Operation Market Garden

When

17 Sep 1944 – 26 Sep 1944

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

51.44° N, 5.48° E

Description

1944 Allied military operation during WW2

1944 World War II military operation

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 salient spanning 62 miles (100 km) into German territory with a bridgehead over the Nederrijn, creating an Allied invasion route into northern Germany.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “WWII: Operation Market Garden: Allied airborne landings begin in the Netherlands and Germany”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Mit der Operation Market Garden wird die größte Luftlandung der Geschichte gestartet”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “échec de l’opération aéroportée Market Garden, la plus importante de la guerre, sur Arnhem”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “盟軍於荷蘭展開市場花園作戰。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page