Operation Market Garden
1944 World War II military operation
Summary
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 salient spanning 62 miles (100 km) into German territory with a bridgehead over the Nederrijn, creating an Allied invasion route into northern Germany. This was to be achieved by two sub-operations: seizing nine bridges with combined American, British and Polish airborne forces ("Market") followed by British land forces swiftly following over the bridges ("Garden").
Originally created by Jeronimo
6/13/2002, 12:12:52 AM
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/* In film and video games */ Added a reference to the TF2 melee weapon by the name "The Market Gardener" - this time with a citation to the TF2 wiki page. If you scroll down on this page to trivia, it is also listed there verbatim.
Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/~2026-29480-23|~2026-29480-23]] ([[User talk:~2026-29480-23|talk]]): not providing a [[WP:RS|reliable source]] ([[WP:CITE]], [[WP:RS]]) ([[WP:HG|HG]]) (3.4.10)
/* In film and video games */ Added that the TF2 weapon "The Market Gardener" is a reference to the operation.
This irrelevant bit of fluff has been repeatedly discussed and the reason it shouldn't be included explained multiple times. Please stop attempting to add it.
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/* Medal of Honor */ Cole was not awarded his MoH for actions during Market Garden
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