Operation Market-Garden was an attempt by combined Allied airborne and ground assault troops to capture bridges over Dutch waterways in order to open a rapid northern route for the Allied advance into Germany. It was the largest Allied airborne operation of the war and the most costly. The third of the airborne landings, at Arnhem, proved to be a complete failure as British troops landed too far from the Arnhem bridges and the Germans quickly recovered from the surprise of the aerial assault. Of 10,000 British troops at Arnhem, 1,400 were killed while over 6,000 were taken prisoner.
As mentioned, within Holland the Germans had positioned their troops in a very strong position. Dislodging them would be a most difficult operation. British Field Marshall Montgomery decided that the Allies would have to undertake a bold military strategy if they were going to have any chances of vanquishing German forces in Holland. What he devised was something which would be called Operation Market......

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Title: War
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