Operation Market Garden

Operation Market Garden (17–25 September 1944) was an unsuccessful Allied military operation, fought in the Netherlands and Germany in the Second World War. Airborne and land forces succeeded in the liberation of the Dutch cities of Eindhoven and Nijmegen, but failed in keeping their further positions in and around the city of Arnhem with its strategically important bridge over the river Rhine.

(This is a double blind game, with the perspective from the German side.)

September 17, 1944: The Germans scramble in response of multiple Allied airdrops. Grave falls to the enemy, as well as parts of Nijmengen and Endhoven. In the south, the Germans regroup in order to face off the attacks of 30 Corps. 

September 18, 1944: The Germans secure the outskirts of Arnhem and prepare a counterattack in the vicinity of Nijmengen. In the south, a stalemate continues, as XXX Corps is bogged down by the German defenses and no one has complete control of Eindhoven.

September 19, 1944: The Germans begin a massive counterattack between Arnhem and Nijmengen...

The results are inconclusive, but it is clear the situation is untenable for the British and American paratroopers. In the south, the Polish Brigade of Gen. Sosabowski is landed in the rear of German lines, in order to facilitate the advance of XXX Corps. In response, the Germans withdraw to the Wilhelmina Canal to form a new defensive line.

September 20, 1944: XXX Corps advances cautiously, as the Allies have not yet realized that the Germans have withdrawn. Meanwhile, the noose is tightened around the Allied paratroopers between Arnhem and Nijmengen. 

September 21, 1944: XXX Corps, assisted by the Poles and American 101st Airborne, reach the Wilhelmina Canal and are confronted by a staunch German defense. Any sort of attack if further complicated by the destruction of many bridges over the canal. As the weather has turned bad, all the paratroopers further north are now out of supply and the Germans take this opportunity to renew their attacks. Staring in the face of disaster, the Allied High Command calls off Operation Market Garden.

 The Allied perspective: