Operation Market Garden
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title:
Operation Market Garden
text:
Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation during the Second World War fought in the German-occupied Netherlands from 17 to 25 September 1944. Its objective was to create a 64 mi (103 km) salient into German territory with a bridgehead over the Nederrijn, creating an Allied invasion route into northern Germany. This was to be achieved by two sub-operations: seizing nine bridges with combined US and British airborne forces ("Market") followed by British land forces swiftly following
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1944 World War II military operation
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Market_Garden
date created:
2002-06-13T00:12:52Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T16:26:00Z
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