Well folks another re-run. Since we are coming up on the the anniversary of Operation Market-Garden, the Allied airborne invasion of Holland in Septmber 1944 I thought I would re-publish this article. The Market-Garden plan was designed to take advantage of German confusion and disarray to leap across the Rhine River and occupy the Ruhr industrial region and in doing so hopefully end the war. It was a bold and risky plan and it did not work. This article is about how the Allies got to this point and how both the Allies and the Germans adapted to a rapidly changing situation on the western front.
Peace, Padre Steve+
NOTE: I decided to post an old article from my file which has not been posted here before as I was too emotionally spent to work on anything requiring emotional input. This is a look at the campaign in Western Europe from late July to September 1944. I wrote this a number of years ago for my Masters in Military History program. Peace, Steve+
September 17th is the 65th anniversary of the Allied attempt to liberate the Netherlands, secure a crossing across the Rhine and plunge into the heart of German industry and war making capacity the Ruhr basin. The plan is better known as Operation “Market-Garden” and was the first major use of Airborne Divisions in a strategic jump versus a tactical or operational mode. What made this operation different was the distance that the Airborne would be dropped from the front lines and the number of…
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