The Battle of Arnhem. The Collapse of Operation Market Garden, or Hitler's Last Victory

The Netherlands, 1944. If successful, the operation devised at the behest of Field Marshal Montgomery, dubbed “Market-Garden” and focused on capturing key bridges and crossings near the city of Arnhem, would open the way to the strategically important Ruhr region of Germany and bring the prospect of ending the war in Europe by the end of the year closer. However, the Germans mounted serious resistance, for which the Allies were unprepared. Their command ignored intelligence reports that enemy armored troops were located in the vicinity of Arnhem, which largely led to the defeat of the anti-Hitler coalition in this clash...
A detailed background of the battle for Arnhem, the actual hostilities from September 17 to 26, 1944, as well as an analysis of the long-term consequences of this operation by the famous British historian Antony Beevor.