マーケット・ガーデン作戦
[b]Operation Market Garden[/b] was an Allied [[military]] operation conceived and commanded by [[Bernard Montgomery]] during [[World War II]] in the German-occupied [[Netherlands]] from 17 to 27 September 1944. 

Its objective was to create a 64 mi (103 km) salient into German territory with a bridgehead over the River Rhine, creating an Allied invasion route into northern [[Germany]]. This was to be achieved by two sub-operations: seizing nine bridges with combined [[united_states|U.S.]] and [[united_kingdom|British]] airborne forces ([i]Market[/i]) followed by land forces swiftly following over the bridges ([i]Garden[/i]).

The airborne operation was planned and undertaken by the First Allied Airborne Army with the land operation by XXX Corps of the British Second Army. It was the largest airborne operation of the war up to that point.

Although the operation succeeded in liberating the Dutch cities of Eindhoven and Nijmegen along with many towns, and limited V-2 rocket launching sites, it failed to secure a bridgehead over the Rhine, with the advance being halted at the river.

h4. See also
* [[Battle of Arnhem]]
* [[Battle of Nijmegen]]
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