Operation Market Garden was an Allied operation in the Netherlands in the Second World War, planned by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, which tried to seize a series of bridges over the Rhine and other waterways, with the aim of getting around the German Siegfried Line and ending the war quickly. In the Market part, paratroopers of the American 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions and the British 1st Airborne Division landed behind enemy lines, while in the Garden part the British XXX Corps was to advance along a single road to link up with them. The advance was delayed, and the British paratroopers at Arnhem, cut off and facing German armour, were forced to withdraw. The failure to cross the Rhine meant that the war continued into 1945.
Before and after
- from 15 September 1944 to 25 April 1945Lapland War
- from 15 September 1944 to 24 November 1944Belgrade offensive
- 15 September 1944Birth of Yoweri Museveni
- from 15 September 1944 to 25 November 1944Battle of Peleliu
- from 17 September 1944 to 26 September 1944Operation Market Garden
- 25 September 1944Birth of Michael Douglas
- 28 September 1944Birth of Miloš Zeman
- from 2 October 1944 to 21 October 1944Battle of Aachen
- from 2 October 1944 to 8 November 1944Battle of the Scheldt
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