"Operation Market Garden, in the end ... not speak our language and perhaps could hardly find our country on the map, had been prepared to cross an ocean to fight for our freedom," said Slinkman.

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 ...

The mass jumps over the Ginkelse Heath near the town of Ede honored the thousands of Allied troops who took part in air drops as part of "Operation Market Garden" in September, 1944. The operation ...

Ultimately, it was a bridge too far. Follow the fortunes of the British at Arnhem as they desperately attempt to hold out for the advancing forces during Operation Market-Garden.

Operation Market-Garden will always be a great what-if. Had it succeeded, it would have gone down as one of the most brilliant audacious operations in history. But it didn’t succeed, and the ...

“The Men & Guns of Operation Market-Garden” is an American Rifleman Special Session which will take place at the NRA Annual Meetings at Houston, Texas in May. Check back for exact location of ...

Provided that the drop zone dimension and locations for future Falcon Leap and Operation Market Garden exercises stay the same, Colwell’s actions have potentially certified the drop zones for ...

Hundreds of paratroopers dropped out of near-cloudless skies over a heath in the central Netherlands on Saturday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Operation Market Garden — one of World War ...

Soldiers who took part in Operation Market Garden in September 1944 to try to take strategic bridges near Arnhem are having a farewell get-together. The failed operation, which was mounted to ...

Mark Fielder discovers how Operation Market Garden could have shortened World War Two by six months, and how the plan failed at the last moment. In May 1945 it was the Russians who hoisted their ...