The operation succeeded in liberating the Dutch cities of Eindhoven and Nijmegen along with many towns , creating Creating a salient into German-held territory limiting V-2 rocket launching sites .

However , this large airborne force contrasted with the ground forces Military_operation being light with only one corps moving Motion north of Eindhoven , XXX Corps .

The Allies captured Conquering several bridges between Eindhoven and Nijmegen at the beginning of the operation .