Arnhem: Operation Market Garden

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Arnhem Operation Market Garden

• By
• Stephen Weatherby, Jonny Pickard, Anthony
  Partington, and Tommy Allen

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Questions

• The british and the French are fighting the
  germans. Who do you think will win?

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September 1725, 1944

• Operation Market Garden took place from September
  17th to the 25th in 1944. this battle was fought
  in Germany and the Netherlands, and has been
  named the largest airborne operation of all time.
• Paratroopers were dropped in the Netherlands to
  secure key bridges and towns. They landed some
  distance from their targets and were ambushed by
  the 9th and 10th SS Panzer division.

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But it failed

• Meanwhile, the British couldnt advance north as
  quickly as they had first planned. They also
  failed to relieve the airborne troops according
  to their schedule.
• After approximately four days, the small
  remaining British forces were overwhelmed. The
  rest of the division were left trapped in a small
  pocket just north of the river. They did not have
  sufficiently enforced by the Poles or XXX corps
  when they arrived at the southern bank.
• Nine days later, the British commander, Roy
  Urquhart ordered the remaining air forces to
  retreat.

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References

• http//www.psz.pl.pl/Market-Garden/MapMG.gif