He was ferrying seven enlisted men and supplies to a bold new war front known as OperationMarketGarden. But that gentle name belied the hellish situation awaiting Marks and his fellow pilots.
Tuesday marked the anniversary of OperationMarketGarden in 1944, when approximately 20,000 Allied airborne troops first landed in the Netherlands with parachutes and gliders. They included ...
OperationMarketGarden – the 80th anniversary of which takes place over September 17-25 – has gone down in history as a strategic failure. The brainchild of Field Marshal Bernard Law ...
Both men were killed during the crucial OperationMarketGarden in the Netherlands in September 1944. More than 250 people attended yesterday, including many locals. Lt Anderson’s great-nephew ...
"To be able to start this project in the 80th anniversary year of the OperationMarketGarden makes it especially poignant." He added although the operation was "courageous and daring", it was ...
One of the parachutists taking part in a commemorative re-enactment of OperationMarketGarden in Gelderland on Wednesday was injured when he landed in a tree. It is 80 years ago this year that ...
The gravesites of Americans buried at the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial near Margraten have been adopted by Dutch families for generations.
Sam Edwards has previously received funding from the ESRC, the US-UK Fulbright Commission, the US Army Military History Institute, and the US Naval War College. Sam is a Trustee of The D-Day Story ...
(MENAFN- The Conversation) OperationmarketGarden – the 80th anniversary of which takes place over September 17-25 – has gone down in history as a strategic failure. The brainchild of Field ...