Operation Market Garden - Wikipedia
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 ...
Operation Market Garden - National Army Museum
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. Then the British 30 Corps could advance over the bridges and cross the Rhine and its tributaries.
Operation Market Garden | Description & Facts | Britannica
Sep 21, 2024 · Operation Market landed three airborne divisions at separate locations to seize road bridges along a route through the Dutch towns of Eindhoven, Nijmegan, and Arnhem behind German lines. These bridges were to be held open for the British Second Army advance led by XXX Corps (Operation Garden).
The Battle of Arnhem (Operation Market Garden) - BBC
Last updated 2011-02-17. 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. Monty's daring plan....
Operation Market Garden - WW2 Timeline (September 17th
The airborne groups would be charged with seizing key bridges and choke points while the ground forces would be called to move Northwards and solidify any gains. When enacted, Operation Market Garden would become the single most largest airborne operation in the history of war, encompassing some 34,600 men, 1,700 vehicles and about 260 ...
Operation Market Garden: History’s Greatest Airborne Assault
Jun 12, 2006 · The 73-day battle of ‘Hell’s Highway was perhaps the most savagely fought single action in the history of the U.S. Army’s 101st and 82nd Airborne divisions — and the least publicized. It is the story of a road, its bridges, and the men who fought and died to keep it open.
Operation MARKET GARDEN: 80 Years On | The Army Flying …
Operation MARKET GARDEN was the plan which aimed to move the Allied forces across the Rhine and into Germany via the Netherlands, thereby outflanking the Siegfried Line and making possible a clear, armoured advance into Germany.
Operation Market Garden: Why did it fail? - Military History …
Jul 15, 2019 · Cornelius Ryan’s classic A Bridge Too Far (1974) is the most-famous example. The recent publication of William Buckingham’s Arnhem: the complete story of Operation Market Garden (2019) takes a similar line, albeit focusing on …
World War II: Operation Market-Garden Overview - ThoughtCo
Apr 25, 2019 · Operation Market-Garden was an airborne operation conducted September 17-25, 1944, during World War II in an attempt to capture bridges over the Rhine.
Operation Market Garden - Liberation Route Europe
Operation Market Garden was one of the largest Allied operations of the Second World War. It aimed to secure the bridges over the rivers Maas (Meuse), Waal and Rhine in the Netherlands in order to outflank the heavy German defences of the Siegfried Line and to insure a …