Category: Operation Market Garden
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Operation Market Garden ended in Allied failure as the last British and Polish paratroopers were evacuated from Oosterbeek, near Arnhem. September 25, 1944.
Image: US Army paratroopers are dropped near Grave, Netherlands while livestock graze near gliders that landed earlier. This was the beginning of Operation Market Garden during World War II, which resulted in heavy Allied losses. (Public Domain) On this day in history, September 25, 1944, Operation Market Garden ended in Allied failure as the last…
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Operation ‘Market Garden’
Men of the Durham Light Infantry move forward during the breakout from Normandy, 9 August 1944. The collapse and mass retreat of German forces in August 1944 precipitated a headlong advance by Allied armies across the River Seine and into Belgium and eastern France. Paris was captured by the Free French and American forces with…