HIST 388 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Operation Market Garden, Operation Dragoon, Nijmegen
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The allies had aerial superiority, the french resistance (sabotage) were very active in shutting down railway lines (short term) At the end of july the allied armies were breaking out of the normandy bridgehead but it wasn"t easy august 15th falaise is an example. The german armies because of their skill and resilience had to be pushed out of. France acre by acre and allied casualties were higher than expected, so british and. Canadians fought under strength at the end of august the canadians were 4318 men short. Operation dragoon was implemented to secure shipping by the 20th of september through marseilles. Allied forces operated in 4 different directions with longer and longer supply lines; Protecting the bridge in arnheim was seen as critical but it seems to be part of. Operation market garden (airborne divisions to arnheim) failed because they landed in an ss area the british first airborne division was annihilated (deprived of fighting ability)
