Allied forces would project north from Belgium , through the Netherlands , across the Rhine and consolidate Cause_change_of_strength north of Arnhem on the Dutch/German border , ready GetReady to close Openness the pincer .

The operation made Manufacturing massive use of airborne forces , whose tactical objectives were to secure Getting the bridges and to allow Preventing_or_letting a rapid advance by armored ground units to consolidate Cause_change_of_strength north of Arnhem .

XXX Corps had to seize Conquering the bridge themselves instead of speeding over a captured bridge onwards to Arnhem , where the British paratroopers were still holding Defending the north end of the bridge .

The delays in capturing Conquering the bridge at Nijmegen and constructing Building a Bailey bridge at Son gave Giving time for German forces ( the 9th SS Panzer Division `` Hohenstaufen '' and 10th SS Panzer Division `` Frundsberg '' , which were in the Arnhem area at the start of the jump ) to organise Arranging their counterattack .

A small British force managed to capture Conquering the north end of the Arnhem road bridge , denying Agree_or_refuse_to_act use of the intact bridge to German forces .

The remainder of the British 1st Airborne Division was trapped in a small pocket west of the Arnhem bridge , which was evacuated Escaping on 25 September after sustaining heavy casualties .