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21. Operation Market Garden
Operation Market Garden (17–25 September 1944) was the largest airborne operation during World War II and was an unsuccessful Allied military operation during the battleground fought in the Netherlands.
On September 10, 1944 Eisenhower reluctantly gave his approval to the plan of Montgomery to Operation Market-Garden to perform.
Montgomery's plan was simple (and therefore dangerous).
Done by three Airborne divisions (Market) US 82nd, US 101st and British 1st Airborne & Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade.
The task will be to secure all the bridges with the British 1st Airborne Division to hold on to be the furthest bridge at Arnhem.
With all the bridges secure by all three Airborne divisions, it would served as a corridor for ground troops from the Belgian border to Arnhem.
The British XXX Corps would drove rapidly from Belgium to Arnhem via a ground offensive (Garden) at a distance of 120 km.
Then the troops of Montgomery would go westward to take the ports of Rotterdam and Amsterdam, which would finally cut the long supply line dependent on the distant Normandy.
Cross at Arnhem the last great river, sweep right in Germany for Christmas and the war would be over.
The operation was marginally successful and several bridges between Eindhoven and Nijmegen were captured.
However, XXX Corps ground force's advance was delayed by the demolition of a bridge, as well as an extremely overstretched supply line, at Son, delaying the capture of the main road bridge over the Meuse until 20 September.
And at Arnhem, the British 1st Airborne Division encountered far stronger resistance than anticipated and they were overrun on 21 September 1944.
The failure of Market Garden ended Allied expectations of finishing the war by Christmas 1944.
An introduction to the battleplan of Operation Market Garden as shown in the movie "A Bridge Too Far"
[video=youtube;iOOcrunnLYE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOOcrunnLYE[/video]
Operation Market Garden (17–25 September 1944) was the largest airborne operation during World War II and was an unsuccessful Allied military operation during the battleground fought in the Netherlands.
On September 10, 1944 Eisenhower reluctantly gave his approval to the plan of Montgomery to Operation Market-Garden to perform.
Montgomery's plan was simple (and therefore dangerous).
Done by three Airborne divisions (Market) US 82nd, US 101st and British 1st Airborne & Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade.
The task will be to secure all the bridges with the British 1st Airborne Division to hold on to be the furthest bridge at Arnhem.
With all the bridges secure by all three Airborne divisions, it would served as a corridor for ground troops from the Belgian border to Arnhem.
The British XXX Corps would drove rapidly from Belgium to Arnhem via a ground offensive (Garden) at a distance of 120 km.
Then the troops of Montgomery would go westward to take the ports of Rotterdam and Amsterdam, which would finally cut the long supply line dependent on the distant Normandy.
Cross at Arnhem the last great river, sweep right in Germany for Christmas and the war would be over.
The operation was marginally successful and several bridges between Eindhoven and Nijmegen were captured.
However, XXX Corps ground force's advance was delayed by the demolition of a bridge, as well as an extremely overstretched supply line, at Son, delaying the capture of the main road bridge over the Meuse until 20 September.
And at Arnhem, the British 1st Airborne Division encountered far stronger resistance than anticipated and they were overrun on 21 September 1944.
The failure of Market Garden ended Allied expectations of finishing the war by Christmas 1944.
An introduction to the battleplan of Operation Market Garden as shown in the movie "A Bridge Too Far"
[video=youtube;iOOcrunnLYE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOOcrunnLYE[/video]
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