Today In History:  21 September  [1944]   --  Last British paratroopers at bridge of Arnhem surrenders

Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation during WW2 fought in the German-occupied Netherlands from 17 to 25 September 1944. Its objective was to create a 64 mi (103 km) salient into German territory with a bridgehead over the Nederrijn (Lower Rhine River), creating an Allied invasion route into northern Germany. Vastly outnumbred, British paratroopers held the bridge at Arnhem for several days but were eventually overwhelmed by German forces.

PHOTO: Parachutes open overhead as waves of paratroops land in Holland during operations by the 1st Allied Airborne Army.

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