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  1. 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 forming a bridgehead over the Nederrijn (Lower Rhine River), creating an Allied invasion route into northern ...

  2. Sep 17, 2019 · If Operation Market Garden had succeeded, World War II might well have ended in Europe before Christmas of 1944, with the Western Allies marching triumphantly into Berlin.

  3. Operation Market Garden, Allied pursuit of Nazi Germanys forces across France, and strategic airborne attempt to advance into Germany during World War II, from September 17 to 27, 1944.

  4. Jul 15, 2019 · The unexpected presence of large numbers of elite Waffen-SS soldiers – like these captives – may have been decisive in preventing the success of Operation Market Garden.

  5. In September 1944, the Allies launched a daring airborne operation to cross the Rhine and advance into northern Germany. Market Garden remains one of the Second World War’s most famous battles.

  6. A two-phase offensive, Operation Market Garden called for airborne troops to parachute into the German-occupied Netherlands and seize key bridges across the Maas, Waal, and Lower Rhine Rivers. The paratroopers would hold the bridges until relieved by ground troops racing swiftly through the Netherlands and into Germany.

  7. Jun 12, 2006 · On September 11, 1944 (six days before the invasion of Holland), the unit commanders of the 101st and 82nd Airborne divisions received a briefing on their next parachute assault operation. The code name of the mission was Operation Market Garden.

  8. Oct 8, 2019 · Market Garden is the largest military airborne operation to date, with more than 34,000 paratroopers conducting static line paradrops and glider landings into the Netherlands to seize and...

  9. Operation Market Garden was a pivotal operation during World War Two. In the late summer of 1944, as the Allies gained a foothold in France and looked to advance deeper into Nazi-occupied Europe, the idea for Operation Market Garden was conceived.

  10. 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.

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