A Set-Back

The Battle of Arnhem was over. It had been a failure. The survivors had withdrawn across the River Rhine, which was now the frontline and the frontier between the liberated and the occupied part of the Netherlands. The civilian population living on the north bank were ordered to evacuate, taking only the things that they could carry and a 'no-go' area, over a kilometre wide and prohibited to all civilians, was created along the Rhine.