Garden
OBJECTIVES 8 MILES
NEDER RHINE RIVER 1st BRITISH AIRBORNE DIVISION
1 POLISH INDEPENDENT PARACHUTE BRIGADE ARNHEM
OOSTERBEEK
20 SEPT
10 MILES
ELST
WAAL RIVER
OBJECTIVES NIJMEGEN
82nd US AIRBORNE
DIVISION 19 SEPT
MAAS RIVER
GERMANY
AA RIVER GROESBEEK
GRAVE
UDEN
WILLEMS CANAL 33 MILES
VEGHEL
DOMMEL RIVER
St OEDENRODE
OBJECTIVES
101st US AIRBORNE
DIVISION
NETHERLANDS
14 MILES
EINDHOVEN
AIRBORNE TROOPS
AALST
FRONT LINE 16 SEPT
VALKENSWAARD 17 SEPT
BRIDGES
BORDERS
TOWNS 10 MILES
RIVERS
The map shows the objectives of the airborne forces during Operation Market Garden. The 101st US
Airborne division landed at Eindhoven, the 82nd Airborne division landed at Nijmegen and the 1st
British Airborne division and the Polish Independent Parachute Bridge landed at Arnhem. The group
troops advanced from Belgium along a narrow road, heading towards Arnhem.