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  1. Operation Market Garden. 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 ...

    • 17-25 September 1944
    • See debate on outcome
  2. Sep 18, 2023 · May 5 is indeed the National Liberation Day. However, the city of Eindhoven had already been liberated by the Allies on September 18, 1944. Occupation and suppression. The Netherlands was occupied in May 1940 after five days of sometimes heavy fighting. At that time, the city centre of Rotterdam was virtually levelled, with nearly 900 killed ...

  3. Liberation comes to the people of Eindhoven on 18 September 1944. They celebrate exuberantly. The Americans and British are greeted with cheers and chants. People dance in the streets and the joy is unprecedented. But the day after, it abruptly turns into its opposite. German bombers appear above the city of Eindhoven and bomb the city, resulting in many civilian casualties. Here, on the ...

  4. The Battle of Arnhem was fought during the Second World War, as part of the Allied Operation Market Garden. It took place around the Dutch city of Arnhem and vicinity from 17 to 26 September 1944. The Allies had swept through France and Belgium in August 1944, after the Battle of Normandy. Market Garden was proposed by Field Marshal Sir Bernard ...

    • 17-26 September 1944(1 week and 2 days)
    • German victory
  5. Aug 14, 2024 · A Bridge Too Far is one of the most famous war films ever made. The 1977 film, directed by Sir Richard Attenborough, tells the story of Operation Market Garden: one of the most daring Allied operations of World War Two. The film is based on the book of the same name by Irish American author Cornelius Ryan. Ryan's book was adapted for cinema by ...

  6. Liberation comes to the people of Eindhoven on 18 September 1944. They celebrate exuberantly. The Americans and British are greeted with cheers and chants. People dance in the streets and the joy is unprecedented. But the day after, it abruptly turns into its opposite. German bombers appear above the city of Eindhoven and bomb the city, resulting in many civilian casualties. Here, on the ...

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  8. This photograph shows British paratroopers of the Pioneer Assault Platoon of 1st Parachute Battalion, 1st Airborne Division, on their way to Arnhem in a USAAF C-47 aircraft on 17 September 1944. The 'Market Garden' plan employed all three divisions of First Allied Airborne Army. The US 101st Division was ordered to capture Eindhoven, and ...

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