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Brigadier General James Gavin’s 82nd ‘All American’ Airborne Division was given the middle stretch of the highway. He had to secure the major crossings of Grave and Nijmegen, while also contending with the threat from Germany itself, which was only a few miles away from the battlefield.

Unlike Taylor, Gavin couldn’t rely on a speedy link-up with 30 Corp to provide artillery support, so he opted to bring his parachute artillery along with him. He also decided to parachute the guns into action, as opposed to the other two divisions which landed the guns by glider. Gavin reasoned that the daylight drop and the open terrain would allow the guns to be collected easier than they had been in Normandy (which was a complete disaster with only a couple of guns becoming operational). This gave him plenty of artillery support and freed up gliders for the rest of the division.

Gavin was an expert tactican and made sure that his division was landed as close to his objectives as possible. He then struck out and secured the Grave Bridge and then secured his flank at the Groesbeek Heights.

Though unable to secure the Nijmegen Bridge straight away, he
launched a daring assault with the assistance of 30 Corps, capturing the bridge intact and getting the column moving again.

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