El I-Arnhem Bridge sekuwuphawu olungaphelelwa yisikhathi lobuqhawe bamasosha asemoyeni futhi kwaba yindawo yempi eyinganekwane ngesikhathi se- Impi Yezwe Yesibili.
Ukwehluleka okuholele ekuthatheni leli bhuloho kuholele ekutheni laziwe "njengebhuloho elikude kakhulu." Leli bhuloho liphakathi I-Arnhem, inhlokodolobha yesifundazwe saseGelderland empumalanga yeHolland.
Umlando ulandisa ukuthi ngoSepthemba 1944, ama-Allies awela u-Hitler Wall Wall ngokuhlasela kweNormandy futhi, ngemuva kwempi eshubile, amaJalimane aphoqeleka ukuba abuyele eFrance naseParis, indawo eyayivele ikhululiwe.
Efuna ukwakha umfutho wawo futhi ezimisele ukunqoba iJalimane ngokushesha okukhulu, amabutho ahlangene ahlela ukuhlasela enyakatho yeJalimane. Ngokwenza njalo, benza icebo lokuhlasela ngenkani elisemoyeni ukuze babambe uchungechunge lwemifula emikhulu futhi bavule isango eliya eJalimane.
Lolu hlelo, olwaziwa nge-Operation Market Garden, lwalubandakanya ukulahla izinkulungwane zamabutho ahlangene ngemuva kwemigqa yezitha ukuze kutholakale ukuwela imifula emikhulu. La mabutho ngemuva kokuthola ukuwela iRhine, kufaka ne-Arnhem Bridge, kwakudingeka avule indlela yokuhlaselwa komhlaba. Kungaba ukuhlasela okukhulu komoya emlandweni.
Izindawo ezithintekayo zifaka phakathi i-United States 82nd Airborne Division ngaphansi kukaGen. James Gavin, i-101st Airborne Division eholwa yiBritish First Airborne Division eyalwe nguMajor General Robert Urquhart noGeneral Maxwell Taylor.
Ngale ndlela, i-Operation Market Garden yenzeka kusukela ngoSepthemba 17 kuya ku-25, 1944, kodwa kwakukubi kakhulu kuma-Allies. Ama-paratroopers agxumele kude kakhulu nolayini bawo futhi bambalwa abafinyelele ezinhlosweni zabo ezifanele, ukuxhumana kwakuyinkinga ebalulekile, futhi namandla empendulo yaseJalimane ayebukelwe phansi.
IButalion Yesibili yeParachute Regiment, ngaphansi kukaLieutenant Colonel John Frost, yanikwa umsebenzi wokuvikela ibhuloho i-Arnhem, kepha yayinezinxenye ezimbalwa kuphela zezinombolo zazo ezazihlelelwe ngemuva kokweqa.
Baphumelela ekuthatheni uhhafu webhuloho futhi balwa ngokuzimisela ukuvikela izinsuku ezimbalwa ezimeni ezinzima, kepha ekugcineni amaJalimane akwazi ukuwalungisa futhi abuye alawule indawo.
Kodwa-ke, ngaphandle kokuthi i-Battle of Arnhem Bridge kanye ne-Operation Market Garden iyonke kwaba ukwehlulwa kwama-Allies, isibindi nesibindi samabutho kwaba yingxenye yenganekwane futhi kwafaka ugqozi nakwibhayisikobho yango-1977, »Ibhuloho elikude» .
Namuhla, i-Arnhem Bridge ngumbono onesizotha futhi akukho okuningi ongakubona, yize kukhona izikhumbuzo neminyuziyamu. Isikhumbuzo saminyaka yonke senziwa e-Arnhem Bridge ukukhumbula impi eyenzeka lapho.