UPDATE: Operation Market Garden Slideshow
Operation Market Garden "Operation Market Garden (17–25 September 1944) was an unsuccessful Allied military operation, fought in the Netherlands and Germany in the Second World War. It was the largest airborne operation up to that time.
Operation Market Garden "Operation Market Garden (17–25 September 1944) was an unsuccessful Allied military operation, fought in the Netherlands and Germany in the Second World War. It was the largest airborne operation up to that time.
"Field Marshal Montgomery's goal was to force an entry into Germany over the Lower Rhine. He wanted to circumvent the northern end of the Siegfried Line and this required the operation to seize the bridges across the Maas (Meuse River) and two arms of the Rhine (the Waal and the Lower Rhine) as well as several smaller canals and tributaries. Crossing the Lower Rhine would allow the Allies to encircle Germany's industrial heartland in the Ruhr from the north. It made large-scale use of airborne forces, whose tactical objectives were to secure the bridges and allow a rapid advance by armored units into Northern Germany." More here...
Living Battlefield has this. "This post will seek to explain what happened during 4 crucial days in September 1944.
"Unlike D-Day, which was 2 years in the planning, Market Garden was hastily put together in a matter of days. It involved the largest parachute drop of the war.
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| Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery |
"Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, fresh from his success in Normandy, believed he could 'walk on water', and this buoyed optimism led to an audacious, but hasty and ill prepared operation." ...
Liberation Route Europe "Liberation Route Europe is a continuously growing, international remembrance trail, connecting important milestones of modern European history. Liberation Route Europe links the main regions along the advance of the Western Allied Forces."
The National WWII Museum: FOCUS ON: OPERATION MARKET-GARDEN:
The Battle of Arnhem
Wehrmacht Footage; Operation Market Garden The opening footage is of the Germans machine-gunning Polish paratroopers descending.
Video; Operation Market Garden 2014 - Official Trailer
The National WWII Museum: FOCUS ON: OPERATION MARKET-GARDEN:
The Battle of Arnhem
Wehrmacht Footage; Operation Market Garden The opening footage is of the Germans machine-gunning Polish paratroopers descending.
Video; Operation Market Garden 2014 - Official Trailer
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