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Originally Posted by dragoon500ly
If my memory is correct, I want to say there was something on the order of 14-15 operations that were planned and dropped due to the speed of the ground advance.
To be sure 1st Allied Airborne Army wanted to get back into the fight and one of the things that came out of Market-Garden was the speed with which they were able to plan and launch over 35,000 paratroopers. Just that was a major feat.
But Market-Garden also showed the weakness of airborne forces, unless they can be quickly reinforced by the ground forces, the paratroopers get cut up quickly.
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That is another thing that many people fail to take into account too. For the most part after the Airborne Divisions had been withdrawn back to England were time and again alerted to only have someone to overrun their drop zone.