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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]
Codenamed 'Market Garden', this plan involved the seizure of key bridges in the Netherlands by the 101st and 82nd US Airborne Divisions, and 1st British Airborne Division who would land by parachute and glider. Map of the south-east Netherlands, 1944. Then the British 30 Corps could advance over the bridges and cross the Rhine and its tributaries.
May 2, 2024 · Location: Arnhem. Netherlands. Participants: Germany. United Kingdom. Context: World War II. Operation Market Garden, Allied pursuit of Nazi Germany’s forces across France, and strategic airborne attempt to advance into Germany during World War II, from September 17 to 27, 1944.
Mar 14, 2024 · Category. : Maps of Operation Market Garden. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Language select: English: Maps relating to Operation Market Garden, the Allied airborne attempt to capture bridges across the Maas and Rhine rivers (the Netherlands) in September 1944.
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- Under Secretary of State for Defence and Minister for Veterans, Ivor Caplin MP
- The background to Operation Market Garden
- LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR BRIAN HORROCKS
- Forces assigned to Operation Market Garden
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Amsterdam• The Hague• Rotterdam• Arnhem Nijmegen Eindhoven BELGIUM GERMANY
I see commemoration not only as a way of respecting those who fought, and in many cases gave their lives, but also as a way of educating younger generations about the debt of gratitude we all owe our veterans. These booklets combine education with remembrance, they serve to give a detailed yet lucid account of some of the key Second World War battl...
Map showing the advance of Second Army and the objectives of the airborne divisions Market Garden continues to be one of the most controversial Allied operations of the Second World War. Much of the emotion can, perhaps, be explained by the way in which the British perceive the operation to have been a ‘glorious British failure’ and a singular even...
commander of XXX Corps, describes the scene on 17 September, just before the attack: It was a lovely Sunday morning, completely peaceful except for the occasional chatter of machine-gun fire in the distance. It was rather a terrible thought that on my word of command ‘all hell’ would be let loose... I knew that this would be a tough battle; especia...
Independent units and formations under command of Corps and higher are not listed.
This booklet commemorates the Allied airborne and ground operation in the Netherlands in September 1944, which aimed to capture the bridges and advance into Germany. It includes maps, key facts, commanders, and a foreword by the Minister for Veterans.
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Nevertheless, the stakes of gaining a foothold over the Rhine and outflanking the Siegfried Line seemed to justify the risk. On 17 September, the roaring of thousands of engines from the airplanes of the vast Allied aerial armada supporting Operation Market-G arden shattered the calm of the clear skies over the Netherlands.
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The two attacks were known collectively as Operation MARKET-GARDEN. [1] The airborne attack was designed to lay a carpet of airborne troops along a narrow corridor extending approximately eighty miles into Holland from Eindhoven northward to Arnhem. (See Map 9; and Map VIII, inside back cover.) The airborne troops were to secure bridges across ...
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