What historical event is a bridge too far from?

A Bridge Too Far depicts Operation Market Garden which took place at the end of September 1944. Involved were the US 101st and 82nd Airborne divisions and the British 1st Airborne division along with the British XXX Corps as the advancing ground units. The Airborne Divisions were to drop into Holland and capture and hold key bridges along a single roadway from Eindhoven through Nijmegan to Arnhem and cross the Rhine River.