X-Nico

11 unusual facts about Operation Market Garden


1938–39 Birmingham F.C. season

Farrage was killed in action in September 1944, serving as a private in the 10th Battalion, the Parachute Regiment during Operation Market Garden.

Brothers in Arms: Art of War

Art of War is chiefly a top-down shooter, featuring 13 missions in 3 campaigns, including Operation Market Garden. The game also includes parachute missions, rail shooter plane, tank and boat missions, as well as a destructible environment.

Gillean Maclaine

By 1944 he was serving as Section Commander, F Squadron ( No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment, part of the Airborne Forces at Arnhem.

Harvey Jablonsky

Although the unit did prepare for combat in Operation Comet (or Operation Market Garden) the strength of the Allied forces continually negated the need for airborne operations and as German defenses weakened, victory in Europe became a reality.

Howard R. Johnson

The 101st Airborne, including Colonel Johnson and his men, was ordered to seize 15 miles of highway, including several bridges, in Holland as part of the combined airborne/armored Operation Market Garden.

Nijmegen railway station

It was extensively rebuilt after the war since the original station was severely damaged by a US bombing raid in February 1944 and during Operation Market Garden in September 1944.

Porterdale, Georgia

Robert C. Blankenship(1921–1970) was decorated with the Dutch Military Order of William (the Dutch equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor) for his bravery in Operation Market Garden; born in Porterdale.

R.U.S.E.

Later that year, Sheridan is placed in command of forces in Operation Market Garden, and Weatherby is discreetly placed in command of forces "in reserve".

Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij

However, after the start of Operation Market Garden on September the 17th, 1944, the Nazi-German occupiers in Holland decided to destruct all major ports, port facilities and infrastructure in Holland.

Silent Wings Museum

He also received Holland's highest honor, the Order of the Orange Lanyard for his service in Operation Market Garden.

Somerby, Leicestershire

During WWII, the village was used as a base station and testing ground for Operation Market Garden, the airborne attack on Arnhem.


16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS

A Kampfgruppe of the 16th Training and Replacement Battalion was based in Arnhem and took part in Operation Market Garden.

32d Flying Training Squadron

It dropped paratroops near Nijmegen and towed gliders carrying reinforcements during the airborne attack on Holland.

4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards

The regiment later participated in the battle for the Falaise pocket, and as part of the armoured forces in Operation Market Garden - the regiment pushing as far as Driel, on the south bank of the Rhine a couple of miles from Arnhem.

84th Flying Training Squadron

In September 1944, the squadron contributed to the Allied victory in the Arnhem-Nijmegen airborne landings; notably, they suppressed numerous ground positions during the airborne assault and were credited with saving scores of American and British troop transports.

Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle

The Albemarle was originally designed as a medium bomber, but never served in that role, instead being used for general and special transport duties, paratroop transport and glider towing, including significant actions such as Normandy and the assault on Arnhem during Operation Market Garden.

Albemarles took part in many of the major British airborne operations, such as the invasion of Sicily and of Normandy and the assault on Arnhem during Operation Market Garden.

No. 271 Squadron RAF

Further support for the Allied landings and the battle for France followed, including support for the Battle of Arnhem during Operation Market Garden.

No. 83 Group RAF

At the time of Operation Market Garden it consisted of the RCAF's 39 Reconnaissance Wing, 121, 122, 123 and 143 Wings flying Hawker Typhoon fighter-bombers, 125 Wing with Supermarine Spitfire fighters, and the RCAF 126 and 127 Wings also flying Spitfires.

Robert G. Cole

On September 18, 1944, during Operation Market Garden, Colonel Cole, commanding the 3rd Battalion of the 502d PIR in Best, Netherlands, got on the radio.

Steeple Ashton

The village abuts Keevil Airfield, an active military aerodrome which served throughout World War Two as home to squadrons of Bomber Command, and also as a launch site for gliders taking part in Operation Market Garden, made famous in A Bridge Too Far.

Walter Poppe

He participated in Operation Market Garden, leading the 59th Infantry Division where he led his troops across a river crossing between Breskens and Flushing.