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Market Garden, Operation

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Market Garden, Operation

In World War II, unsuccessful operation by British and US forces to cross the Meuse, Waal, and Neder-Rijn rivers in Holland in September 1944.

British airborne forces were to capture vital bridges at Arnhem to open the way for an armoured thrust from the south. When the airborne operation failed, the armoured force was unable to reach Arnhem and the whole operation collapsed.



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