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2 giorni fa · Operation Market Garden. Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation during the Second World War fought in the German-occupied Netherlands from 17 to 25 September 1944. Its objective was to create a 64 mi (103 km) salient into German territory forming a bridgehead over the Nederrijn (Lower Rhine River), creating an Allied invasion ...
13 giu 2024 · The Allies, primarily the British 30th Corps under Lieutenant General Brian Horrocks, aimed to advance swiftly through the Netherlands and secure a path across the Rhine River into Germany.
27 giu 2024 · The plan called for five British and two Canadian divisions of XXX Corps, under Lt. Gen. Sir Brian Horrocks, part of General Sir Harry Crerar’s 1st Canadian Army, to attack the land gap between the Maas and Rhine Rivers from the German-Dutch border to the Rhine River.
2 lug 2024 · The highly concentrated assault of the IX Corps, now under Gen. Brian Horrocks, was launched in the starlit but moonless early hours of May 6, 1943. It was preceded and covered by an intense artillery bombardment from more than 600 guns, on a front less than 2 miles (3.2 km) wide, in the Majardah (Medjerda) valley leading to Tunis.
21 giu 2024 · Lieutenant General Sir Brian Horrocks, KCB, KBE, DSO, MC (1895–1985) was a highly respected commander in the British Army, perhaps best known for commanding XXX Corps in Operation Market Garden and several other World War II campaigns.
4 giorni fa · Brian Horrocks commanded XXX Corps from August 1944 through the end of WWII. XXX Corps was refitting after the Market Garden operation when the Germans attacked on December 16, 1944. The Corps also participated in halting the German 2nd Panzer Division near Celles before they could capture a bridge over the Meuse River.
18 giu 2024 · On September 2, 1944, in Douai northern France late in the evening, Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks, commander of Britain’s XXX Corps, gave the order to march on Brussels. Montgomery’s army set out the next morning and covered 120km on the first day!
