1 00:00:00,919 --> 00:00:03,502 (smooth music) 2 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:11,530 - [Narrator] After months of planning 3 00:00:11,530 --> 00:00:13,310 throughout the summer of 1944, 4 00:00:13,310 --> 00:00:16,300 Allied forces made one of the largest commitments 5 00:00:16,300 --> 00:00:18,103 yet seen during World War Two. 6 00:00:19,070 --> 00:00:22,660 Beginning on September 17th, in a two-pronged attack. 7 00:00:22,660 --> 00:00:25,340 Operation Market Garden was launched by both 8 00:00:25,340 --> 00:00:27,451 air and ground units, moving East through 9 00:00:27,451 --> 00:00:28,593 the Netherlands. 10 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:34,000 The air attack was the largest airborne operation 11 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:35,460 in World War Two. 12 00:00:35,460 --> 00:00:37,435 Delivering, roughly, thirty-thousand men 13 00:00:37,435 --> 00:00:39,960 from the British First Airborne Division, 14 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:41,840 82nd Lowland Infantry Division, 15 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:43,727 Polish First Airborne Division, and 16 00:00:43,727 --> 00:00:48,053 American 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions. 17 00:00:49,150 --> 00:00:51,700 The ground assault consisted primarily of 18 00:00:51,700 --> 00:00:53,686 the British 30 Core and was initially 19 00:00:53,686 --> 00:00:56,543 spearheaded by the Guards Armored Division. 20 00:00:59,910 --> 00:01:02,410 Airborne divisions would join the 30 Core in the 21 00:01:02,410 --> 00:01:04,720 breakout from the Arnhem bridge head. 22 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:07,340 While the roads to Arnhem would be come know as, 23 00:01:07,340 --> 00:01:08,173 'Hell's Highway' 24 00:01:08,173 --> 00:01:10,833 to the men who fought during the operation. 25 00:01:13,584 --> 00:01:15,156 While the impact of Market Garden was felt 26 00:01:15,156 --> 00:01:18,341 throughout the war effort, the operation failed 27 00:01:18,341 --> 00:01:20,925 to achieve its main objective of gaining control 28 00:01:20,925 --> 00:01:22,860 of the Rhine River. 29 00:01:22,860 --> 00:01:25,280 Resulting, in the final withdrawal of Allied forces 30 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:27,333 from the Rhine on September 25. 31 00:01:29,878 --> 00:01:31,211 [Dramatic Music]