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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]
- 17–27 September 1944
Interactive map Battle of Arnhem. There are many maps in circulation that depict the battlefield during the Battle of Arnhem. Those cards show a snapshot of a specific moment during the fighting. You Tube user S Rais made an interactive map several years ago that shows the course of the battle. The map runs from the airborne landings on Sunday ...
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.
- NETHERLANDS
- 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
Amsterdam• The Hague• Rotterdam• Arnhem Nijmegen Eindhoven BELGIUM GERMANY
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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.
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Mar 15, 2024 · 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. Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery persuaded the Supreme Allied Commander, General Dwight D. Eisenhower , to approve a two-part airborne-armor assault and ...
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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Feb 17, 2011 · Mark Fielder discovers how Operation Market Garden could have shortened World War Two by six months, and how the plan failed at the last moment. ... Map showing the objectives of Operation Market ...
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