Today in Throwback Thursday (Seb: late, yep) it is the British XXX Corps that took part in Operation Market Garden in September 1944. In this complex and highly ambitious operation the XXX Corps was to take a large role in supporting the British and American paratroopers taking the bridges crossing the rivers; mainly with tanks. However, due to a long series of events, XXX Corps could not reach its goal and the operation failed. Was XXX Corps solely responsible for this failure or was it due to other factors? Let’s find out.

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