The Lost Evidence: Operation Market Garden (1/5)

Operation Market Garden (September 1725, 1944) was an Allied military operation, fought in the Netherlands and Germany in World War II. It was the largest airborne operation of all time.

The operation plan's strategic context required the seizure of bridges across the Maas (Meuse River) and two arms of the Rhine (the Waal and the Lower Rhine) as well as several smaller canals and tributaries. Crossing the Lower Rhine would allow the Allies to outflank the Siegfried Line and encircle the Ruhr, Germany's industrial heartland. It made large-scale use of airborne forces whose tactical objectives were to secure a series of bridges over the main rivers of the German-occupied Netherlands and allow a rapid advance by armoured units into Northern Germany.

Initially the operation was successful and several bridges between Eindhoven and Nijmegen were captured. However the ground force's advance was delayed by the demolition of a bridge over the Wilhelmina Canal at Son, delaying the capture of the main road bridge over the Meuse until September 20. At Arnhem the British 1st Airborne Division encountered far stronger resistance than anticipated. In the ensuing battle only a small force managed to hold one end of the Arnhem road bridge and after the ground forces failed to relieve them they were overrun on the 21st. The rest of the division, trapped in a small pocket west of the bridge, had to be evacuated on the 25th. The Allies had failed to cross the Rhine in sufficient force, and the Rhine remained a barrier to their advance until the offensives at Remagen, Oppenheim, Rees and Wesel in March 1945

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[martynrobin121]

@BayouCityHtown How come Monty gets the blame? You do realise it was Eisenhower who is 100% guilty, He gave the "Go ahead" knowing the risks and the massive gamble it was. Also the Allies wanted the war over by 1944 and Market-Garden was the last gamble. And you said Patton was killing as many Germans as the Russians, Dont let American war-time propaganda fool you. 75% of Axis deaths,etc were in the Eastern Front.

[BayouCityHtown]

@martynrobin121 They didn't get lucky, the Allies got careless. Intel told of the SS Panzer units but Monty chose to ignore it. It was a brilliant plan on paper but should have been scratched. I never understood why they stopped Patton who was killing as many Germans as the Russians.

[BayouCityHtown]

@90Boski Churchy may have wanted to take on the Ruskies but the British people did not. Which is why he wasn't in power shortly after WW2. I happen to agree with General Patton that we should rearmed the Germans and marched to Moscow but the Civy's were tired of war. I love Ike but he and Montgomery really made a mess of things towards the end of the war, Monty was brilliant in Africa but in Europe he fell short.

[cenkNL]

i'm crossing the (final) bridge of Arnhem almost everyday.

[southparkfan2717]

@90Boski The Western Allies could have taken Berlin because they would have been in range of it long before the Soviets were if not for this tragedy, "Market Garden". There was way to much in this Battle that relied on chance. For all the rivers they would have had to of crossed, Patton and 3rd Army would have had one river to cross and they'd be in Germany, they could have prevented the Battle of the Bulge and pressed right on to Berlin.

[AntiJewishCommunist]

"he wants to give them UMPF!"

...if you know what i mean.. xD

[martynrobin121]

@Clonetrooper1139 Yes, I agree the Lendlease was a vital part of the War. It was in the best interests of the United States, Also the Soviets needed Trucks and the US been the Bankers gave out Loans. The British were unable to Re-Arm for the Second world war, They needed Trade from the States and its Empire was its lifeline.

The Soviet refused to pay off their debts, They were not as stupid as they looked, They knew the game-plan of America. The British were paid up and broke!

[sudaev]

@C8mon - The US was rightfully staying out of the war, as we should have done for its entirety.

[Clonetrooper1139]

@nodinitiative Debatable. I do not think the Germans would surrendered their capital any easier regardless if it had been the Western allies or the Russians.

[Clonetrooper1139]

@martynrobin121 Whatever spin you want to put on it. Lend Lease was a vital part of war effort.