OPERATION MARKET GARDEN BY: HUDSON AND ELI

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 1944 OBJECTIVES: Market- Airborne Garden- Ground Largest airborne operation to that point in history. Overall objective is to jump into Nazi occupied Netherlands and secure bridges to allow for the ground advance, this would put the Allies on the border of Nazi Germany.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 1944 Allies have a lot success the first day, the Americans take the majority of their objectives (with the exception of the bridge at son). The British get in without any problems, but the poor planning is revealed when only half of the division arrives. This left only a quarter of the division to take the bridge at Arnhem.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 1944 Due to the bridge at son being destroyed, the 101st shift their focus to a similar bridge nearby, after not being able to secure that bridge the 101st calls for a bailey bridge to be brought up. British artillery divisions arrive also.

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 1944 Early on Tuesday morning the Brits conduct an attack on the bridge at Arnhem, the attack is unsuccessful. The Commonwealth conduct an attack on the bridge at Nijmegen, this attack is also unsuccessful. The 82nd airborne is not able to get reinforcements. The bridge at Wijchen is secured The 101st defend the Baily bridge from German tanks. Eindhoven is bombed.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 1944 Due to lack of British ammunition, the Germans were able to move through pockets of resistance and get more men closer to the Arnhem bridge. By Thursday morning the bridge had been taken. Last transmission from the bridge read “Out of munitions, God save the King” 82nd conducts a river crossing to the north side of the bridge. “Little Omaha”. The survivors advance to the village of Lent. Armor rolls across the bridge and it is successfully secured.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 1944 Fighting in Nijmegen continues, despite the fact that the bridge has been taken. Germans are able to send in reinforcements due to a halt in the advance, German forces are moving to Nijmegen quickly due to the success they were having at Arnhem.

(BLACK)FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 1944 Germans are exhausted, they shell and mortar airborne positions heavily. The Germans are getting more precise with their points of attack, and outnumber the remaining airborne troops 4:1. British and American Morale is low.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 23-SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 24 1944 Germans continue to push the Allies back, they repel attacks from polish airborne units as well. Allies are losing ground. Allies are worn out and nearly beat.

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 1944 1st division is pushed across the Rhine. This had to be done at night. Operation Market Garden is over. The line is held until November, when the Allies conduct Operation Veritable which moved east into Germany, rather than North into Germany. There had been a total of: 17,200 Allied casualties. 500 Dutch civilian casualties. ~10,000 German casualties.

TIMELINE SEPTEMBER 17TH- Operation is approved, landings take place and Allies see early success. SEPTEMBER 18TH- Bailey Bridge is built at Son. SEPTEMBER 19TH- Both major bridges are unsuccessfully attacked. SEPTEMBER 20TH- Germans gain control of the bridge at Arnhem, river crossing at Nijmegen. SEPTEMBER 21ST- Allied advance stops, Germans receive reinforcements. SEPTEMBER 22ND- Black Friday, Allies get whooped. SEPTEMBER 24TH- Allies pushed back to the Rhine. SEPTEMBER 25TH- Allies pushed accross the Rhine.

WORKS CITED Ambrose, Stephen (2001), Band of Brothers (3 ed.), New York: Touchstone, Montgomery, Bernard law (1958), The Memoirs of Field-Marshal the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, K.G., London: Collins “Operation Market Garden” Encyclopedia of War History on the web Media corp. June 11th, 2013 Peters, Major M. L.; Buist, Luuk (2009). Glider Pilots at Arnhem. Pen and Sword Books.

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