My favourite war film. I always remembered the narration finishing with "... and bring the boys back home... " {que epic music}.
The first air drop in this movie is also fantastic. The sheer drama of what these men are doing is breathtaking, and to me very moving - none of them *had* to do what they did: none of the English-speaking nations were obliged to help out Western Europe, but they did none the less. Real heroes.
@mrdurdenx Liv Ullmann. She acts in the film as well - she plays the Dutch mother (although she's Norwegian IRL) whose mansion becomes a British field hospital.
This is such an awesome theme. It captures what an epic film this is and conveys a martial air that somehow seems to fit the era of World War II. Never get tired of watching this movie.
It is obvious why the German operation in the Netherlands in May 1940 - that first War over Holland - was hardly addressed in - for example - British history-books and historical non-fiction editions.
An operation that was virtually an identical copy of the German operation in May 1940 in the Netherlands. And miracle or not, the commander of the German air-landing division that raided the west of the Netherlands in May 1940 - General Student - was opposing Monty's airbornes in September 1944!
Particularly the most interesting component of the German campaign, the giant air-landing operation, is often poorly covered. That in itself is amazing, for Montgomery would copy-cat that very same operation four years later when he hastily designed operation Market-Garden.
Been to Arnhem and been at all the amin sights mentioned in the film plus the graveyard and it gives you a real chill thinh=king aboot what went on there all those years ago
I love this film, even if it does somewhat distort the facts by inserting US forces into incidents which were actually undertaken by British troops. (No surprise seeing as the film was funded using US money.)
My granddad served in Operation Market Garden with the Wiltshire Rifles and was awarded the Military Medal for his efforts.
I love this film, even if it does somewhat distort the facts by inserting US forces into incidents which were actually undertaken by British troops. (No surprise seeing as the film was funded using US money.)
My granddad served in Operation Market Garden with the Wiltshire Rifles and was awarded the Military Medal
This is a high-class movie. It portrays the story of this tragic tale very accurately & with painstaking attention to detail. Bottom-line : this was a rather mad-cap plan of Montgomery, a way-overrated guy. Politics dictated that it was to be given the go-ahead. But many experts who were forced to be involved had severe misgivings about the sanity & feasibility of this 'glory' scheme .. & they were proved 100% correct. Sadly, at great cost in lives. Did Monty care about those lives .. seems not.
@colindominy I've always believed, if we're talking about WWII British commanders, that Viscount Slim was a much better commander than Montgomery, and deserves much more credit. I think what went against him was: 1) the European front is much more popular than the Pacific War, and 2) Monty had a lot more PR going for him, whereas Slim (from what I know) was much more humble.
@HenryvKeiper Correct, known to his troops in the 14th Army as "Uncle Bill"; a soldier's soldier. My father as a 19 year old Lieutenant said he'd come to inspect troops still tucking his shirt into his trousers! His men loved him and trusted him.
Does anyone remember the name of the famous film star who tells us here about the film in the opening? It is Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann. But, of course, this is not news to Ingmar Bergman film fans.
Top notch film, especially for Hollywood, who are not known for readily presenting material where we are on the losing side.
"....the plan,likesoplans in wars before it,was meant to end the fighting by Chistmas..and bring the boys back home". Shivers, goose pimples evertyime.
GeneralFrost,Urqhuart and the boys - and 82nd,10st, 30 Corps...I salute you all. Thank you for your sacrifice
The person who played Willi Bitterich, did it very good, they actually used Bitterich as a consultant, another thing I find interesting is that Hardy Kruger, while he played his part great, was replaying his younger years, he was forced into the Wehrmacht, and when off camera he would wear an over coat to cover up that German uniform he had to wear b/c he didnt want to be reminded of what he went through
I believe Bittrich was played by Maximilian Schell, a great German actor. I could be wrong. He also played in the original Nuremberg Trials movie, as well as "The Black Hole" and a number of other films.
And I didn't know that about Hardy Kruger. Thanks for the input.
yep Schell played Bittrich , also if you didnt know, another actor that has played in about 5-6 WWII movies Hans Christian Blech, all the scars on his face were from the fighting he saw on the Eastern Front
You know who I learned recently was in WWII that surprised me? Donald Pleasance. Apparently he was a British paratrooper who was captured and held prisoner during the war. That made him all the more awesome to me.
Actor David Niven, who always called himself the world's biggest chicken was a Colonel in the British Commandos. He must have saw some pretty nasty stuff because he never talked about his war experiences.
Great music. I liked the movie but found it a bit lacking for a layman to know what is occuring and where. There's the map scene with Dirk Bogarde which helped but that's not revisited so this gets confusing if you haven't read books on Market Garden. More overview visuals like that scene as the movie progresses were needed. I guess it was a complex multi-national operation and harder to put on film as compared say to something two-sided such as a Pearl Harbor movie.
"the plan, like so many plans in so many wars before it, was meant to end the fighting by christmas... and bring the boys back home..." - haunting words for me... and then the music starts.. which really makes this opening spectacular for me :)
Anyone interested in this battle should try and get to Oosterbeek during the commemorations they hold every year. There is a service in the cemetery on the Sunday morning where local children place flowers at the headstones of all the fallen - it is very moving. After the service a Dakota/C47 roars at treetop height overhead, it makes the hairs stand up on the back of your neck! I've never met anyone so friendly as the Dutch folk of the Arnhem area.
Interesting fact, John Addison, the composer who wrote the score for this film was a tank commander during World War II, and was actually attached to XXX corp during operation Market Garden. Small world huh.
I met the Chaplain who participated in the river crossing with the boats. I am not sure if he is still alive but it is was when I was assigned to the 82nd.
For those who want an accurate account of these events and others, I suggest that you read the three volumes of "MONTY" taken from Montgomeries official papers (and those of his Staff and the staff of eisenhower) written by Nigel Hamilton. These documents and papers could only be made public AFTER the 30 year Official Secrets period that hampered the British in correcting certain Hollywood type American inaccuracies of the war.
A further fact, is that General Urqhuart, (played brilliantly by Sean Connery) stated in an interview on the event, that he never actually said "It Was A Bridge Too Far"
It was browning who believed that it was a bridge too far, but he had to obey Monty. The bridge too far sacrificed the 1st British Airborne Division. Monty should have resigned after this.
People out there should also remember, that when Montgomeries PLAN for MARKET GARDEN was placed before Eisenhower, the plan was to go a lot earlier in the year than when the actual event took place.
Unfortunately lack of decision making and commitment by certain others in the upper command, meant a long delay before an approval date was given.
My Dad was in 5th AGRA, (3rd Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery) as part of 30 Corps, relief force, who were engaged in shelling the German forces who were attacking the British in Arnham. He said that you could see it in the distance.
Unfortunately, it was too late, and the final part of the mission, The Arnhem Bridge was called off.
it probably would have accomplished montys goal of penetrating the ruhr and gutting german industry...i always felt it was roosevelts unconditional surrender that prolonged the war..but thats just my opinion..
The Russians would have occupied less of Germany and wouldn't have probably not gained so many German weapons and scientists. That would be all. It wouldn't have made a substantial difference to the rest off the Europe.
interesting, i wonder though had say the germans held out into august 1945 would truman have used the atom bomb on the germans or was he saving it specifically for the japs?
This movie was mostly filmed where I live. I even worked right next to the bridge they used (it's not the 'real' bridge, that one is near Arnhem).. I've seen the set being built up and they also filmed in the forest near the village where my sister lives. Long time ago I've seen this movie.
ff vraagje hoor Ik woon ook in de buurt van arhem ga er met 4 en 5 mei ff heen maar de John Frost Bridge was niet de echt d8 ik idd maar wel staat wel de echte of vergis ik me nou?
I know one of these chaps,he is in a care home in the village...after he left the forces he became a teacher..he cries when he talks about the battle....a nice chap.
These vets are the nicest, most rounded people we will ever know. As a child of 1976 my heroes were and still are this generation. These gentlemen may be old now but I still would not like to tangle - old paras know all the moves. Respect
The defeat of the Allies has nothing to do w/ the disunity among British and American forces or the Patton-Monty rivalry. The Allies were outfought by Germans who sent in their best-trained fighting units, like the legendary parachute regiment. The Germans who fought in Market-Garden were not the same men who retreated in Normandy.
From Ultra they did know about the SS panzer division, however Montgomery paid no attention to Ultra. Apparently they sent him a telegraph on the day of the drop saying "you're dropping into a hornet's nest", but he refused to read it.
Im reading the book and it said that a Major Brian Urqhart ordered a low level recon by a spitfire, the spitfire found a bunch of panzers hiding in the woods, but Browning paid no attention to it.
So many comments here, so much Ignorance, it was never a case Montgomery versus Patton, it was more, Ultra was more important than Both, Market Garden, was doomed to fail Patton could not be trusted with Ultra therefore he was reduced by the USA to a side player
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Should of used the euro-tunnel, no one else does!!! But seriously, the cock up of 'market garden' - the plan, like so many other plans in war, was 'pish', but 'luckily' only a couple of hundred thousand died!!! do you like my sarcasim?
the rivalry between montgomery and patton was so intence yet they were fighting for the same goal beating the nazi's but i general there was dislike between england and america
Clevinger67, you are so right. This is the most clusterf-cked episode of the war. Drive up a single twolane hwy 60 miles, capture 14 separate bridges, ignore the two German Armored divisions in Arnhem, drop the biggest airborne operation in history - 17,000 troops - with SEVEN DAYS of planning and then after destoying the 1st Brit Airborne div, have the gall to call it 90% SUCCESSFUL even though you didn't capture the point of this fiasco, the bridge in Arnhem and a crossing on the Rhein.
Operation Market-Garden was a classic example of ignoring compelling intelligence and reckelssly going ahead.Everyeone was so anxious to go that the danger signals were ignored. The British officer who tried to raise the alarm that disaster was looming still alive in 2004 for the 60th anniversary of the battle. His name was Urquhart, so they changed it for the character portrayal of him, since the British 1st Airborne commander's name was Urquhart.They should've listened to him, obviously.
The British Paratroops tenacity, stubourness, skill, discipline, and just raw heroism was openly acknowledged by the SS officers of 2nd & 10th SS Panzer Div.
A profound admiration was openly demonstrated by the Germans.
Who gives a shit about Montgomery's worthless opinion of some very brave Poles, - 2 Para holding on for as long as they did - Stopped the domino effect and allowed the taking of the other bridges. to the South.
The Eindhoven and Son canal[blown up],Grave bridges were taken before the Frost's collection of Brits captured Arnhem bridge.
Nijmegen was lucky to be crossed not just by the guts of Julian's river attack and the Brit armour assault on the bridge at the same time-but because the German explosives failed to detonate the bridge-Arnhem bridge itself was not an obstacle 3 days after Frost got there- Most of the German reinforcements to Nijmegen were coming from the east-not passing through Arnhem.
Blaming the polish for the failure was not very kind of montgomery, if he had contacted the resistance he could know that there was a panzer division waiting for them in arnhem.
Not with the polish, but with a allied general, cause the british general montgomery blaimed the polish for the failure to capture the arnhem bridge. It is like i am driving a car and you are sitting next to me, and i let the car crash into a tree and say it is your fault. You now understand me?
the SS Panzer divisions were not in Arnhem itself at the time of the drop-they were scattered in the area -nor were they 'waiting' for the airborne drop- it was a big surprise to them as they were to the Airborne. Urqhart was a big part of the problem on day one of the drop-he halted follow-up units on the way to Arnhem to countermand preset orders-the delay allowed Germans reorganize in Arnhem to cut off Frost from getting fresh Brit units from the far drop zones.
One of the greatest war epics ever made, and an anti-war one at that. It pays tribute to the astonishing bravery of the fighting soldiers while simultaneously showcasing the arrogant recklessness of the commanders. It's regrettable that little has changed in the ensuing sixty-three years.
Not much had changed before. The bravery in World War I was matched, if not surpassed, by the arrogance and recklessness of the commanders - oh, and their willingness to have people shot so as to intimidate the other soldiers. Montgomery and Churchill came from that era and that mindset. They can be blamed for not realizing how limited and foolish it was, but that's it. The American desire to push Britain out of the picture didn't help. This was an act of responsibility, not point-scoring.
This film epitomises the national character of Germans and British, the Germans are naturally sneaky and sly, whereas the British are throughly allround nice chaps. Good show.
zzzzzzzzzz.......... you haven't read accounts by Brits at Arnhem and Oosterbeek. Airborne were thouroughly sneaky and sly. Something Brits wouldn't do as an example of a real event at Arnhem. A Brit Para comes out of school fortification at Bridge to discuss temporary truce perhaps- A german machine gunner cuts him down- A German SS officer seeing it goes to the machine gunner and exeucutes him immediately.
Nuff said? I can tell you accounts where Paras shor down Germans in cold blood and wounded ones -from published accounts by Brit paras. Of course moone should shoot white flag carriers- you miss the point I make -only German Nutzy officers would go as far as execute one of their soldiers on the spot for killing enemy 'non comatant' soldier -well maybe not if it was a rusky soldier shot down like that.
Nuff said? I can tell you accounts where Paras shot down Germans in cold blood and wounded ones -from published accounts by Brit paras. Of course No-one should shoot white flag carriers- you miss the point I make -only German Nutzy officers would go as far as execute one of their soldiers on the spot for killing enemy 'non combatant' soldier -well maybe not if it was a rusky soldier shot down like that.
Facinating the debate continues--Listen Samurai if u want to shift blame to us yanks for Market-Garden thats just nut--we screwed up plenty-Kasserine, not planning for the bocage in France-Savo Island etc-but Monty (who like most famous generals seems to have equal parts genius and folly) should take the blame.Other than El alamein (which credit should go partly to Wavell or was it Alexander? his record in Europe is mediocre at best
The fact being its was succesful, and at the same time a misserable failure, all but one bridge was captured, if anyone should be blamed its intelligence! there was not enough, leading to the british 1st airborne to fight the 2nd SS panzer divison without proper equipment!
President Theodore Roosevelt said it best: "Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the grey twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat."
One cluster f*** is much like another...and the revisionists and apologists for piss poor planning and execution can say what they want. Generally and specifically, the Brits overplanned and still underachieved. Their 'black listed' Colonels and 'Territorials' led, fought, bled, and were often victorious in spite of their Generals rather than due to them.
Actually it was a joint British/American plan...trust the Americans to always blame someone else... It was actually a GOOD plan, just carried out poorly. There was not enough importance placed on recce though. The US military were eager to use their airborne forces en masse and Eisenhower wanted to end the war in Europe as quickly as possible, giving the operation the go ahead. The plan, which was Monty's, was fine...it was the carrying out that was half-arsed and that wasn't just his fault!
the plan was poor beacuase there drop zones for teh british forced them to land 8 miles from thier objectives the men fought fine but advancing up a single road was the dumbest shit thing ever in the annuls of military history. Ike was more over under political pressure to accpet the plan than anything else.
Actually the original plan by Monty required the paratroopers and glider troops to land much closer to Arnhem and earlier, BEFORE the German forces had any chance to reform...then it wouldn't have been a problem...
True but ou cant land paratroopers in a city with jeeps and small artillery peices and expect them to hold as long as they did. They also ignored the concentrations of german tanks and other combat vehiles in teh area, as shown in teh movie.
A big problem was Urqhart bogging down the first attacking battalions into Arnhem with revised on the spot new orders-this gave time for Germs. to reform and block the units following Frost's lead elements that got to the bridge. Alot of airborne died needlessly due to that delay.
Anyway it was a bridge too far; by all accounts the Nijmegen bridge should've detonated to end the campaign at that point.
the other problem with this movie is that tried too hard, way too hard, to be an anti war war movie (it came in the 70s you know) and that is a hard task. Only a few have done it--maybe Bridge on RIver Kwai or Paths to Glory. This movie tried for that level but frankly fell well short of that goal. They would have been better just making a standard war movie a la Longest Day.
I don't really see it more as anti-war but having a more realistic view on war. They portray the heroism of American and British units during the battle and at several scenes (such as the taking of Nijmegan Bridge) they play heroic music when the good guys win. At the same time, they portray the suffering of Dutch civilians during the battle, and they didn't exaggerate - the people of Arnhem especially were hit hard by the battle.
another problem in my mind is that is was too star studed. it tried to like the Longest Day. Really it could have used less stars and more focus. i like the movie but it isnt one of the greats.
em, i found so many stars to be a distraction and some--like rob. redford to be just miscast. OK many did a good job but in the end too many, too distracting. i dont think the movie was a big commercial winner either so in the end what good did all these stars do the film? However i am not completely against this movie--i have seen it several times and like some parts of it and i agree that it does one great think which is document the suffering of the dutch people which is often overlooked,
oen historical issue not taken up in this film is why did Eisenhower ever approve of this plan to begin with? talk about bad judgement. I like a point S. Ambsrose makes that the USA leadership (e.g Eisenhower) was becoming far too detached from events on the ground and thus had no idea about the terrain looked like, was counting of the best cast outcomes etc. -- serios lapsses in leadership that he compares to Haig in WWI.
Though the argument for that is that because there were so many different plot threads and characters you would need famous faces to remember who is meant to be who.
i didnt say it was strictly an antiwar movie but an anti-war and a war movie--that'a a tough trick to pull off. only a few done it--say Bridge Kwai or Paths Glory. I think the opening narration certainly sets the tone for an antiwar theme--it is narrated by a woman--you think that's an accident? It say Market-Garden goal was to bring boys home by xmas when in fact they probably would have been sent to the Pac Theatre if it worked out, etc. The end has a def. futility of war sentiment.
I think many war films are unintentionally anti-war films. "Black Hawk Down", for example, doesn't exactly have anti-war rhetoric, but (like this movie) shows both the heroism and the mortality of war. You see soldiers at their bravest and at their best, while at the same time showing the suffering of civilians. As a war film reviewer once put it, "The best way to be anti-war is to just show what war looks like." If people see men and women dying from graphic gunshot wounds, they get the point.
Ryan's book was a great case study in failure anaylsis---why did something that seemed so right go so very wrong? The movie could have been one of the greats had it kept to that theme. It only partly managed to do so and so is only a so so film in the end.
I'd rather say it was at the end of "The longest day" he said that. Maybe he said the same in the two movies mentioned by HenryKeiper, don't know them, but you're looking for "The longest day". ;-)
I love this movie and the idea behind Ops Mkt Garden...however, I am saddended and sorta pissed off at the execution of the operation. So many people died and the war waged on.
I'm very grateful for Operation Market Garden. My Grandpa and another man were in the grounds ready to be shot in Holland when the German's learnt they were surrounded and fled.
Thank-you for posting this. I've been looking to buy the movie (either version) but can't seem to find it.
No problem - and man! That's good to hear your grandfather was saved! I guess for many Dutch and other people, the entire operation wasn't a complete failure.
I've been to the Hartenstein museum and walked across Arnhem road bridge. At the south end of the bridge you can still see an explosion in the concrete of the steps from a mortar bomb or a grenade. It's hard to imagine the carnage and ferocity of those days. It was one of those heroic failiures that genuinely make me feel sad
this theme is what i'll play the first time i take off if i ever get to learn how to fly a plane
charms71 2 months ago
the fact that the academy awards totally ignored this movie is beyond me.
charms71 2 months ago
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long live germany
hitlerytu 4 months ago
My favourite war film. I always remembered the narration finishing with "... and bring the boys back home... " {que epic music}.
The first air drop in this movie is also fantastic. The sheer drama of what these men are doing is breathtaking, and to me very moving - none of them *had* to do what they did: none of the English-speaking nations were obliged to help out Western Europe, but they did none the less. Real heroes.
crapatev 6 months ago 3
Whose voice is it that is so tranquille?
mrdurdenx 6 months ago
@mrdurdenx Liv Ullmann. She acts in the film as well - she plays the Dutch mother (although she's Norwegian IRL) whose mansion becomes a British field hospital.
HenryvKeiper 6 months ago 2
@HenryvKeiper Interestingly enough, she was born in Japan, which was Germany's ally in the war.
Onepersonsopinion 4 months ago
This is such an awesome theme. It captures what an epic film this is and conveys a martial air that somehow seems to fit the era of World War II. Never get tired of watching this movie.
Clevinger67 10 months ago
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great film love the start to bring the boys back home.....
JOHN02099 10 months ago
great film love the start to bring the back home......
JOHN02099 10 months ago
chills, every time.
ColonelChamberlain 1 year ago
It is obvious why the German operation in the Netherlands in May 1940 - that first War over Holland - was hardly addressed in - for example - British history-books and historical non-fiction editions.
ThePainterr 1 year ago
An operation that was virtually an identical copy of the German operation in May 1940 in the Netherlands. And miracle or not, the commander of the German air-landing division that raided the west of the Netherlands in May 1940 - General Student - was opposing Monty's airbornes in September 1944!
ThePainterr 1 year ago
Particularly the most interesting component of the German campaign, the giant air-landing operation, is often poorly covered. That in itself is amazing, for Montgomery would copy-cat that very same operation four years later when he hastily designed operation Market-Garden.
ThePainterr 1 year ago
Been to Arnhem and been at all the amin sights mentioned in the film plus the graveyard and it gives you a real chill thinh=king aboot what went on there all those years ago
TheEcurb101 1 year ago
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kerjan1 1 year ago
I love this film, even if it does somewhat distort the facts by inserting US forces into incidents which were actually undertaken by British troops. (No surprise seeing as the film was funded using US money.)
My granddad served in Operation Market Garden with the Wiltshire Rifles and was awarded the Military Medal for his efforts.
s2101534 1 year ago
I love this film, even if it does somewhat distort the facts by inserting US forces into incidents which were actually undertaken by British troops. (No surprise seeing as the film was funded using US money.)
My granddad served in Operation Market Garden with the Wiltshire Rifles and was awarded the Military Medal
s2101534 1 year ago
This is a high-class movie. It portrays the story of this tragic tale very accurately & with painstaking attention to detail. Bottom-line : this was a rather mad-cap plan of Montgomery, a way-overrated guy. Politics dictated that it was to be given the go-ahead. But many experts who were forced to be involved had severe misgivings about the sanity & feasibility of this 'glory' scheme .. & they were proved 100% correct. Sadly, at great cost in lives. Did Monty care about those lives .. seems not.
colindominy 1 year ago
@colindominy I've always believed, if we're talking about WWII British commanders, that Viscount Slim was a much better commander than Montgomery, and deserves much more credit. I think what went against him was: 1) the European front is much more popular than the Pacific War, and 2) Monty had a lot more PR going for him, whereas Slim (from what I know) was much more humble.
HenryvKeiper 1 year ago 2
@HenryvKeiper it certainly doesnt, it brushes over lots and completely ignores even more.
NotoriousMannk 1 year ago
@HenryvKeiper Patton and Montgomery were both overated.
pob3000tb 1 year ago
@pob3000tb Your mom is overrated.
Oooooooooooooooooh!!!
HenryvKeiper 1 year ago
@HenryvKeiper maybe she should have dabbled in the grand strategy of warfare instead.
pob3000tb 1 year ago
@pob3000tb Patton should not be in the same sentence as any other general.
mphrdldn 9 months ago
@pob3000tb "patton and Montgomery were both overated" Can you please give your reasons for this statement?
missjacko1 4 months ago
@HenryvKeiper Correct, known to his troops in the 14th Army as "Uncle Bill"; a soldier's soldier. My father as a 19 year old Lieutenant said he'd come to inspect troops still tucking his shirt into his trousers! His men loved him and trusted him.
RattytheSecond 8 months ago
@RattytheSecond That's pretty cool :)
HenryvKeiper 8 months ago
When the music starts to creep in at the end of the film footage, I get goosebumps. It's so bad-ass.
cadge31 1 year ago 2
This actually is one of the great openings in the history of film and is still studied.
Fanfardon 1 year ago 4
GREAT MOVIE THESE GUYS HAD BALLS
5678simon 1 year ago 2
Too bad they did not offer the DUKE a part as his final movie
jamie4093 1 year ago 3
I like the intro score
SnapJ 1 year ago 2
love this film ,an epic just look at the cast,caine,redford,hackman,bogard,fox,gould,carne,hunt
2walsall 1 year ago 2
"in 1944 the course of war was still going Hitlers way?"
nonsense, the turning point was 42/43 already
Wittmann73 2 years ago
in the year 44 Europe was still under Hitler. This began to change in 6 of June with D-Day.
mamonycabron 1 year ago
Does anyone remember the name of the famous film star who tells us here about the film in the opening? It is Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann. But, of course, this is not news to Ingmar Bergman film fans.
Top notch film, especially for Hollywood, who are not known for readily presenting material where we are on the losing side.
ragmaniac01 2 years ago
nice 1 m8 ty
pollsrfree 2 years ago
what a great score in this movie. Deep respect to all those guys
punkrockxzz 2 years ago 18
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Pawn1787 2 years ago
my grandad was there
kerjan1 2 years ago 18
"....the plan,likesoplans in wars before it,was meant to end the fighting by Chistmas..and bring the boys back home". Shivers, goose pimples evertyime.
GeneralFrost,Urqhuart and the boys - and 82nd,10st, 30 Corps...I salute you all. Thank you for your sacrifice
taff1976 2 years ago 7
The person who played Willi Bitterich, did it very good, they actually used Bitterich as a consultant, another thing I find interesting is that Hardy Kruger, while he played his part great, was replaying his younger years, he was forced into the Wehrmacht, and when off camera he would wear an over coat to cover up that German uniform he had to wear b/c he didnt want to be reminded of what he went through
ww2man1939 2 years ago 4
I believe Bittrich was played by Maximilian Schell, a great German actor. I could be wrong. He also played in the original Nuremberg Trials movie, as well as "The Black Hole" and a number of other films.
And I didn't know that about Hardy Kruger. Thanks for the input.
HenryvKeiper 2 years ago
yep Schell played Bittrich , also if you didnt know, another actor that has played in about 5-6 WWII movies Hans Christian Blech, all the scars on his face were from the fighting he saw on the Eastern Front
ww2man1939 2 years ago
I'll have to look him up.
You know who I learned recently was in WWII that surprised me? Donald Pleasance. Apparently he was a British paratrooper who was captured and held prisoner during the war. That made him all the more awesome to me.
HenryvKeiper 2 years ago
I heard that he (Pleasance) was in WWII, but I wsnt aware he was in a POW camp, very interesting to say the least.
ww2man1939 2 years ago 2
Actor David Niven, who always called himself the world's biggest chicken was a Colonel in the British Commandos. He must have saw some pretty nasty stuff because he never talked about his war experiences.
hemming57 2 years ago 3
British Reconnaisance Corps. 'Only the Enemy in Front (Every other beggar behind...)
by Richard Doherty. - Family connection.
fastlada 1 year ago
I read his autobiography years ago. What a life!
hemming57 1 year ago
@ww2man1939 Christopher Lee flew SPitfires fo rthe RAF, too.
hoosieryank1967 1 year ago
@HenryvKeiper
Maximilian Schell isn´t german. He is from Switzerland, just like his sister Maria Shell.
Eyyoh77 1 year ago
@Eyyoh77 Oh! My mistake. Thanks for the correction :)
HenryvKeiper 1 year ago
Great music. I liked the movie but found it a bit lacking for a layman to know what is occuring and where. There's the map scene with Dirk Bogarde which helped but that's not revisited so this gets confusing if you haven't read books on Market Garden. More overview visuals like that scene as the movie progresses were needed. I guess it was a complex multi-national operation and harder to put on film as compared say to something two-sided such as a Pearl Harbor movie.
bc1969214 2 years ago
Like the music.
ArchMadman 2 years ago 3
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puntzakjuh 2 years ago
I love her voice.
LCPStud 2 years ago
My grandfather a SGT. in the Royal Artillery took me to this when it opened in Toronto at the old Paramount theatre, I was about 3.
LONGLIVETHERUC 2 years ago 5
"the plan, like so many plans in so many wars before it, was meant to end the fighting by christmas... and bring the boys back home..." - haunting words for me... and then the music starts.. which really makes this opening spectacular for me :)
TomyDunne 2 years ago
Anyone interested in this battle should try and get to Oosterbeek during the commemorations they hold every year. There is a service in the cemetery on the Sunday morning where local children place flowers at the headstones of all the fallen - it is very moving. After the service a Dakota/C47 roars at treetop height overhead, it makes the hairs stand up on the back of your neck! I've never met anyone so friendly as the Dutch folk of the Arnhem area.
clunk99 2 years ago 2
in saw this film when i was 14,,,in malaya,,,,what a haunting tune !!!!
kerjan1 2 years ago
they tried but as in all battles things can go badly wrong praise to all of them
fast1919 2 years ago
Interesting fact, John Addison, the composer who wrote the score for this film was a tank commander during World War II, and was actually attached to XXX corp during operation Market Garden. Small world huh.
supertitch2 2 years ago 2
According the the original vinyl album sleeve, he wrote it as a tribute. His tank was hit; he got out but a few of his mates didn't.
hoosieryank1967 2 years ago
I met the Chaplain who participated in the river crossing with the boats. I am not sure if he is still alive but it is was when I was assigned to the 82nd.
airborneSGT 2 years ago
I wished i could douwload this movie but i don't now how
sherminatorize 2 years ago
HASHEM bless those who fought for democracy, and the righteous justice of a free world. In the name of the millions of victims, we wait for Moshiach.
1200strong 2 years ago
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HenryvKeiper 2 years ago
a bridge too far=MASTERPIECE
REDreligion1925 2 years ago 2
Great opening to a great film.
linebackertwo 2 years ago 6
indeed ; )
ryanstiles 2 years ago 3
why did eike give monty the go ahead? surely patton was the best allied general? well at least thats my opinion!!
goldyn12345 2 years ago
Actually I meant to say that General Urqhaurt did not hear General (Boy) Browning say it at the debrief.
Also, I made atyping error earlier, as my Dad was in the 7th Medium Regiment Royal Artillery, not the 3rd.
2009RobinC 2 years ago
For those who want an accurate account of these events and others, I suggest that you read the three volumes of "MONTY" taken from Montgomeries official papers (and those of his Staff and the staff of eisenhower) written by Nigel Hamilton. These documents and papers could only be made public AFTER the 30 year Official Secrets period that hampered the British in correcting certain Hollywood type American inaccuracies of the war.
2009RobinC 2 years ago 3
A further fact, is that General Urqhuart, (played brilliantly by Sean Connery) stated in an interview on the event, that he never actually said "It Was A Bridge Too Far"
2009RobinC 2 years ago
He never says it in the movie either.
HenryvKeiper 2 years ago
It was browning who believed that it was a bridge too far, but he had to obey Monty. The bridge too far sacrificed the 1st British Airborne Division. Monty should have resigned after this.
kealyc 2 years ago 2
People out there should also remember, that when Montgomeries PLAN for MARKET GARDEN was placed before Eisenhower, the plan was to go a lot earlier in the year than when the actual event took place.
Unfortunately lack of decision making and commitment by certain others in the upper command, meant a long delay before an approval date was given.
2009RobinC 2 years ago
My Dad was in 5th AGRA, (3rd Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery) as part of 30 Corps, relief force, who were engaged in shelling the German forces who were attacking the British in Arnham. He said that you could see it in the distance.
Unfortunately, it was too late, and the final part of the mission, The Arnhem Bridge was called off.
2009RobinC 2 years ago
my grandad was one of the british airborne soldiers that fought there
kerjan1 2 years ago
it probably would have accomplished montys goal of penetrating the ruhr and gutting german industry...i always felt it was roosevelts unconditional surrender that prolonged the war..but thats just my opinion..
pdogone1 2 years ago
i wonder how different history would be had market garden worked? any opinions anbody?!
goldyn12345 2 years ago
The Russians would have occupied less of Germany and wouldn't have probably not gained so many German weapons and scientists. That would be all. It wouldn't have made a substantial difference to the rest off the Europe.
LiviuFloreaRo 2 years ago
interesting, i wonder though had say the germans held out into august 1945 would truman have used the atom bomb on the germans or was he saving it specifically for the japs?
goldyn12345 2 years ago
Oh ya, correction for your info box, you have it written as "The Battle of Britain" when you meant "A Bridge too Far" :)
Milhouse224 2 years ago 3
......fudge. All these months I've had it up, and I never noticed it. *bangs head against desk*
Thanks, man. :)
HenryvKeiper 2 years ago
Ha no problem man, I've definitely done similar stuff
Milhouse224 2 years ago
Best war movie opening ever, period.
Milhouse224 2 years ago
This movie was mostly filmed where I live. I even worked right next to the bridge they used (it's not the 'real' bridge, that one is near Arnhem).. I've seen the set being built up and they also filmed in the forest near the village where my sister lives. Long time ago I've seen this movie.
Saartje05 2 years ago
ff vraagje hoor Ik woon ook in de buurt van arhem ga er met 4 en 5 mei ff heen maar de John Frost Bridge was niet de echt d8 ik idd maar wel staat wel de echte of vergis ik me nou?
honorguy 2 years ago
GREAT film 5*s for putting this on youtube
Thankyou.
RJM1011 2 years ago
my grandad was there
kerjan1 2 years ago 2
Thank him for his service for me :)
HenryvKeiper 2 years ago
HUA
AvenSkyGazer 2 years ago
I know one of these chaps,he is in a care home in the village...after he left the forces he became a teacher..he cries when he talks about the battle....a nice chap.
clive3262 2 years ago
These vets are the nicest, most rounded people we will ever know. As a child of 1976 my heroes were and still are this generation. These gentlemen may be old now but I still would not like to tangle - old paras know all the moves. Respect
taff1976 2 years ago
Great movie, great music. Thanks for posting, HenryvKeiper.
wintercold48 2 years ago 2
The Germans were in full retreat from France by mid August 19944. However, by the first week in September, the Germans had regrouped and solidified.
Market-Garden would have worked in late August/Early September '44. They missed their window by days.
God Bless all those who gave so much in the persuit of Freedom.
Trapster99 2 years ago 3
The defeat of the Allies has nothing to do w/ the disunity among British and American forces or the Patton-Monty rivalry. The Allies were outfought by Germans who sent in their best-trained fighting units, like the legendary parachute regiment. The Germans who fought in Market-Garden were not the same men who retreated in Normandy.
Aleancelo 2 years ago
Market Garde was one huge misunderstanding, lots of soldier died(polisch, britisch, american).How they can didn't know about SS pazner division ?
mikus95snake 2 years ago
From Ultra they did know about the SS panzer division, however Montgomery paid no attention to Ultra. Apparently they sent him a telegraph on the day of the drop saying "you're dropping into a hornet's nest", but he refused to read it.
palmersperry 2 years ago 2
Im reading the book and it said that a Major Brian Urqhart ordered a low level recon by a spitfire, the spitfire found a bunch of panzers hiding in the woods, but Browning paid no attention to it.
AeroSpaceBoy130 2 years ago
No one wanted to "rock the boat."
fhishgomoo 2 years ago
So many comments here, so much Ignorance, it was never a case Montgomery versus Patton, it was more, Ultra was more important than Both, Market Garden, was doomed to fail Patton could not be trusted with Ultra therefore he was reduced by the USA to a side player
keirfree 3 years ago
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Should of used the euro-tunnel, no one else does!!! But seriously, the cock up of 'market garden' - the plan, like so many other plans in war, was 'pish', but 'luckily' only a couple of hundred thousand died!!! do you like my sarcasim?
jockmacrocks 3 years ago
the rivalry between montgomery and patton was so intence yet they were fighting for the same goal beating the nazi's but i general there was dislike between england and america
90klop 3 years ago
Clevinger67, you are so right. This is the most clusterf-cked episode of the war. Drive up a single twolane hwy 60 miles, capture 14 separate bridges, ignore the two German Armored divisions in Arnhem, drop the biggest airborne operation in history - 17,000 troops - with SEVEN DAYS of planning and then after destoying the 1st Brit Airborne div, have the gall to call it 90% SUCCESSFUL even though you didn't capture the point of this fiasco, the bridge in Arnhem and a crossing on the Rhein.
ryoushii 3 years ago
I love this tune it was my Regiments theme played at all parades.
wolfq 3 years ago 2
Operation Market-Garden was a classic example of ignoring compelling intelligence and reckelssly going ahead.Everyeone was so anxious to go that the danger signals were ignored. The British officer who tried to raise the alarm that disaster was looming still alive in 2004 for the 60th anniversary of the battle. His name was Urquhart, so they changed it for the character portrayal of him, since the British 1st Airborne commander's name was Urquhart.They should've listened to him, obviously.
Clevinger67 3 years ago
I am in love with the narrator's voice. I just about get a boner when she says "MAH-ket Ghaden" at 2:07
LCPStud 3 years ago 4
That's Norwegian actress Liv Ullman, who also starred in this movie as Kate Ter Horst, whose house is soon filled with the British wounded of Arnhem.
HenryvKeiper 3 years ago
Thanks!
I love this clip also because I get goosebumps every time the horns come in at 2:35.
I watched this in the theater with my dad when I was a kid, who was a DP when HE was a kid as a result of the war.
Best Anthony Hopkins ever.
LCPStud 3 years ago 4
I saw this with my father when I was a kid as well, and I've loved it ever since.
HenryvKeiper 3 years ago
Market Garden.
Operation Market Garden, the Paras finest most memorable battle.
MrJKdisaster 3 years ago
on the top three list of my favorite movies, EVER.
metraccobar 3 years ago
Part of stupid but brave Polish behaviour... just go ahead, no matter the life. Bur I am so proud. ;)
Tomacatos 3 years ago
The British Paratroops tenacity, stubourness, skill, discipline, and just raw heroism was openly acknowledged by the SS officers of 2nd & 10th SS Panzer Div.
A profound admiration was openly demonstrated by the Germans.
Who gives a shit about Montgomery's worthless opinion of some very brave Poles, - 2 Para holding on for as long as they did - Stopped the domino effect and allowed the taking of the other bridges. to the South.
hoadmaback 3 years ago 3
You are so right
osborncameron 3 years ago
The Eindhoven and Son canal[blown up],Grave bridges were taken before the Frost's collection of Brits captured Arnhem bridge.
Nijmegen was lucky to be crossed not just by the guts of Julian's river attack and the Brit armour assault on the bridge at the same time-but because the German explosives failed to detonate the bridge-Arnhem bridge itself was not an obstacle 3 days after Frost got there- Most of the German reinforcements to Nijmegen were coming from the east-not passing through Arnhem.
slizzler1 3 years ago
Blaming the polish for the failure was not very kind of montgomery, if he had contacted the resistance he could know that there was a panzer division waiting for them in arnhem.
osborncameron 3 years ago
Any problems to Polish?
rysio92 3 years ago
Not with the polish, but with a allied general, cause the british general montgomery blaimed the polish for the failure to capture the arnhem bridge. It is like i am driving a car and you are sitting next to me, and i let the car crash into a tree and say it is your fault. You now understand me?
osborncameron 3 years ago
the SS Panzer divisions were not in Arnhem itself at the time of the drop-they were scattered in the area -nor were they 'waiting' for the airborne drop- it was a big surprise to them as they were to the Airborne. Urqhart was a big part of the problem on day one of the drop-he halted follow-up units on the way to Arnhem to countermand preset orders-the delay allowed Germans reorganize in Arnhem to cut off Frost from getting fresh Brit units from the far drop zones.
slizzler1 3 years ago 2
One of the greatest war epics ever made, and an anti-war one at that. It pays tribute to the astonishing bravery of the fighting soldiers while simultaneously showcasing the arrogant recklessness of the commanders. It's regrettable that little has changed in the ensuing sixty-three years.
beauwulff 3 years ago
Not much had changed before. The bravery in World War I was matched, if not surpassed, by the arrogance and recklessness of the commanders - oh, and their willingness to have people shot so as to intimidate the other soldiers. Montgomery and Churchill came from that era and that mindset. They can be blamed for not realizing how limited and foolish it was, but that's it. The American desire to push Britain out of the picture didn't help. This was an act of responsibility, not point-scoring.
2206411411 3 years ago
Biggest and foremost problem was; They let Monti have his way....nuff said.
theoriginalfbos 3 years ago
This film epitomises the national character of Germans and British, the Germans are naturally sneaky and sly, whereas the British are throughly allround nice chaps. Good show.
Keith2855 3 years ago
I say, you've summed it up smashingly old man. Top hole, what?
EASYTIGER10 3 years ago
zzzzzzzzzz.......... you haven't read accounts by Brits at Arnhem and Oosterbeek. Airborne were thouroughly sneaky and sly. Something Brits wouldn't do as an example of a real event at Arnhem. A Brit Para comes out of school fortification at Bridge to discuss temporary truce perhaps- A german machine gunner cuts him down- A German SS officer seeing it goes to the machine gunner and exeucutes him immediately.
slizzler1 3 years ago
The kraut shouldn't have shot him in the first place, exactly what I said krauts ARE sneaky and sly.NUFF SAID REALLY.
Keith2855 3 years ago
Nuff said? I can tell you accounts where Paras shor down Germans in cold blood and wounded ones -from published accounts by Brit paras. Of course moone should shoot white flag carriers- you miss the point I make -only German Nutzy officers would go as far as execute one of their soldiers on the spot for killing enemy 'non comatant' soldier -well maybe not if it was a rusky soldier shot down like that.
slizzler1 3 years ago
...typos; reedit post below;
Nuff said? I can tell you accounts where Paras shot down Germans in cold blood and wounded ones -from published accounts by Brit paras. Of course No-one should shoot white flag carriers- you miss the point I make -only German Nutzy officers would go as far as execute one of their soldiers on the spot for killing enemy 'non combatant' soldier -well maybe not if it was a rusky soldier shot down like that.
slizzler1 3 years ago
Facinating the debate continues--Listen Samurai if u want to shift blame to us yanks for Market-Garden thats just nut--we screwed up plenty-Kasserine, not planning for the bocage in France-Savo Island etc-but Monty (who like most famous generals seems to have equal parts genius and folly) should take the blame.Other than El alamein (which credit should go partly to Wavell or was it Alexander? his record in Europe is mediocre at best
tag427 3 years ago
The fact being its was succesful, and at the same time a misserable failure, all but one bridge was captured, if anyone should be blamed its intelligence! there was not enough, leading to the british 1st airborne to fight the 2nd SS panzer divison without proper equipment!
UkrainPara 3 years ago
dont you ever blame the intelligence. it was up to date and accurate. it was monty's faultthat market garden failed.
unionjack47 3 years ago
brill british stuff
kerjan1 3 years ago
President Theodore Roosevelt said it best: "Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the grey twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat."
samuraikensai 3 years ago
True but im sure he doesnt mean implementing an extremely shitty plan.
classicrocker2142 3 years ago
One cluster f*** is much like another...and the revisionists and apologists for piss poor planning and execution can say what they want. Generally and specifically, the Brits overplanned and still underachieved. Their 'black listed' Colonels and 'Territorials' led, fought, bled, and were often victorious in spite of their Generals rather than due to them.
This film is not anti war...its anti SNAFU.
abbesieyes 3 years ago
Actually it was a joint British/American plan...trust the Americans to always blame someone else... It was actually a GOOD plan, just carried out poorly. There was not enough importance placed on recce though. The US military were eager to use their airborne forces en masse and Eisenhower wanted to end the war in Europe as quickly as possible, giving the operation the go ahead. The plan, which was Monty's, was fine...it was the carrying out that was half-arsed and that wasn't just his fault!
samuraikensai 3 years ago 3
the plan was poor beacuase there drop zones for teh british forced them to land 8 miles from thier objectives the men fought fine but advancing up a single road was the dumbest shit thing ever in the annuls of military history. Ike was more over under political pressure to accpet the plan than anything else.
classicrocker2142 3 years ago
Actually the original plan by Monty required the paratroopers and glider troops to land much closer to Arnhem and earlier, BEFORE the German forces had any chance to reform...then it wouldn't have been a problem...
samuraikensai 3 years ago
True but ou cant land paratroopers in a city with jeeps and small artillery peices and expect them to hold as long as they did. They also ignored the concentrations of german tanks and other combat vehiles in teh area, as shown in teh movie.
classicrocker2142 3 years ago
A big problem was Urqhart bogging down the first attacking battalions into Arnhem with revised on the spot new orders-this gave time for Germs. to reform and block the units following Frost's lead elements that got to the bridge. Alot of airborne died needlessly due to that delay.
Anyway it was a bridge too far; by all accounts the Nijmegen bridge should've detonated to end the campaign at that point.
slizzler1 3 years ago
also they didn't expect two SS panzer divisions to have moved into the area.
lordrexus 3 years ago
the other problem with this movie is that tried too hard, way too hard, to be an anti war war movie (it came in the 70s you know) and that is a hard task. Only a few have done it--maybe Bridge on RIver Kwai or Paths to Glory. This movie tried for that level but frankly fell well short of that goal. They would have been better just making a standard war movie a la Longest Day.
wbaker7 3 years ago
I don't really see it more as anti-war but having a more realistic view on war. They portray the heroism of American and British units during the battle and at several scenes (such as the taking of Nijmegan Bridge) they play heroic music when the good guys win. At the same time, they portray the suffering of Dutch civilians during the battle, and they didn't exaggerate - the people of Arnhem especially were hit hard by the battle.
On this, I think the film greatly succeeds.
HenryvKeiper 3 years ago
another problem in my mind is that is was too star studed. it tried to like the Longest Day. Really it could have used less stars and more focus. i like the movie but it isnt one of the greats.
wbaker7 3 years ago
I didn't even notice the first time I watched. All the actors did a great job in their respective roles.
HenryvKeiper 3 years ago
em, i found so many stars to be a distraction and some--like rob. redford to be just miscast. OK many did a good job but in the end too many, too distracting. i dont think the movie was a big commercial winner either so in the end what good did all these stars do the film? However i am not completely against this movie--i have seen it several times and like some parts of it and i agree that it does one great think which is document the suffering of the dutch people which is often overlooked,
wbaker7 3 years ago
Any one distracted by too many famous stars is, well, all I can say is it sounds like a personal problem.
HenryvKeiper 3 years ago
oen historical issue not taken up in this film is why did Eisenhower ever approve of this plan to begin with? talk about bad judgement. I like a point S. Ambsrose makes that the USA leadership (e.g Eisenhower) was becoming far too detached from events on the ground and thus had no idea about the terrain looked like, was counting of the best cast outcomes etc. -- serios lapsses in leadership that he compares to Haig in WWI.
wbaker7 3 years ago
Though the argument for that is that because there were so many different plot threads and characters you would need famous faces to remember who is meant to be who.
TeamBrianGB 3 years ago
i didnt say it was strictly an antiwar movie but an anti-war and a war movie--that'a a tough trick to pull off. only a few done it--say Bridge Kwai or Paths Glory. I think the opening narration certainly sets the tone for an antiwar theme--it is narrated by a woman--you think that's an accident? It say Market-Garden goal was to bring boys home by xmas when in fact they probably would have been sent to the Pac Theatre if it worked out, etc. The end has a def. futility of war sentiment.
wbaker7 3 years ago
I think many war films are unintentionally anti-war films. "Black Hawk Down", for example, doesn't exactly have anti-war rhetoric, but (like this movie) shows both the heroism and the mortality of war. You see soldiers at their bravest and at their best, while at the same time showing the suffering of civilians. As a war film reviewer once put it, "The best way to be anti-war is to just show what war looks like." If people see men and women dying from graphic gunshot wounds, they get the point.
HenryvKeiper 3 years ago
Ryan's book was a great case study in failure anaylsis---why did something that seemed so right go so very wrong? The movie could have been one of the greats had it kept to that theme. It only partly managed to do so and so is only a so so film in the end.
wbaker7 3 years ago
definitly top 10
whelan1371 3 years ago
This Movie had everone in it
ninelivecat 3 years ago
A Bridge Too Far was based on "Operation Market Garden" which was Montgomery's greatest blunder.
EXPL721 3 years ago
and it was john wayne that said it
simoneywymney 3 years ago
No tht was The Longest Day if they were on the beaxh at the end.
classicrocker2142 3 years ago
I'd rather say it was at the end of "The longest day" he said that. Maybe he said the same in the two movies mentioned by HenryKeiper, don't know them, but you're looking for "The longest day". ;-)
caliban1409 3 years ago
I'm sure. It was either that or "Bridges of Madison County".
HenryvKeiper 3 years ago
"Tears of Endearment"
HenryvKeiper 3 years ago
I love this movie and the idea behind Ops Mkt Garden...however, I am saddended and sorta pissed off at the execution of the operation. So many people died and the war waged on.
transit1457 3 years ago
I'm very grateful for Operation Market Garden. My Grandpa and another man were in the grounds ready to be shot in Holland when the German's learnt they were surrounded and fled.
Thank-you for posting this. I've been looking to buy the movie (either version) but can't seem to find it.
azayreon 4 years ago 3
No problem - and man! That's good to hear your grandfather was saved! I guess for many Dutch and other people, the entire operation wasn't a complete failure.
HenryvKeiper 4 years ago
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this movie has intense action, but alot of boring scenes in between
DrSquidley 4 years ago
its still a really good movie though... its on my top ten list
DrSquidley 3 years ago
dutch-democratic-republic punt com
northdutchman 4 years ago
oranje boven oranje boven!!!
madcow085 4 years ago
I've been to the Hartenstein museum and walked across Arnhem road bridge. At the south end of the bridge you can still see an explosion in the concrete of the steps from a mortar bomb or a grenade. It's hard to imagine the carnage and ferocity of those days. It was one of those heroic failiures that genuinely make me feel sad
funkmasterjee 4 years ago 5
Nice music is it
kerwick80 4 years ago
Indeed, I only remember this film only because of the theme music
JcDizon 4 years ago