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.

Aliases (8)

Battle of Arnhem ×21
Arnhem 1944 ×5
Battle of Arnhem (1944) ×1
Battle of Arnhem (Operation Market Garden) ×1
Market Garden ×1
Operation Market ×1
Operation Market Garden airborne operations ×1
World War II Airborne landing sites ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle → military operation →
alsoKnownAs	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 →
dateEnd	1944-09-25 →
dateStart	1944-09-17 →
hasPart	Operation Garden → 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 → 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 of World War II →
result	Allied operational failure → German defensive victory →
strategicContext	Allied attempt to end the war in Europe by Christmas 1944 →

Referenced by (95)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1st Airlanding Brigade → 1st Parachute Brigade → Army Group B → British 1st Airborne Division → British Commonwealth forces → British XXX Corps → First Allied Airborne Army → Irish Guards → Northwest Europe → Parachute Regiment → U.S. 101st Airborne Division →	notableOperation
1st Airlanding Brigade ("Battle of Arnhem") → 1st Airlanding Brigade → 1st Infantry Division ("Battle of Arnhem") → 1st Infantry Division → 1st Parachute Brigade ("Battle of Arnhem") → 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment → 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division → Polish Armed Forces in the West → Polish forces → Royal Berkshire Regiment →	notableEngagement
11th Armoured Division → 1st Airlanding Brigade ("Battle of Arnhem") → All American Division → Frederick Browning → Frederick Browning ("Battle of Arnhem") → Guards Armoured Division → James M. Gavin → James M. Gavin → Wilhelm Bittrich ("Battle of Arnhem") → Wilhelm Bittrich →	participatedIn
1st Infantry Division ("Arnhem 1944") → Coldstream Guards ("Arnhem 1944") → Irish Guards ("Arnhem 1944") → Parachute Regiment ("Arnhem 1944") → Royal Berkshire Regiment ("Arnhem 1944") →	battleHonour
1st Airlanding Brigade ("Battle of Arnhem") → 1st Airlanding Brigade → British XXX Corps → Roy Urquhart ("Battle of Arnhem") → Roy Urquhart →	conflict
Lewis H. Brereton ("Operation Market Garden airborne operations") → Roy Urquhart → Roy Urquhart ("Battle of Arnhem") → Western Front (World War II) →	notableEvent
21st Army Group → British Second Army → Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade → Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade ("Battle of Arnhem") →	operation
Allied operations in Western Europe → Operation Market Garden ("Operation Market") → World War II →	hasPart
Brian Horrocks → British 1st Airborne Division ("Battle of Arnhem") → First Allied Airborne Army ("Battle of Arnhem") →	notableBattle
Arnhem → Battle of Nijmegen (September 1944) → Operation Garden →	partOf
Red Devils → Red Devils ("Battle of Arnhem") →	associatedWith
Army Group B → II SS Panzer Corps ("Battle of Arnhem") →	engagedIn
82nd Infantry Division → XXX Corps →	engagement
World War II battles ("Battle of Arnhem") → World War II battles ("Battle of Arnhem (Operation Market Garden)") →	hasNotableBattle
Airborne at the Bridge museum → Airborne at the Bridge museum ("Battle of Arnhem") →	historicalEventCovered
Arnhem ("Battle of Arnhem") → Arnhem →	knownFor
John S. Thompsonbrug → Liberation of the Netherlands →	significantEvent
I Airborne Corps → I Airborne Corps ("Battle of Arnhem") →	tookPartIn
Hell’s Highway → John S. Thompsonbrug →	usedDuring
Operation Market Garden ("Market Garden") →	alsoKnownAs
Commander of 21st Army Group →	associatedOperation
Monty →	battle
U.S. 82nd Airborne Division →	conflictParticipated
Airborne at the Bridge museum ("Battle of Arnhem") →	dedicatedTo
Band of Brothers →	depictsEvent
Airborne at the Bridge museum ("Battle of Arnhem") →	focusesOn
Ede ("World War II Airborne landing sites") →	hasNotableSite
European Theater of Operations →	includesEvent
Nazi occupation of the Netherlands →	keyLiberationEvent
Northwest Europe →	notableCampaign
1st Parachute Brigade ("Battle of Arnhem") →	notableFor
Nijmegen →	playedRoleIn
Battle of Nijmegen (September 1944) ("Battle of Arnhem (1944)") →	relatedEvent
Operation Garden →	relatedOperation
A Bridge Too Far →	setInEvent
Airborne at the Bridge museum →	theme
Son bridge →	usedInOperation
North Brabant →	WWIIEvent