Operation Market Garden

(b/w) The second major operation for the 101st US Airborne Division was Operation Market Garden, September 1944. The aim was to secure the roads west of the German border on the Rhine against German troops, so that Allied armored units could travel freely to Germany would have. However, the German resistance was greater than expected, so that after eight days the operation had to be canceled and a total of 2,110 soldiers from the Airborne Division were killed.

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  • Originally Aired June 12, 2008
  • Runtime 55 minutes
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