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  2. Operation Market Garden re-enactment coming to ... - AOL

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    On Sept. 17, 1944, Operation Market Garden began, a military undertaking that consisted of two main parts. The first was dropping three airborne divisions to seize control of roads between the ...

  3. Operation Market Garden - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. A culture of commemoration is still thriving in this Dutch ...

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    Harrowing details of Operation Market-Garden, the war’s largest airborne operation, which unfolded about 70 miles (113 kilometers) away. ... a tidbit gleaned from a 1942 Los Angeles Times article.

  5. Category:Operation Market Garden - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Operation Market Garden" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  6. Battle of Overloon - Wikipedia

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    In September 1944, the Allies had conducted Operation Market Garden, an offensive from the Dutch–Belgian border across the south of the Netherlands through Eindhoven and Nijmegen toward the Rhine bridge at Arnhem, with the goal of crossing the Rhine and bypassing the Siegfried Line in preparation for the final drive toward Berlin.

  7. King marks 80th anniversary of Second World War’s Operation ...

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    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.

  8. Operation Berlin (Arnhem) - Wikipedia

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    Operation Berlin (25/26 September 1944) was a night-time evacuation of the remnants of the beleaguered British 1st Airborne Division, in German-occupied territory north of the Lower Rhine in the Netherlands during Operation Market Garden in the Second World War.

  9. Operation Market Garden veteran marks 100th birthday - AOL

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