For educational purposes
This episode tells the tragic story of the 'bridge too far and the ill-fated 'Operation Market Garden' - the Allied operation that was supposed to end World War Two in 1944.
Montgomery's rather fanciful conclusion that Market Garden was '90% successful' was hardly supported by the facts, the operation was an unmitigated failure.
Operation Market Garden's objective was to create a 64 mile salient into German territory with a bridgehead over the River Rhine, creating an Allied invasion route into northern Germany.
Although the largest airborne operation of the war up to that point, Market Garden's ultimate outcome remains debated.
The operation succeeded in liberating the Dutch cities of Eindhoven and Nijmegen along with many towns, and limited V-2 rocket launching sites.
However, it failed to secure a bridgehead over the Rhine, with the advance being halted at the river.
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