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Part of World War II, Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine

Operation Market Garden

September 17–25, 1944 · Market Garden

Allied airborne and ground operation in the Netherlands to seize bridges over the Rhine and its tributaries. The bridges up to Nijmegen were taken, but British paratroopers at Arnhem were overwhelmed, and the plan to end the war by Christmas 1944 failed.

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Allies

Axis

United Kingdom
United States
Poland
Canada
Netherlands
Belgium
Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower military commander Bernard Montgomery military commander Miles Dempsey military commander Maxwell D. Taylor military commander Brian Horrocks military commander Lewis Hyde Brereton military commander

Strength and losses

Casualties
15,326–17,200
Tanks lost
c. 88

Units

21st Army Group First Allied Airborne Army Second Army (United Kingdom) VIII Corps (United Kingdom) XXX Corps (United Kingdom) 101st Airborne Division 11th Armoured Division (United Kingdom) 1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom) 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division 82nd Airborne Division Guards Armoured Division 1st Independent Parachute Brigade 8th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom) 504th Infantry Regiment Glider Pilot Regiment
Army Group B 1st Parachute Army II SS Panzer Corps 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg 180th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland 9th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen

Battles 2