In September 1944, Allied forces in Europe launched a large-scale operation into the German-occupied Netherlands. Codenamed “Market Garden,” the goal of the operation was to create an opening ...

Tuesday marked the anniversary of Operation Market Garden in 1944, when approximately 20,000 Allied airborne troops first landed in the Netherlands with parachutes and gliders. They included ...

Explore the untold story of the First Polish Independent Parachute Brigade in Operation Market Garden. Discover how these brave paratroopers jumped into Arnhem on September 21, 1944, and the ...

A Second World War medic who helped save lives during Operation Market Garden has described reaching his 100th birthday as a “wonderful occasion” but said there are not many of his division left.

Sam Edwards has previously received funding from the ESRC, the US-UK Fulbright Commission, the US Army Military History Institute, and the US Naval War College. Sam is a Trustee of The D-Day Story ...

On Sept. 17, 1944, American and British forces launched Operation Market Garden, the largest combined ground and air operation ever attempted. After the Allies had broken out from Normandy ...

Parachutists Commemorate 80th Anniversary of Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands GINKEL HEATH, Netherlands (AP) — Hundreds of paratroopers dropped out of near-cloudless skies over a heath ...

Local mayor Rene Verhulst called the heath near Arnhem a place “where 80 years ago courage, sacrifice and hope came together in the shape of the airborne landings during Operation Market Garden. Today ...