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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 ...
Organization of I Airborne Corps during Operation Market Garden. 1st Airborne Division, Major-General Roy Urquhart. 1st Parachute Brigade, Brigadier Gerald Lathbury. 1st Parachute Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel David T. Dobie; 2nd Parachute Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel John Frost; 3rd Parachute Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel John A.C. Fitch
Alec Hall was dropped behind enemy lines at Arnhem, in the Netherlands, in 1944, to try to open up a route into Germany. Operation Market Garden veteran marks 100th birthday Skip to main content
The Battle of Arnhem was fought during the Second World War, as part of the Allied Operation Market Garden. It took place around the Dutch city of Arnhem and vicinity from 17 to 26 September 1944. The Allies had swept through France and Belgium in August 1944, after the Battle of Normandy .
Operation Market Garden aimed to push through the Netherlands and into Germany just a few months after the D-Day landings. King marks 80th anniversary of Second World War’s Operation Market ...
The city of Nijmegen, the Netherlands, is partially in ruins following the Operation Market Garden battle to capture its bridge over the River Waal, seen in the distance, September 1944
Theirs is the Glory (a.k.a. Men of Arnhem), is a 1946 British war film about the British 1st Airborne Division's involvement in the Battle of Arnhem (17 to 25 September 1944) during Operation Market Garden in the Second World War. Another film, A Bridge Too Far, tells the story of the failure of Operation Market Garden in Arnhem.
The first operation involving Ridgway was Operation Market Garden where his 101st Airborne Division dropped near Eindhoven to secure the Bridges between Eindhoven and Veghel on the road to Arnhem. Ridgway dropped with his troops and was in the forefront of the Divisions part of the fighting.