Richard Attenborough’s epic recreation of the doomed Operation Market Garden – in which a lone German soldier walks across ...

HE was among 35,000 men who fought the Germans for nine long days in one of the bloodiest battles of World War Two. But 80 ...

The King has said the “heroism and sacrifice made by so many in the pursuit of peace” will never be forgotten as the 80th ...

Here are five films and TV shows that explore the origins, impact and aftermath of the allies’ September 1944 strategic ...

The Battle of Arnhem fought in the early autumn of 1944 ... Arnhem slipping through the German defencesIn Part 2 a separate film we look at their epic battle ...

The 'heroism and sacrifice made by so many in the pursuit of peace' will never be forgotten, the King has said, as Princess ...

Service to commemorate Operation Market Garden 80 years on attended by Grimsby and Cleethorpes Paratroopers Regiment ...

NATO nations have recreated the Second World War airborne invasion of the Netherlands to commemorate the 80th anniversary of ...

But the Battle of Arnhem turned out to be a tragic failure ... It was the subject of the 1977 film A Bridge Too Far, directed by Richard Attenborough. It features in the book When Dragons Flew ...

He served in North Africa, Sicily and Italy before he jumped into Arnhem, Netherlands ... than 6,000 were captured The battle was the inspiration for the 1977 film A Bridge Too Far The re ...

Operation Market Garden aimed to push through the Netherlands and into Germany just a few months after the D-Day landings.

Was there anything else?” By this point in the film, the fight to control the bridge – the Battle of Arnhem, which was fought 80 years ago – has raged for more than a day, recreated by ...