On this day in history: Operation Market Garden More than 90,000 paratroopers and ground forces pushed through the Netherlands in a two-part operation; Market - airborne and Garden - ground forces, to gain control over key bridges. U.S. Army video by KeSean Johnson | U.S. Army

15K views · 263 reactions | Today marks the 80th anniversary of the start of Operation Market Garden - the largest combined airborne and ground offensive in history. Not heard of it before? Here’s a brief overview in 60 seconds.  #WeWillRememberThem | Royal Air Force | Facebook

Allied aircraft tow gliders to the Netherlands at the start of Operation Market Garden, September 1944. The largest airborne landing in military history, the operation involved some 35,000 parachute and glider troops who landed in the Netherlands in an attempt to secure crossings across the Rhine as a prelude to an invasion of Germany. © IWM GEN 11 | Imperial War Museum London