


Market Garden was an example of an enemy’s rear area rapidly becoming a friendly front line, and that same front line quickly transitioning to friendly rear area. However, the experience of the 101st offers a compelling example of how the failure to effectively secure a line of communication through the operation’s rear area had catastrophic consequences for the operation as a whole.

The 101st Airborne Division’s experience during Operation Market Garden is not generally as well understood as the exploits of the 82nd and 1st (UK) Airborne Divisions.
