Operation Market Garden

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World War II battle military operation

Operation Market Garden was a major Allied airborne and ground offensive in September 1944 aimed at capturing key bridges in the Netherlands to outflank German defenses and hasten the end of World War II, but it ultimately failed to achieve its objectives.

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Label Occurrences
Operation Market Garden canonical 107
Battle of Arnhem 25
Arnhem 1944 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Operation Market Garden ⓘ
surface form: Market Garden
belligerent Allies of World War II ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
commander Bernard Montgomery ⓘ
Frederick Browning ⓘ
James M. Gavin ⓘ
Maxwell D. Taylor ⓘ
Miles Dempsey ⓘ
Roy Urquhart ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Canada ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateEnd 1944-09-25 ⓘ
dateStart 1944-09-17 ⓘ
hasPart Operation Garden ⓘ
Operation Market Garden self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Operation Market
involvesUnit British 1st Airborne Division ⓘ
British XXX Corps ⓘ
Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade ⓘ
U.S. 101st Airborne Division ⓘ
U.S. 82nd Airborne Division ⓘ
keyLocation Arnhem ⓘ
Son bridge ⓘ
surface form: Arnhem bridge

Eindhoven ⓘ
Grave ⓘ
Nijmegen ⓘ
Son bridge ⓘ
location Gelderland ⓘ
Limburg (Netherlands) ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
North Brabant ⓘ
notableConsequence heavy casualties among airborne forces ⓘ
prolongation of the war in Northwest Europe ⓘ
notableOutcome failure to secure a permanent Rhine crossing at Arnhem ⓘ
objective capture key bridges over major rivers in the Netherlands ⓘ
create a bridgehead over the Rhine River ⓘ
outflank German defenses known as the Siegfried Line ⓘ
operationType airborne operation ⓘ
ground offensive ⓘ
opposingCommander Walter Model ⓘ
Wilhelm Bittrich ⓘ
partOf Western Front ⓘ
surface form: Western Front of World War II
result Allied operational failure ⓘ
German defensive victory ⓘ
strategicContext Allied attempt to end the war in Europe by Christmas 1944 ⓘ

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World War II → hasPart → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
Operation Market Garden → alsoKnownAs → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
this entity surface form: Market Garden
Operation Market Garden → hasPart → Operation Market Garden self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Operation Market
ETO → includesEvent → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
subject surface form: European Theater of Operations
Western Front → notableEvent → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Front (World War II)
Roy Urquhart → notableEvent → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
Roy Urquhart → notableEvent → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Arnhem
U.S. 101st Airborne Division → notableOperation → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade → operation → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade → operation → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Arnhem
British 1st Airborne Division → notableOperation → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
British 1st Airborne Division → notableBattle → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Arnhem
U.S. 82nd Airborne Division → conflictParticipated → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
British XXX Corps → conflict → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
British XXX Corps → notableOperation → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
Parachute Regiment → battleHonour → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arnhem 1944
Parachute Regiment → notableOperation → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
Arnhem → knownFor → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Arnhem
Arnhem → knownFor → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
Arnhem → partOf → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
21st Army Group → operation → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
Nijmegen → playedRoleIn → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
James M. Gavin → participatedIn → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
Wilhelm Bittrich → participatedIn → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Arnhem
Wilhelm Bittrich → participatedIn → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
Monty → battle → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
Son bridge → usedInOperation → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
John S. Thompsonbrug → significantEvent → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
John S. Thompsonbrug → usedDuring → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
Coldstream Guards → battleHonour → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arnhem 1944
Irish Guards → battleHonour → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arnhem 1944
Irish Guards → notableOperation → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
Operation Garden → partOf → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
Operation Garden → relatedOperation → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
Army Group B → notableOperation → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
Army Group B → engagedIn → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
Liberation of the Netherlands → significantEvent → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
North Brabant → WWIIEvent → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
Frederick Browning → participatedIn → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
Frederick Browning → participatedIn → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Arnhem
1st Infantry Division → notableEngagement → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Arnhem
1st Infantry Division → notableEngagement → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
1st Infantry Division → battleHonour → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arnhem 1944
Polish Armed Forces in the West → notableEngagement → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
Allied operations in Western Europe → hasPart → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
British Commonwealth forces → notableOperation → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
Red Devils → associatedWith → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
Red Devils → associatedWith → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Arnhem
1st Parachute Brigade → notableFor → Operation Market Garden ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Arnhem
1st Parachute Brigade → notableOperation → Operation Market Garden ⓘ