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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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Operation Market Garden canonical	107
Battle of Arnhem	25
Arnhem 1944	5
Battle of Arnhem (1944)	1
Battle of Arnhem (Operation Market Garden)	1
German forces at Arnhem	1
Market (airborne phase of Market Garden)	1
Market Garden	1
Nijmegen bridgehead operations	1
Operation Market	1
Operation Market Garden (Arnhem phase)	1
Operation Market Garden airborne operations	1
Operation Market Garden events	1
World War II Airborne landing sites	1

Statements (51)

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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1st Parachute Brigade → notableEngagement → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Arnhem

I Airborne Corps → tookPartIn → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Arnhem

All American Division → participatedIn → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

1st Airlanding Brigade → conflict → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Arnhem

1st Airlanding Brigade → conflict → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

1st Airlanding Brigade → notableEngagement → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Arnhem

1st Airlanding Brigade → notableEngagement → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

1st Airlanding Brigade → notableOperation → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

1st Airlanding Brigade → participatedIn → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

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Major-General Roy Urquhart → conflict → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

subject surface form: Roy Urquhart

this entity surface form: Battle of Arnhem

Major-General Roy Urquhart → conflict → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

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British Second Army → operation → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

30th Corps → engagement → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

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Lewis H. Brereton → notableEvent → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

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World War II battles → hasNotableBattle → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

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First Allied Airborne Army → notableOperation → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

First Allied Airborne Army → notableBattle → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Arnhem

Band of Brothers → depictsEvent → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks → notableBattle → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

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Royal Berkshire Regiment → battleHonour → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arnhem 1944

Royal Berkshire Regiment → notableEngagement → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

Battle of Nijmegen (September 1944) → partOf → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

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Nazi occupation of the Netherlands → keyLiberationEvent → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

II SS Panzer Corps → engagedIn → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

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11th Armoured Division → participatedIn → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

Guards Armoured Division → participatedIn → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division → notableEngagement → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

A Bridge Too Far → setInEvent → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment → notableEngagement → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

Airborne at the Bridge museum → dedicatedTo → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

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Airborne at the Bridge museum → theme → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

Airborne at the Bridge museum → historicalEventCovered → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

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82nd Infantry Division → engagement → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

Jumpin' Jim → participatedIn → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

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Polish forces → notableEngagement → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

Ede → hasNotableSite → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

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Northwest Europe → notableCampaign → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

Northwest Europe → notableOperation → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

Commander of 21st Army Group → associatedOperation → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

Hell’s Highway → usedDuring → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

505th Parachute Infantry Regiment → participatedIn → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

John Frost Bridge → wasKeySiteIn → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

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John Frost Bridge → wasKeySiteIn → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

John Frost Bridge → commemorates → Operation Market Garden ⓘ

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Bridge at Grave → notableEvent → Operation Market Garden ⓘ