Son bridge

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Son bridge is a strategically important bridge in the Netherlands that played a crucial role during the World War II Allied offensive known as Operation Market Garden.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bridge
associatedWith Hell’s Highway
commemoratedBy memorials in Son en Breugel
country Netherlands
crosses Wilhelmina Canal
destroyedBy German forces
destructionDateApproximate September 1944
destructionMethod demolition charges
front European theatre of World War II
hasHeritage site of commemorations of Operation Market Garden
importanceDuringWar critical to securing a supply route toward Eindhoven and Nijmegen
locatedIn North Brabant
Son en Breugel
militaryRole vital objective for Allied airborne forces in Operation Market Garden
near Eindhoven
notableFor role in securing the Allied ground corridor in the Netherlands in 1944
objectiveOf Eindhoven corridor advance
repairedBy Allied engineers
replacedBy temporary Bailey bridge
statusDuringOperationMarketGarden destroyed by German forces
strategicImportance key crossing over the Wilhelmina Canal
targetedBy 101st Airborne Division
U.S. 101st Airborne Division
theaterOfWar Western Front
usedInConflict Second World War
usedInOperation Operation Market Garden

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Operation Market Garden
Operation Market Garden ("Arnhem bridge")
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