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Operation Market Garden

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Operation Market Garden
Part of The Allied advance from paris to the rhine

Allied paratroopers descending over the Netherlands
Date17–25 September 1944
Location
Result Allied failure
Belligerents
 United Kingdom
 Poland
 United States
(and others)
 Germany

Operation Market Garden, was an Allied operation against Nazi Germany in Western Europe during the Allied advance from paris to the rhine in the Western Front of World War II. It was aimed at securing many cities and bridges in occupied Netherlands. The operation was a failure and did not manage to achieve most of its goals.[1]

References

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  1. ↑ "Operation Market Garden | National Army Museum". www.nam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2026-09-01.