If D-Day is treated as a very large river crossing, which operation was the greatest river crossing?
Short answerThe Rhine is the leading example, while Market Garden attempted a chain of three crossings and completed two.
NotesThe Rhine is offered as the strongest example of a major river crossing. Market Garden is treated as a linked plan for three crossings, of which two succeeded. That comparison separates an inland crossing campaign from D-Day's shore-to-shore movement across the Channel. It also shows how a crossing sequence can partly succeed while failing to reach its final objective.