Koevering Corridor Raid

On September 24, 1944, German Fallschirmjaegers, led by Major Hans Jungwirth who knew the ground well, approached the small hamlet of Koevering almost undetected. At about 1900 hours the destruction began as the German units poured heavy fire into the …

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On September 24, 1944, German Fallschirmjaegers, led by Major Hans Jungwirth who knew the ground well, approached the small hamlet of Koevering almost undetected. At about 1900 hours the destruction began as the German units poured heavy fire into the Allied columns that had stalled on the narrow corridor of Hell's Highway. Paratroopers of the 502 with artillery support arrived and struggled to keep Jungwirth's men from holding the entire village of Koevering, but the damage had already been done. The road between Veghel and Uden had been cut. Additional Allied forces then began to pour in from the north, but the German defense remained firm until the 25th of September.

Koevering, Holland

Operation Market Garden was a failed World War II military operation fought in the Netherlands from 17 to 25 September 1944. It was the brainchild of Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery and strongly supported by Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt. The airborne part of the operation was undertaken by the First Allied Airborne Army with the land operation by XXX Corps of the British Second Army. The objective was to create a 64 mi (103 km) salient into German territory with a bridgehead over the River Rhine, creating an Allied invasion route into northern Germany. This was to be achieved by seizing a series of nine bridges by Airborne forces with land forces swiftly following over the bridges. The operation succeeded in liberating the Dutch cities of Eindhoven and Nijmegen along with many towns, creating a 60 mi (97 km) salient into German-held territory limiting V-2 rocket launching sites. It failed, however, to secure a bridgehead over the Rhine, with the advance being halted at the river.

Wikipedia: Operation Market Garden

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