Operation Market Garden
Time: Tuesday Sep 26, 1944
Place: Eindhoven, Nijmegen and Arnhem corridor, Netherlands
Details: An attempt to advance into northern Germany spearheaded by a major airborne operation in the Netherlands failed. Operation Market Garden was a failed military operation fought in the Netherlands from 17 to 25 September 1944.
‹ Earlier in historyDumbarton Oaks ConferenceFriday Sep 22, 1944 Later in history ›The VolkssturmTuesday Sep 26, 1944
Best-effort ordering. Some events may appear out of order since many are only known to the year, but they are usually around the same period.
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World War II-Western New Guinea Campaign
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi-Gandhi's release
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Winston Churchill-D-Day
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Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle arrival at RAF Northolt
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World War II-Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
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World War II-Hideki Tojo resignation
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Sunday Jul 23, 1944 - Germany
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Tuesday Jul 25, 1944 - Lublin, Poland
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World War II-Polish Committee of National Liberation
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Pope John Paul II-Black Sunday
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