfZ

Evacuation of American soldiers from Nijmegen
CWM 20000026-008-2, 20000026-008-1, 20000026-008-3
George Metcalf Archival Collection
Canadian War Museum

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