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Resource Y: Map of Operation Market

Garden
OBJECTIVES 8 MILES
NEDER RHINE RIVER 1st BRITISH AIRBORNE DIVISION
1 POLISH INDEPENDENT PARACHUTE BRIGADE ARNHEM

OOSTERBEEK

20 SEPT

10 MILES
ELST
WAAL RIVER

OBJECTIVES NIJMEGEN
82nd US AIRBORNE
DIVISION 19 SEPT

MAAS RIVER

GERMANY
AA RIVER GROESBEEK
GRAVE

UDEN
WILLEMS CANAL 33 MILES

VEGHEL

DOMMEL RIVER
St OEDENRODE
OBJECTIVES
101st US AIRBORNE
DIVISION

WILHELMINA CANAL SON 18 SEPT

NETHERLANDS
14 MILES
EINDHOVEN

MAP NOT TO SCALE

AIRBORNE TROOPS
AALST
FRONT LINE 16 SEPT

FRONT LINE 26 SEPT

VALKENSWAARD 17 SEPT
BRIDGES

BORDERS

TOWNS 10 MILES

RIVERS

BELGIUM XXX CORPS ROUTE ‘HELLS HIGHWAY’

The map shows the objectives of the airborne forces during Operation Market Garden. The 101st US
Airborne division landed at Eindhoven, the 82nd Airborne division landed at Nijmegen and the 1st
British Airborne division and the Polish Independent Parachute Bridge landed at Arnhem. The group
troops advanced from Belgium along a narrow road, heading towards Arnhem.

Market Garden Resource Y: Map of Operation Market Garden

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