OperationMarketGarden, which spanned nine days ... the Allies failed to secure the final bridge at Arnhem and were forced to retreat. An estimated 17,000 Allied troops were killed, wounded ...
With 2 Para isolated at the Arnhem Bridge and both 1 and 4 Para Brigades thwarted in their attempts to fight their way into Arnhem and falling back what became the Oosterbeek Perimeter started to ...