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17-29 Sept. 1944: Operation Market-Garden, Part II.
For details, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Market_Garden
ILLUSTRATIONS: (1) 82d Abn. Div. glider artillerymen unload their guns and equipment on a landing zone in Holland on 17 Sept. (2) 82d Abn. Div. paratroopers land in Holland. (3) 101st Abn. Div. gliders and paratroopers after landing in Holland. (4) 101st Abn. Div. GIs with German prisoners in Holland. (5) 101st Airborne glidermen unload a 57mm gun from their glider on an LZ in Holland. (6) A 101st Abn. Div. GI encounters Germans shortly after landing in Holland. (7) A paratrooper grabs hold of a comrade's chute that failed to open over Holland. (8) Men of E Co., 506th PIR in Holland. (9) American paratroopers jump over Holland during Opn. Market-Garden. (10) U.S. glider infantry get their bearings after landing in Holland in a Waco glider.
For details, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Market_Garden
ILLUSTRATIONS: (1) 82d Abn. Div. glider artillerymen unload their guns and equipment on a landing zone in Holland on 17 Sept. (2) 82d Abn. Div. paratroopers land in Holland. (3) 101st Abn. Div. gliders and paratroopers after landing in Holland. (4) 101st Abn. Div. GIs with German prisoners in Holland. (5) 101st Airborne glidermen unload a 57mm gun from their glider on an LZ in Holland. (6) A 101st Abn. Div. GI encounters Germans shortly after landing in Holland. (7) A paratrooper grabs hold of a comrade's chute that failed to open over Holland. (8) Men of E Co., 506th PIR in Holland. (9) American paratroopers jump over Holland during Opn. Market-Garden. (10) U.S. glider infantry get their bearings after landing in Holland in a Waco glider.
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We Can't Accept Your Surrender - A Bridge Too Far
Operation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the...
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MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
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One of many memorable scenes from that movie. More Market-Garden art tomorrow.
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The battle was tough and the Allies fought valiantly. In the end, the operation was too far reaching for all its goals to be achieved. We may not have won, but we seriously weakened the German hold in the Lowlands.
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