ITALERI Market Garden: Hotel HartensteinAfter the Normandy landings in June 1944, the Allies planned the invasion of German territory in order to end the war as quickly as possible. Operation "Market Garden," devised by Bernard Montgomery, entailed bypassing German defences through the use of British, American, and Polish airborne troops. The paratroopers were tasked with seizing control of bridges in the Netherlands, between Eindhoven and Arnhem, to secure the Allied forces' access routes