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The Battle of Nijmegen, also known as the Liberation of Nijmegen, occurred from 17 to 20 September 1944, as part of Operation Market Garden during World War II.. The Allies' primary goal was to capture the two bridges over the Waal River at Nijmegen – the road route over the Waalbrug (Waal Bridge) and Nijmegen railway bridge – and relieve the British 1st Airborne Division and Polish 1st ...
Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation during the Second World War 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 ...
DUKWs transport supplies across the River Waal at Nijmegen, below the railway bridge whose central span was broken by German frogmen using floating mines, 28 September 1944. From 28 September onwards, the II Fallschirmkorps launched a series of assaults from the Reichswald against the Allied positions east of Nijmegen.
The following events occurred in September 1944: September 1, 1944 (Friday) ... The Germans commenced a counter offensive to retake the Nijmegen salient, ...
It returned briefly to the United Kingdom; it then served in the Allied Invasion of Normandy in June 1944. In September 1944, it formed the Garden (cross land) contingent of Operation Market Garden; due to the failure of the Market (airborne) contingent to seize the bridge at Nijmegen, XXX Corps arrived too late at the subsequent (25 km (16 mi ...
The city of Nijmegen, the Netherlands, is partially in ruins following the Operation Market Garden battle to capture its bridge over the River Waal, seen in the distance, September 1944
Pages in category "September 1944" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. ... Battle of the Nijmegen salient; Belgrade offensive; C. Chortiatis ...
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