Today in History: Operation Market Garden Begins On this day in 1944, the Allies launched Operation Market Garden, one of the largest airborne assaults of World War II. From September 17–25, Allied forces fought to seize key bridges over the River Rhine and push into German-occupied territory in the Netherlands. The operation led to the liberation of cities like Eindhoven and Nijmegen, along with dozens of towns and villages along a 60-mile corridor through enemy lines. Pictured: Private Thomas

OPERATION MARKET GARDEN - BATTLE OF ARNHEM Corporal Gordon Bates from 1 Airlanding Recce Squadron. (Oosterbeek, Utrechtseweg, 18 September 1944. Operation Market Garden. From a film - saved for just this kind of occasion - made by the Monné family living in Oosterbeek. #WW2 #HISTORY) | British & Commonwealth Forces

German troops fire on Allied paratroopers during Operation Market Garden in September, 1944 (🎥: AP). | World War II History

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On this day in history: Operation Market Garden More than 90,000 paratroopers and ground forces pushed through the Netherlands in a two-part operation; Market - airborne and Garden - ground forces, to gain control over key bridges. U.S. Army video by KeSean Johnson | U.S. Army