Why did Operation Market Garden fail?

On 17 September the airborne divisions landed. Eventually all the bridges were captured in what was one of the largest airborne operations in history. The plan failed largely because of 30 Corps’ inability to reach the furthest bridge at Arnhem before German forces overwhelmed the British defenders.

When did Arnhem finally fall?

Winston Churchill would lionize the courage of the fallen Allied soldiers with the epitaph “Not in vain.” Arnhem was finally liberated on April 15, 1945.

Why was the Market Garden operation a failure?

Market Garden placed the forward units too far forward, Montgomery could not break through to establish a line of communication. Without support, the Operation was doomed from its inception. Patton had little respect for Montgomery and vice versa. Both were adequate tacticians, neither was a grand strategist.

What was Montgomery’s Market Garden strategy?

Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery. Market Garden strategy as envisioned by Montgomery and sold to the overall Supreme Allied Commander, General Eisenhower, was to stop the “broad front” assault on Germany and allow Monty to concentrate a narrower front in a lightning advance led of course by himself.

Why did General Patton dislike Operation Market Garden?

So Patton mentioned Montgomery’s Operation Market Garden twice in his diaries. Patton’s main concern seemed to be that supplies were to be diverted from HIM. Patton didn’t specifically address whether he thought the plan itself was faulty, or it failed because of poor implementation.

Who was Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery?

Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery was one of the most prominent and successful British commanders of the Second World War (1939-45). Known as ‘Monty’, he notably commanded the Allies against General Erwin Rommel in North Africa, and in the invasions of Italy and Normandy. Bernard Law Montgomery was born in London in 1887.