Allied planes drop paratroopers onto Holland's fields

Allied planes drop paratroopers onto Holland's fields already dotted with gliders and airborne troops. Sept. 17, 1944. Field Marshall Montgomery's Operation Market Garden plan to capture key bridges in Netherlands failed with 15, 000 Allied casualties. A BRIDGE TO FAR, was a 1977 film based on Cornelius Ryan's 1974 book about the battle. World War 2 (BSLOC_2015_13_91)

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