When British paratroopers landed near Arnhem in 1944, they expected light resistance. Instead, they came face-to-face with well-prepared German armor. Radios failed, supply drops fell into enemy hands, and reinforcements never arrived. The Allied advance stalled at the final bridge, giving birth to the phrase “a bridge too far.”
The consequences were devastating. More than 17,000 Allied soldiers were killed, wounded, or captured. The Rhine was never crossed, Germany was not invaded as planned, and the war continued for months longer than expected. What was meant to be a bold shortcut to victory became one of the Allies’ greatest failures.
Operation Market Garden revealed a harsh truth about World War II: history is not only shaped by powerful armies and weapons, but by human error. One inaccurate map and ignored intelligence changed the course of the war.
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