Get an up-close look at the high risk operation that dropped the Allies deep into enemy territory.
By September 1944, the Allies were closing in on the Germans, but the Netherlands remained as an occupied stronghold. Operation Market Garden had two parts: drop in airborne troops (Market), to capture key bridges & make way for the British land troops (Garden).
The 101st Airborne quickly liberated towns throughout the Netherlands, including the major city of Eindhoven. However, when it came time to take the necessary bridges, it quickly became clear that the Allies had underestimated the strength of German divisions. The bold attempt was ultimately met with defeat, with many American and British soldiers captured behind enemy lines.
Witness the daring soldiers who came from above in an attempt to liberate a country living under the terror of the Third Reich.
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Major General James M. Gavin suiting up for the Operation ‘Market Garden’ jump
September 17th, 1944
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British paratroopers of the 1st Airborne Division in their aircraft during the flight to Arnhem
September 25th, 1944
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Paratroopers drop from Dakota aircraft over the outskirts of Arnhem
September 17th, 1944
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Parachutes open overhead as waves of paratroopers land in Holland during operations by the 1st Allied Airborne Army
September 17th, 1944
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The 101st Airborne drops into occupied Netherlands
September 17th, 1944
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British Airborne Forces in the Netherlands going into action after their landing during Operation Market Garden
September, 1944
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The 82nd Airborne Division drops near Grave
September 17th, 1944
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101st Airborne on the streets of Eindhoven
September, 1944
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Dutch civilians dance in the streets after the liberation of Eindhoven by the US 101st Airborne Division
September 18th 1944
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The 1st Airlanding Reconnaissance Squadron in position behind a tree covering a road near Wolfheze
September 18th, 1944
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Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division, who just jumped in to the Netherlands, assess the wreckage of a Glider, during Operation Market Garden
September 17, 1944
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'Gallipoli II', a 6-pdr anti-tank gun of No. 26 Anti-Tank Platoon, 1st Border Regiment, 1st Airborne Division, in action in Oosterbeek
September 20th, 1944
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A convoy of lorries under enemy artillery and mortar fire on the road between Son and Eindhoven
September 20th, 1944
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Aerial view of the bridge over the Neder Rijn, Arnhem; British troops and armored vehicles are visible at the north end of the bridge
September 18th, 1944
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Cromwell tanks of 2nd Welsh Guards crossing the bridge at Nijmegen
September 21st, 1944
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Four Waffen SS troopers taken prisoner
September 18th, 1944
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A Sherman Firefly tank of the Irish Guards Group advances past Sherman tanks knocked out earlier during Operation 'Market-Garden'
September 17th, 1944
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DUKWs transport supplies across the River Waal at Nijmegen
September, 1944
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Nijmegen after the battle
September 28th, 1944
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A Dutch school damaged by mortar fire, being searched for German snipers by Sergeant J. Whawell and Sergeant J. Turrell of the Glider Pilot Regiment
September 20th, 1944
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British tanks cross the road bridge
Nijmegen, 1944
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British paratroopers in Oosterbeek
September 17th, 1944
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Burning British Horsa glider
September, 1944
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SS Troops advancing on bicycles
September, 1944
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German soldiers at Arnhem
September 1944
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A British 17-pounder anti tank gun protects the road embankment on 'The Island', North of the Nijmegen road bridge
September 30th, 1944
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Infantry of the 50th Division moving up past a knocked-out German 88mm gun near 'Joe's Bridge' over the Meuse-Escaut Canal in Belgium
September 16th, 1944
