A Bridge Too Far Part 18

In September 1944, flush with success after the Normandy invasion, the Allies confidently launched Operation Market Garden, a wild scheme intended to put an early end to the War by invading Germany and smashing the Riech's war plants. However a combination of battlefield politics, faulty intelligence, bad luck and worse weather led to disaster.

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[ross79745]

Second To last part people, enjoy =)

[4k8t]

The real problem was that Market-Garden depended on everything going pretty much as planned. That the major assumptions underlying the operation were not necessarily correct, that there was no way around a frontal attack (XXX corps) and things that went wrong (i.e. radios that didn't work, etc) pretty much doomed the operation. For instance, some air support for the men at Arnhem would have been a big help but without communications it couldn't work.

[1916jutland]

When General Browning made his famous quote it was to Monty when Monty first told him about the idea he had that became Operation Market Garden. No plans had been draw up. Monty just told him and showed him on the map. That's when Browning first said it. Monty should have listened to him.

[Matti8482]

@Greatherlorre

Americans in Bastogne and Tommys in Arnhem, rest it was very easy, allies had huge majority, especially in aviation. O. Carius said: "The strongest enemy of Germany was a Russian soldier"

[Greatherlorre]

@Matti8482

Then what of Caen, Pegasus Bridge, the st nazaire raid? At El Alamein? Tobruk?

[Trashcansam123]

The music at 2:20. By far the most moving bit in the movie. It's the music I hum during a rainstorm. It's dreary now, but maybe things will get better.

[ceboym]

Monty said it was a success which was not he was desperately trying to prove that his single trust was justified, it should be a success provided that it was well planed and all the support needed is ready at hand but this was not the case, any middle rank military officer knew that the function of the airborne unit is hold a certain area for just a specified time until the main unit arrived then move to the next planed operation, they are not well equiped to withstand a well equiped adversary

[ceboym]

Market Garden should have been a success wiht the fallowing(1) well established communication but this failed due to radio equiptment itself that dont work properly in general terms(2) wiht communication air support and all the components of the market garden can contribute with effeciency for the success of such operation a single narrow trust to punch a hole which Monty strongly insist tkae note that a single trust should be powerfull enough wihtout losing a momentum but not present

[lankybanana123]

I think this film is a prime example of the golden rule of warfare: Nothing ever goes completely according to plan.

[Trashcansam123]

I though everyone knew God was a Scotsman

[Matti8482]

Only in Arnhem, Tommys showed that they can fight...

[PINOKIOrevivalCENTRE]

thanx for the movie