Battle on Arnhem

When the Geallieerden armies slowly went to the Reich became the German opposition always larger. In a time over the Dutch rivers to come and then immediately to the Rurhterritory, where all German weapon industry stood, by being able to bump considered general Montgomery a plan that he "Operation Market Guards" named. With "Market" meant he the activities of the air landings troops that he would use the bridges to conquer, and with "Guards" meant he the activities of the British ground troops that then over the conquered bridges would go.

During "Operation Market Guards" for the dropping of soldiers mainly "Horsa" Mk-II became uses airplanes. This sailplanes could be opened in the middle of the trunk in two parts. These airplanes could 29 men or a 75-mm howitzer transport. For the transportation of vehicles as a jeep, artillery, light tank or a Bofors-airdefencecannon with accompanying hiker, the Britons approximately 38 Hamilcar sailplanes used. In total, the Geallieerde used 1545 airplanes and 478 sailplanes. Of German air defence, the Geallieerde little burden and the German Wulffs and Messerschmitt, German airplanes had, were also no danger for the Geallieerde airplanes. A many used Geallieerde buy gasoline was the “M5A1 Stuart". For the transport of men and material, the Geallieerden used during "Operation Market Guards" mainly the “M3A1 Halftrack". These risk became many uses because he on rough grounds wanted to ride, what usual trucks could not. He could or transport 13 soldiers or a mortier, antitank racket or an usual machine gun. Because of its 160 AX motor these a speed of 74 km risk wanted to get per hour. A good trained soldier wanted to get there 15 shots per minute with. Someone else gun that uses became was the "Sten Allow" through the Geallieerden. This gun became uses because of the easy use and the easily produce of this arm. Also there were arm no high production expense by this. And the Geallieerden had equipped a number of soldiers with a flame thrower. Against Tanks, they used the "Bazooka Antitank Rocket Launcher"The Germans had on this moment in the neighbourhood of Arnhem the Ninth and Tenth SS-armour division.

For the transportation of soldiers and weapons, the Germans used risk had been equipped mainly the "SdKfz 250" These with a "MG 34 machine gun". The dropping of the parachutists was the largest problem of the Geallieerden during "Operation Market Guards". There self all sorts of difficulties showed. For instance the division of Major General Urquhart, that in the neighbourhood of Arnhem had to land, and the bridge by Arnhem had to conquer had the problem that there in the neighbourhood of the large traffic bridge by Arnhem surplus air defence stood, through which it not possible was the parachutists that to let drop off. Already will the British dragging airplanes the curve to the south take will they between the American dragging airplanes come to fly through which they burden of each other would get. Urquhart had been forced are landings zones a piece of Arnhem thus round to choose. It was considerably that he good place would choose because a time ago by the dropping on Sicily the landing site not good had been chosen and the lose large were. The open heaths so 7 km to north of Arnhem fell off because it surplus hills and bushes was. Also was that grounds a little bit at the small side for so much airplanes. And the open grounds to south of the bridge by Arnhem was also not well because the soggy ground would be and because about it a number of ends walked through which it not possible was that to land. Firstly became there thought of two flights on one day; this plan were thrown off through the commanders that responsibly were for the troops transportation because there between the missions not sufficient times would be for maintenance of the airplanes, possible repairs that through sustained fights damage necessary were and rest for the crew. Someone else proposal had been made would become that the first flight in the dark and the second by the coming from the day. But that plan was rejected because the American crews, that a large part of the parachutists to their destination had to transport, not yet enough experience had with night fly and the previous occasions then they 's nights flown had – on Sicily and the peninsula Cotentin – the results appalling been were. Therefore for flights, on different days chosen became. The American 101ste Division must to north of end courts come down to conquer that city and the bridges over the Aa, South-willems speed, Doze and Wilhelminacanal. The American 82ste Division had to conquer the bridge over the Meuse by Tomb and the bridge over the Walloon with Nijmegen.

Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Market_Garden
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slag_om_Arnhem
http://www.marketgarden.com/2010/UK/frames.html

I source also in books:
Liddell Hart, Basil en Barrie Pit, Standaard Geillustreerde Geschiedenis van de Tweede Wereldoorlog, Antwerpen 1990.
Star Busmann, C.W., De slag om Arnhem, Rotterdam 1978