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AIRBORNE
Pvt. Bernard M. Nakle from the 101st Airborne gives gum to a little Dutch girl after landing behind German lines in the Netherlands.
– 9/18/44
82d Airborne Division drop near Grave in the Netherlands during Operation Market-Garden. (National Archives)
This German Shepherd dog—shown with its owner, U.S. Army paratrooper Lt. Peter Barenowski—is the only dog that jumped into combat with American airborne forces. – 10/17/44
CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY
UNITED STATES ARMYWASHINGTON, D.C.
www.history.army.mil
NIJMEGEN
ARNHEM
EINDHOVEN
Market Garden Map Brochure.indd 1 9/6/19 7:36 AM
Ope
rati
on M
ar
ket
Ga
rd
en
TH
E U
.S. A
RM
Y C
ENT
ER O
F M
ILIT
ARY
HIS
TO
RY
com
mem
orat
es t
he 7
5th
anni
vers
ary
of t
he S
econ
d W
orld
War
thr
ough
ou
treac
h ev
ents
and
oth
er m
ediu
ms
to e
duca
te a
nd i
nspi
re a
ll m
embe
rs
of A
mer
ican
soc
iety
by
hono
ring
the
selfl
ess
acts
of c
oura
ge a
nd h
eroi
sm
perf
orm
ed b
y U
.S. s
oldi
ers i
n th
e se
rvic
e of
our
nat
ion.
Thro
ugh
this
com
mem
orat
ion,
we
will
:•
Rem
embe
r the
sacr
ifice
s of t
he m
ore
than
800
,000
kill
ed,
wou
nded
, or c
aptu
red
durin
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htin
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ld W
ar II
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ldie
rs w
ho se
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ting
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Brig. Gen. A
nthony C. M
cAuliffe, artillery com
mander of the 101st A
irborne, gives his glider pilots last-m
inute instructions before the take-off on D + 1. – 9/18/44.
Allied U
nits InvolvedC
orps
I British A
irborne C
orpsX
XX
British C
orpsV
III British C
orpsX
II British C
orps
Divisions
AIRBORNE
I British A
irborne D
ivision82d A
irborne D
ivision101st A
irborne D
ivision1st Independent (Polish)
Parachute Brigade
Facts:
20,000A
llied Airborne Soldiers
1,000A
llied Bom
bers Attacking G
erman Flank Positions
1,100A
llied Fighters Sweeping the Skies for the Luftw
affe
1,545Transport Planes
Nearly 13,000
Allied C
asualties
Ope
rati
on M
ar
ket
Ga
rd
enM
ar
ket
-Ga
rd
en w
as t
ruly
a d
arin
g pr
opos
ition
, w
ith s
ucce
ss
hing
ing
on th
ree
criti
cal a
ssum
ptio
ns. F
irst
, the
21
Arm
y G
roup
pl
anne
rs b
elie
ved
that
the
Ger
man
def
ense
s in
the
Ein
dhov
en-
Arn
hem
cor
ridor
wer
e he
ld b
y di
sorg
aniz
ed fo
rmat
ions
of
“low
ca
tego
ry”
sold
iers
who
wou
ld o
ffer
little
res
istan
ce to
the
ligh
tly
arm
ed a
irbo
rne
troo
ps, m
uch
less
to
the
rapi
d ad
vanc
e of
the
30
Cor
ps a
rmed
for
ces.
Seco
nd, t
he B
ritish
pre
sum
ed t
hat
the
singl
e na
rrow
rou
te s
uita
ble
for
arm
ored
veh
icle
s co
uld
supp
ort
the
rapi
d ad
vanc
e of
som
e 20
,000
veh
icle
s of
the
30 C
orps
from
th
eir
jum
ping
-off
poin
t to
Arn
hem
. Th
ird,
the
plan
dep
ende
d on
rei
nfor
cing
and
res
uppl
ying
the
air
born
e un
its b
y ai
rdro
ps
duri
ng a
sea
son
whe
n th
e w
eath
er in
nor
thea
ster
n Eu
rope
rar
ely
affor
ded
good
flyi
ng c
ondi
tions
. N
ever
thel
ess,
the
stak
es o
f ga
inin
g a
foot
hold
ove
r th
e R
hine
and
out
flank
ing
the
Sieg
frie
d Li
ne s
eem
ed to
just
ify th
e ri
sk. O
n 17
Sep
tem
ber,
the
roar
ing
of
thou
sand
s of
eng
ines
from
the
airp
lane
s of
the
vast
Alli
ed a
eria
l ar
mad
a su
ppor
ting
Ope
ratio
n Mar
ket-
Gar
den
shat
tere
d th
e ca
lm o
f the
cle
ar sk
ies o
ver t
he N
ethe
rland
s.
All
phot
os c
ourt
esy
of N
atio
nal A
rchi
ves.
Cov
er p
hoto
– U
.S. A
rmy
Air
born
e So
ldie
rs a
ll
set
to ju
mp
in t
he in
vasi
on o
f Hol
land
. – 9
/17/
44.
Market Garden Map Brochure.indd 2 9/6/19 7:36 AM