(2/11) Battlefield II Operation Market Garden World War II

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This episode tells the tragic story of the "bridge too far" and the ill-fated Operation Market Garden--the Allied operation that was supposed to end World War II in 1944. Montgomery's rather fanciful conclusion that Market Garden was "90% successful" was hardly supported by the facts. The operation was an unmitigated failure. This episode, from the landmark television series Battlefield, features fascinating archive footage from all over the world. The program includes a review of the political and military situation before the battle, portraits of leaders and commanders, an explanation of weapons and tactics, and the story of the battle itself. Vivid graphics place the battle into the context of the war as a whole. CHAPTERS Introduction * Montgomery's Bold Idea * The Allied Forces * Allied Commanders * Allied Weapons * An Armada of the Air * The German Response * Destination Arnhem Bridge * Approx run time: 1 hr, 45 min. NTSC

Category:

Education

Tags:

• World
• War
• II
• Operation
• Market
• Garden
• Montgomery
• Allied
• German
• Weapons
• Commanders
• Battlefield
• 1944
• Arnhem

[AllieCat356]

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[HoustonGD]

@AllieCat356 I think I'll keep this comment. lol Thanks!

[Skull4Scavenger]

Market-garden depended too much on: "When everything goes well for us.....". And I have to remark, they were pretty lucky, because everyone talks about two SS Pz. Divisions (9th Hohenstaufen & 10th Frundsberg), but both divisions were at not more than 40% of their normal strength. Frundsberg's ALL its heavy Panzers were allready loaded on a train to Germany for big maintainance and refitting. Only one Tiger -Abteilung fought in Arnhem. Assault guns (Sturmgeschutz) took the brunt of the fight

[HoustonGD]

Yes the II SS Panzer Korps was probably that strength. However, many other Heer and parachute units where involved in Market Garden. This operation proves that when an operation is planned in 1 week it will most likely fail. The combat air support was really a full-scale disaster.

[SSSDiaz7]

@HoustonGD its videos like this that keep me up way past by bedtime, i see one more documentary on the side bar and another hour goes by, and then I see another one and click on that one and then another hour after that. I gotta check out your channel, gotta love the 480p resolution, looks good.

[Rohilla313]

@Skull4Scavenger That is so true. IIRC 9th SS had just one Aufklarungsabteilung in the battle.

[joshua12345a]

@AllieCat356 me to

[nicefriend7000]

Thanks

[yyzxxz2003]

Do you think that not closing the Falaise Gap faster had something to do with this debacle?  Me thinks so!

I've heard about the allied success at Falaise but truth be told around 50,000

german troops escaped that encirclement to fight another day.

You can destroy tonnes of equipment but if you don't destroy the main ingredient of an army (its soldiers) you'll pay the price down the road as the allies did in Holland.

[cripplehawk]

Pardon me I always thought the Waffen SS operated seperatly from the Wermacht

[greta6897]

The victors always write history.

[SuperQuiller]

@Skull4Scavenger

I agree but don't forget, the German border wasn't far away. Once things got hot, the Germans could rely on reinforcements...I think the the Germans had battalions in Münster in reserve...

[abbesieyes]

Niall Fergusons series...twaddle written to divert from RC instigation of WWII.