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3 days ago · Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation during the Second World War fought in the German-occupied Netherlands from 17 to 25 September 1944. Its objective was to create a 64 mi (103 km) salient into German territory with a bridgehead over the Nederrijn (Lower Rhine River), creating an Allied invasion route into northern Germany. [8]
5 days ago · By Cornelius Ryan. Simon & Schuster, 1974. The Battle of Arnhem was at the vanguard of Operation Market Garden, the Allied operation in the Netherlands between 17-25 September 1944 to end the...
1 day ago · The division took part in Operation Market Garden (17–25 September 1944), an unsuccessful Allied military operation under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, commander of the Anglo-Canadian 21st Army Group, to capture Dutch bridges over the Rhine. It was fought in the Netherlands, and is the largest airborne operation of any war.
5 days ago · Discover the daring and controversial Operation Market Garden, one of the largest Allied airborne operations of World War II. Join us as we dive deep into the ambitious plan conceived by...
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6 days ago · Market Garden. On August 2, 1944, the division became part of the First Allied Airborne Army. In September, planning for Operation Market Garden (the Allied invasion of the Netherlands) began in earnest. The operation called for three (at minimum) airborne divisions to seize and hold key bridges and roads deep behind German lines.
May 17, 2024 · No views 8 minutes ago. Dive into the epic story of Operation Market Garden, the largest airborne assault in history. On September 17, 1944, over 34,000 paratroopers from the U.S. 101st and...
3 days ago · United States 1803–present. The area that would become St. Louis was a center of the Native American Mississippian culture, which built numerous temple and residential earthwork mounds on both sides of the Mississippi River. Their major regional center was at Cahokia Mounds, active from 900 to 1500.
