page_title: Glider infantry
section_title: Arnhem
hierarchical_section_title: Glider infantry / Later history / Arnhem
caption_attribution_description: English: Operation MARKET I: the airborne operation to seize bridges between Arnhem and Eindhoven, Holland, (part of Operation Market Garden). Vertical photographic-reconnaissance aerial showing Airspeed Horsa and General Aircraft Hamilcar on Landing Zone (LZ) 'Z' near Wolfheze woods, west-north-west of Arnhem. 17 September 1944 Nederlands: Operatie MARKET I: the luchtlandingsoperatie om de bruggen tussen Arnhem en Eindhoven veilig te stellen (Gedeelte van Operation Market Garden). General Aircraft Hamilcar zweefvliegtuigen op een landingsstrip in de buurt van Wolfheze, WNW van Arnhem op 17 september 1944
context_page_description: Glider infantry was a type of airborne infantry in which soldiers and their equipment were inserted into enemy-controlled territory via military glider. Initially developed in the late 1930s by Germany, glider infantry units were used extensively during World War II but are no longer used by any modern military.
context_section_description: In Operation Market Garden, the 1st British Airlanding Brigade, attached to 1st British Airborne Division, were landed on the first day of the operation. The landings took place in daylight and were unopposed, but the only landing and drop zones thought suitable for such a large force were a considerable distance from the vital bridge which was the objective. No attempt was made to mount a coup de main attack by glider (although this was largely due to the haste with which the operation was mounted). A jeep-mounted reconnaissance squadron brought in by glider failed in the mission.
  In the subsequent fighting in Arnhem, the 1st Airlanding Brigade and the Glider Pilot Regiment suffered heavy casualties.
caption: Horsa and Hamilcar gliders of the 1st Airlanding Brigade litter landing zone 'Z' west of Wolfheze, 17 September.
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