In September 1944, the Allies had pushed Nazi forces out of most of Belgium and France. Their advance towards Germany seemed unstoppable. It seemed that the war could be over within a few months. To achieve this, Field Marshall Montgomery devised Operation Market Garden. This involved an airborne assault to capture key bridges over the River Rhine to allow an invasion of northern Germany. It was at Arnhem that British paratroopers made a valiant attempt to capture the bridge but were overwhelmed by Nazi resistance. This lecture will examine the course of these events and why the operation failed.