17th. September 1944. The Allies
launch Operation Market Garden, in an attempt to gain
control of a series of six Rhine river bridges. The operation
included the largest airborne assault in history, carried out
by the U.S. 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions, the British 1st
Airborne Division and the Polish 1st Parachute Brigade.
Here we see the men of Easy Company as they jump into battle
near the Dutch town of Eindhoven. |