69th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) their heads down waiting for it to explode. By the time they realised their mistake Hollis was on top of them and had shot them. Operation Market Garden (17 September 1944 – 25 September 1944) was an Allied military operation in World War II in the Netherlands and Germany. Market would employ three Airborne Divisions. The U.S. 101st Airborne Division, would drop in two locations just north of XXX Corps to take the bridges northwest of Eindhoven at Son and Veghel. The U.S. 82nd Airborne Division,would drop northeast of them to take the bridges at Grave and Nijmegen, and the
Operation Market Garden in the 82nd Airborne Division's zone, Groesbeek ridge. Seizure and defence of these hills was considered to be vital to holding the highway bridges. The plan of action consisted of two operations: Market would employ four of the six divisions of the First Allied Airborne Army. The U.S. 101st Airborne Division, under Major General Maxwell D. Taylor, would drop in two locations just north of XXX Corps to take the bridges northwest of Eindhoven at Son and Veghel. The 82nd Airborne Division, under Brigadier General James M. Gavin, would drop northeast of them to take the bridges at Grave and