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    Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation during the Second World War fought in the German-occupied Netherlands from 17 to 25 September...
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  • complete order of battle of Allied and German forces involved during Operation Market Garden. US General Dwight D. Eisenhower was Supreme Commander of the Supreme...
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  • Market Garden can refer to: Market gardening Operation Market Garden This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Market Garden. If...
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    assistant Francis L. O’Brien. As part of the ultimately unsuccessful Operation Market Garden, E Company was assigned to support the British forces around Eindhoven...
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    A market garden is the relatively small-scale production of fruits, vegetables and flowers as cash crops, frequently sold directly to consumers and restaurants...
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    territory at Borkel en Schaft on 20 September 1944, as part of Operation Market Garden — the operation to simultaneously capture nine bridges between the Bocholt-Herentals...
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    participated in the Allied advance through North-West Europe, including Operation Market-Garden in September 1944, repelling the German counter-offensive launched...
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    September 1944, it formed the Garden (cross land) contingent of Operation Market Garden; due to the failure of the Market (airborne) contingent to seize...
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  • Industries. It is set during World War II, specifically during Operation Market Garden, Operation Overlord, the Battle of France, Battle of Crete, Battle of...
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    campaign.[citation needed] The airborne component of Operation Market Garden, Operation Market was composed of American units (82nd Airborne Division...
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    highest profile operation in 1944, apart from Operation Overlord, was providing the main force for Operation Market Garden. During the operation, American (82nd...
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    Division (9.SS.Pz.Div), respectively, and deployed to counter Operation Market Garden. 2./s.Pz.Abt.506 fought with 10.SS.Pz.Div south of the Rhine River...
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    into allowing the unit to be used in the Western theatre of war. Operation Market Garden eventually saw the unit sent into action in support of the British...
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    First Allied Airborne Army during Operation Market Garden in September 1944. During the planning for this operation, it has been suggested that he said:...
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    actually arrived at Arnhem bridge during the Battle of Arnhem in Operation Market Garden, in the Second World War. He was one of the first to join the newly...
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    barrier of Germany in the west, the Rhine River had to be crossed. Operation Market Garden was orchestrated to attempt just this. It was staged in the Netherlands...
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    In September, planning for Operation Market Garden (the Allied invasion of the Netherlands) began in earnest. The operation called for three (at minimum)...
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    airborne troops as part of Operation Market Garden. They were used a third and final time in March 1945 during Operation Varsity when they transported...
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    commanded VIII Corps in the Battle of Normandy and later during Operation Market Garden. In 1945 he was General Officer in Command of the Eastern Command...
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    major battles, including Operation Overlord in France[NB, Babe did not take part in Operation Overlord], Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands, and...
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    the division liberated Brussels. It led the XXX Corps attack in Operation Market Garden, the ground forces' advance to relieve airborne troops aiming to...
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    bridges, in the Netherlands as part of the combined airborne/armored Operation Market Garden. On 17 September 1944 the 501st PIR landed approximately 5 miles...
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    for its role in Operation Overlord (the D-Day landings and airborne landings on 6 June 1944, in Normandy, France); Operation Market Garden; the liberation...
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    later, he parachuted into the Netherlands as part of Operation Market Garden. After Market Garden failed, the company shifted toward Arnhem. During an...
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  • by Operation Market Garden, meaning an act of overreaching A Bridge Too Far (book), a non-fiction book by Cornelius Ryan on Operation Market Garden A Bridge...
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    Operation Market Garden. The British military historian Max Hastings has labelled the operation both costly and unnecessary, writing that "Operation Varsity...
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  • Operation Market Garden is a 1985 video game published by Strategic Simulations. Operation Market Garden is a game in which the Allies of World War II...
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    Frederick Heyliger (category Operation Pegasus)
    United States Army during World War II. He took part in D-Day and Operation Market Garden, before being discharged due to injury sustained from friendly...
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    the Ruhr Pocket in Germany. He was promoted to sergeant before Operation Market Garden. Malarkey, who was never seriously wounded, served more consecutive...
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    Kamenets-Podolsky pocket, the Normandy battles, Operation Market Garden, the Ardennes Offensive and Operation Spring Awakening. The division surrendered to...
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