Timeline Sunday 17 September 1944

Events on Sunday 17 September 1944 3

• 1944 Operation Market Garden A bridge too far The Allied airborne assault to seize the Rhine bridges fails at Arnhem, leaving the north under occupation through the deadly Hunger Winter of 1944–45.
• 1944 Operation Market Garden A bridge too far — Arnhem falls Operation Market Garden, September 17-25, 1944, was the largest airborne operation in history, aimed at seizing bridges in the Netherlands and crossing the Rhine. The operation failed at Arnhem, delaying the end of the war.
• 1944 Operation Market Garden Allied airborne attempt to cross the Rhine fails Allied airborne divisions landed in the Netherlands to seize a series of bridges, which would let ground forces advance into Germany. The British 1st Airborne Division was overwhelmed at Arnhem after the relieving armour failed to reach it. The failure ended hopes of finishing the war in 1944.