17 September 1944
Battle of Arnhem
Secures the Nijmegen Bridge & the South Bank of the Lek
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Secures the Nijmegen Bridge & the South Bank of the Lek
The capture of Nijmegen bridges allows the ground advance to continue toward Arnhem.
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