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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 ...
After 10 days of fighting and up to 16,000 Allied casualties, Operation Market Garden had failed to secure the main bridgehead near Arnhem, although the Allies did successfully liberate the cities ...
Harrowing details of Operation Market-Garden, the war’s largest airborne operation, which unfolded about 70 miles (113 kilometers) away. ... At the $6.7 million visitor center that opened in ...
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
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 .
The King has said the “heroism and sacrifice made by so many in the pursuit of peace” will never be forgotten as the 80th anniversary of a famous Second World War operation was commemorated.
Men of the 508th PIR during Operation Market Garden, 17 September 1944. After their success in Normandy, the 508th PIR returned to its billet at Wollaton Park and prepared for its part in Operation Market Garden, jumping on 17 September 1944. The regiment established and maintained a defensive position over 12,000 yards (11,000 m) in length ...
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