What A Bridge Too Far got right – and wrong – about the Battle of Arnhem
Richard Attenborough’s epic recreation of the doomed Operation Market Garden – in which a lone German soldier walks across ...
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What A Bridge Too Far got right – and wrong – about the Battle of Arnhem
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 ...
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Princess Anne pays tribute to Battle of Arnhem troops on 80th anniversary of famed Second World War operation
The 'heroism and sacrifice made by so many in the pursuit of peace' will never be forgotten, the King has said, as Princess ...
Five films and TV shows about Operation Market Garden, recommended by a war historian
These films and TV shows explore the origins, impact and aftermath of the allied strategic gamble, 80 years on.
King pays tribute to ‘heroism and sacrifice’ to mark 80 years since Arnhem
The King has said the “heroism and sacrifice made by so many in the pursuit of peace” will never be forgotten as the 80th ...
King marks 80th anniversary of Second World War’s Operation Market Garden
Operation Market Garden aimed to push through the Netherlands and into Germany just a few months after the D-Day landings.
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Dutch Courage – Frank McNally on Irish echoes in an infamous battle of the second World War
In the 1977 war film A Bridge Too Far ... impasse the Allies find themselves in on their attempted advance towards Arnhem. “Why don’t we just try to bash through?” he asks.
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With Al Murray & Russell Watson
Al chats to Adam about his new book The Battle of Arnhem. Adam also meets singer Russell ... Plus, our resident film critic Larushka Ivan-Zadeh talks us through this week's releases on the big ...