Operation Market Garden was the largest airborne operation that contained two sub-missions fought in the Netherlands from September 17 to September 25, 1944. The airborne operation "Market" included the 101st Airborne Division, 82nd Airborne Division, the British 1st Airborne Division, and the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade. Their objective was to capture key bridges allowing the ground operation "Garden" to secure the bridges and push forward. The 101st Historian describes the operati

OPERATION MARKET GARDEN - BATTLE OF ARNHEM Corporal Gordon Bates from 1 Airlanding Recce Squadron. (Oosterbeek, Utrechtseweg, 18 September 1944. Operation Market Garden. From a film - saved for just this kind of occasion - made by the Monné family living in Oosterbeek. #WW2 #HISTORY) | British & Commonwealth Forces

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