Ever since 1945, to show the thanks and gratitude of the Dutch, local schoolchildren are each allocated the grave of a British Para to tend and care for. Still today, they deem it a great honour and a debt to repay. The CWGC cemetery at Oosterbeek is a place of pilgrimage for thousands, including myself, every September, and the place is a credit to those kids. Long may it continue, for the boys who never returned must NOT BE FORGOTTEN!

@ottomatic3123

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. It was heart warming to learn of the respect that the Dutch people continue to show to the fallen heroes, and how they employ the children to care for the graves to convey to them their gratitude to ensure that they are never forgotten.

@tilly28569

3 жыл бұрын

My uncle jock is in this film,near the end where the Dutch lady is reading to them. Strange to see him alive on screen.

@danatcanyonlake583

2 жыл бұрын

Supposedly there is a waiting list to get on groups that service the Allied graves. I am told they bring flowers on the date of birth, the date of death and I think VE Day.

@lordrexus

2 жыл бұрын

@@danatcanyonlake583 at Oosterbeek cemetery, they also light a candle at every grave on Christmas Eve

@solomon-uu5xh

2 жыл бұрын

.........Isn't it wonderful to know that the same criminals that funded Hitler & the Nazis also own & control central banks worldwide, & also own Vanguard & Blackrock; the two biggest investment firms that basically own & control the largest corporations in the world today. Yes they own & control the media, the drug companies & every major multinational company & corporation you can name...........

My father went in by glider and came back to father me. I was born 8th August 1945. He died in his 80s in 1998. I went back to Holland in 1965 when I was 20 and was treated really well by my Dutch hosts when they found out Dad had been at Arnhem and they took me to the Hartenstien Hotel and to the graveyards of the fallen.

@viking90706

4 жыл бұрын

God Bless you both......May your Father R.I.P. and those of the fallen will reside in VALHALLA forever ! Semper Fi

@SJoriis

3 жыл бұрын

My grandparents lived in Arnhem during the war. Even 75+ years after we are so grateful for men like your dad.

My grandfather sergeant Robert Thompson was killed in this battle after being in the BEF and at Dunkirk, he fought in North Africa and with the paras in Italy and the Greek island of Kos and had done his bit but just like so many other British soldiers kept going until the end. Heroes all of them

@Neal_Schier

3 жыл бұрын

@philsos Shep That is an impressive record of service. My respect to him and his survivors.

@lorrainechandler7864

2 жыл бұрын

God Rest His Soul🙏

@philsosshep4834

2 жыл бұрын

@@Neal_Schier thank you

My grandfather fought at Arnhem, and I'd love to have meet him and talk to him about it. But sadly he passed away after the war long before I was born. Thank God for such men as these !!!!

I'd never heard of this movie until about an 2 hours ago...great film.

@flybobbie1449

3 ай бұрын

Same here, now.

Such an underrated film.

My Grandad fought at Oosterbeek ,Lional Tarr.He never really talked about the war.All i know was a german tank shot him out of the school tower and he was taken to Kate ter horst's house.He stayed in the cellar with her family until he was taken prisoner. He was one of the lucky ones.

How a platoon advances: 1st section leads, followed by 2nd section, headquarters and by 3rd section. This movie was made by people who knew the business.

@JohnyG29

4 күн бұрын

Yeah, not mad charges by hollywood "actors"

Amazing to see that real Panthers in a film!

@AnthonyEvelyn

Жыл бұрын

Amen to that!

@cookudysu90

Жыл бұрын

And a real Tiger 1 and a Panzer Mark 3, the Wreck of a King Tiger.

@JohnyG29

4 күн бұрын

It was filmed in Arnhem just after the battle, so a lot of the armour you see are the actual vehicles knocked out in the battle.

This film has a rare authenticity , because it is primarily cast by individuals who actually served and fought in this battle. It is a testimony to what highly trained, motivated soldiers can achieve and probably one of the finest examples of the fighting professionalism of the British Parachute Regiment. These men are a different breed indeed !

@davidmaxted893

Жыл бұрын

Awesome. Yes. It’s mostly my grandad narrating I believe. But it is him in the foxhole with the record recorder ,, I fear we could be slipping to these times again 😞🇨🇦🙏

A Bridge Too Far - Epic war film, great cast and soundtrack. Theirs Is The Glory - Documentary realism, authenticity.

@wbertie2604

3 жыл бұрын

The scenes of the drop here look to have been somewhat copied for A Bridge Too Far. But then you'd expect Dickie to have watched this before his film.

@johncostello3174

3 ай бұрын

A Bridge Too Far creates the impression that the cause of failure was the British 'drinking tea' instead of pushing on from Nijmegen Bridge to relieve Frost at Arnhem bridge. It fails to show the fact that due to German resistance in Nijmegen (that should by then have been eliminated by 82nd Airborne) there was a lack of available infantry to advance with the tanks (that needed rearming and refuelling) and advancing without infantry at night up a single road would have been suicide. I suppose Dickie based it 90% on Cornelius Ryan's book, the title of which supposedly came from a quote by lieutenant-general Frederick Browning (played by Dirk Bogarde). Browning shared the opinion of Richard Gale (commander of 6th Airborne Division) that the drop zones were too far from the bridge and dropping 1st Airborne in three airlifts over three days was too long. According to Major-General Roy Urquhart, when informed that his airborne troops would have to hold the bridge for two days, Browning responded that they could hold it for four, but later claimed that he had added: "But I think we might be going a bridge too far."

This should be showed to every kid in the school

As a Dutch-Australian this film really gets me going

Amazing footage. My father was in the 82nd Airborne in Operation Marketgarden.

Helps explain why my father didn’t talk about his WW II service. Magnificent generation of Brits and Canadians.

@adrianjackson2696

5 жыл бұрын

6:25 and Poles and Irish too. Check out the Irish names of the platoon including Irishmen for the Republic of Ireland (neutral) in the British Army.

I saw 'Theirs is the Glory' when it was first shown in 1946 I was 10 yrs old.

@oliverorchard2296

Ай бұрын

How are you doing?

Wooooah Mohammad!

"In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen men fight so hard." Wilhelm Bittrich Commenting on the British Paratroopers at Arnhem (September 1944). Quoted in "Hitler's Generals" - Page 327 - by Correlli Barnett - History - 2003

Dad was there with the South staff's first air landing . He was captured on the 19th . He told me survivors got free tickets for this film after the war. Samuel Montgomery P I A T.

The soldier at 8.42 is my uncle, Bill Owen from Wales who after the war lived in Luton with my auntie Lily and worked at Vauxhall motors.

6:54 is a great uncle of mine. Tommy Scullion I think in this film they say he got captured he didn't he made it back.

Fun fact: John Frost played as himself in this documentary

Balls of steel .....Every one of them.

Lest we forget ♥️

i just finished watching THEIRS IS THE GLORY and all i can say is ....DAMN GOOD MOVIE.

Utterly ncredible film. And finally…NOW I get why the Universal Carrier was so popular. It’s amazing!

Two Great Uncles were there, one killed in Oosterbeek and buried in the cematary, one killed and still missing. Gods bless the children of Oosterbeek for the grave ceremonies they do.

@targetchip

9 ай бұрын

RIP Greatest respect to them

Many of the men who actually fought at arnhem were playing themselves in this film. I think the officer in the jeep at 17:15 might well be Major General John Frost, commander of 2 para battalion who held the northern approach to the bridge for so long against overwhelming german forces. Played by anthony Hopkins in the film "A bridge Too Far".

This could be the most important war movie ever created! Technology wouldn’t have allowed this to happen before WWII and awareness of PTSD probably wouldn’t allow it to happen again. Wow!

the heroes of Arnhem god bless em .

the Dutch lady helping the wounded in 1944 played herself in their 1946 film but sadly was hit by a car outside her house and killed in 1992 aged 86.

@korintheministries2020

4 жыл бұрын

Kate Verhorst

@keithcitizen4855

3 жыл бұрын

98 at passing ?

@adrianjackson2696

3 жыл бұрын

@@keithcitizen4855 - We were both wrong on her DOD I just checked it on Wikipedia. Kate died aged 86 not 84 but it was Jan her husband who died aged 98 in 2003. I bought the DVD last year too.

@keithcitizen4855

3 жыл бұрын

@@adrianjackson2696 Interesting thank you , I hadn't read Wikipedia carefully enough. Australian TV Sunday evenings now showing WW2: Battles for Europe , same UK is Friday viewing -

@Streamcatcher

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, this was so sad to hear. I hate this road going near their house, the sidewalk is very narrow and their exit is in de bend of this road where a lot of cars drive to fast. So sad to die this way after all she did and lived through.

One of the best I've ever seen!

The Dutch lady at 1:10:21 is Kate Ter Horst. She nursed the wounded Allied soldiers in the improvised RAP in the Oosterbeek church. I think Liv Ulmann played her in the ( much more inferior) 1977 movie 'A Bridge too Far'. Kate inspired everyone with her courage and compassion. She typifies the Dutch non-combatants who did so much for the paratroopers. It is incredible that she is here now and we can hear her voice. Kate- I believe -was killed tragically when she was struck by a car outisde her home, which is just next door to the church. I think this happened in the ? 90's. I will look it up now. RIP Kate.

@MzLunaCee

9 ай бұрын

The Angel of Arnhem.

@Niels_Dn

8 ай бұрын

I was lucky to have a coffee with her daughter who was with them in the cellar of the rectory next to the church. There is a small statue of a falling Pegasus in their garden that remembers the tens of paras that have died there.

@inelutu

3 ай бұрын

At the movie start in A Bridge too Far, the naration is made by Kate ter Horst in person.

The Dutch put up a Memorial for Polish paratroopers who died figjting for our freedom. People of honor,unlike others. And grateful.

@happydace6991

5 ай бұрын

My dad was there with the 1st Independent Polish Parachute Brigade. The Dutch wanted to award them with their highest honour after the war , The Order of Orange , for their bravery . But the UK and US objected as it would diminish their own glory . The Brigade eventually got their award .... in 2012.

@kimchiwasabee

5 ай бұрын

*CZEŚĆ I CHWAŁA BOHATEROM!!*

@happydace6991

5 ай бұрын

@@kimchiwasabee Dziękuję 😊

One thing stands out for me about this film... and it is how understandably nervous these men are, they had just come through a hard fought and bloody war, and no doubt they suffered from nerve troubles for many years to come afterwards. Here are a few examples of what i mean: 25:25 look how the two Officers react to the explosion. 45:51 This may have been acting, not sure, but don't forget, these guys are not actors! 50:47 The War reporter...because he was there too! 56: 33 The two guys in the trench, with split second nervous jump at the flash. 1:1:36 The man in centre screen in bed, with had resting on his wrist, look how he reacts! 1:11:29 and 1:12:48 these three blokes' nerves are shot...poor blokes. It is amazing to see the very men who fought this battle, act it out at the very location it happened, but it is very sad to see how badly affected they were to the flashes and bangs....and those who survived these battles most likely went back to their ordinary day jobs back home....and carried on!! (something today's society could learn from) Heroes every one!.....and theirs most definitely is the glory!

@jameschristie7558

6 жыл бұрын

My father was one of these soldiers. This is his account of the filming. It was a difficult experience, but he had no regrets. He was glad he had the chance to do it. He actually talks about one incident when he and two others over-reacted to mortar explosions. claro2.wordpress.com/return-to-arnhem-10-months-later/

@jameschristie7558

6 жыл бұрын

No, in this case the explosions were real. See my other comment.

@radiootoo

6 жыл бұрын

Just. Simply. Amazing!

@sueneilson896

5 жыл бұрын

James Christie . Very moving recollection of the making of this movie. I honestly don't know how they could go back so soon to do this. Were they under orders or did they volunteer? Know an Australian airborn soldier who did a couple of tours in Vietnam, and several years ago was fortunate to spend a day with a 95 year old veteran of the Western desert campaign, one of the legendary Rats of Tobruk. These men are a separate breed, the product of their times and necessity. Pretty sure we will never see their like again. Infinite respect.

@jameschristie7558

5 жыл бұрын

@@sueneilson896 I don't think they were forced to take part. It seemed quite an attractive option to take part in making a film, especially since they were getting extra pay on top of their normal soldiers' wages. Once they were back at Arnhem the seriousness took over. It's not that these men were insensitive, but they were young and toughened up by their experiences. Something that struck me reading the history of my father's regiment was that many, including my father, volunteered for a transfer to the Far East after VE Day, before the atomic bombs were dropped and the war against Japan ended. These were not men looking for an easy, safe life. Problems like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder were ignored in those days anyway.

This was released 30 years or so before the much more famous A Bridge Too Far!

@marcinnowakowski997

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, 1946

@mverna3628

5 жыл бұрын

A little less than a year after the actual fighting there.

Just done a Battlefield in relation to this film. We watched this prior to going. Standing on the sites of some of these scenes just sent chills through me. Utmost respect to those who fought.

Some kind of therapeutical role-playing for the participants in the battle

Love and hugs to all brave fighting men. We owe more to them than could ever be paid.

Such men as these...LEST WE FORGET

I have just returned from a trip to Holland and fulfilled one of my bucket lists. To visit Arnhem and Oosterbeek. The Airbourne museum at the former hotel Hartenstein hotel was truly fantastic. Rest in peace lads that never returned.

Just ordinary men, but such men!

Every Man an emperor

Let's not AGAIN forget the energy the Polish devisons gave in this battle.

@chadpenner5059

3 жыл бұрын

The polish were tortured by the Nazis and Stalin...their suffering should never be forgotten...Stalin murder approx 20,000 polish officers in cold blood....##katyan forest

@MontytheHorse

3 жыл бұрын

The Polish Independent Parachute Brigade was based near to where I live.

@pauldirac808

2 жыл бұрын

They also contributed to the Battle of Britain. We have a lot to be grateful to Poland

@bazacobb

2 жыл бұрын

Polish did get about 50 men across to help defend the oosterbeek perimeter, but there jump did not happen until the battle was virtually lost, their DZ's were already over run so they had to land on the west side of the river so the majority of the polish were unable to take part.

@JohnyG29

11 ай бұрын

The Poles did great things in the second world war, but they were dropped too late to help in Arnhem. So let not over do things eh.

Lovely props. Vickers K, Piats, Panthers and Tigers.

Just finished book 'I bought a star' by Thomas Firbank. Well written first hand account of this and other operations. He attended post war premier of this film.

Seeing all that rare stuff in an actual movie is amazing, especially those panther tanks.

Always sit and wounder who made it home who did not, lions hearts all of them

thr grenade on the loud speaker truck never gets old lol

well I'm just amazed to see so much real film intertwined with great movie script, I've never seen anything like it, not this much real film. Thanks

18:12 Paratrooper jumps into ready made foxhole... It's the same foxhole he dug himself the year before this movie was shot, during the actual battle.

@AudieHolland

6 жыл бұрын

"Revisiting The Locations Of Operation Market Garden"

@wytchblade2879

4 жыл бұрын

@zionistatwork123 thats interesting, anywhere I can see that?

i read about this story "operation market garden" the germans that fought in this battle were in total admiration of the british airborne who fought them

A friend of mine was an infant in Arnhem while this battle was taking place. After the war was over, his father, tired of European wars, moved all of his sons and his wife to Australia. When the sons became of age, they moved with their Australian wives to America to the state of Mississippi. Some are still there, but others have moved around, one to Arkansas, anther to Colorado and a nephew, who came from Australia to live with my friend and his family until he became a pastor and moved his wife and children to Canada.

Let's stop and really think about how this was made. The veterans, a year after most have been released back to civilian life, CROSSED BACK INTO HOLLAND, put the old uniforms on again and re-enacted their actions in the battle. Only British soldiers could be asked to do that and would agree to do so! Imagine a 'making of' segment about this, behind the scenes there had to have been some interesting discussions and reactions by those vets

Watching a video about the British PIAT got me here.

Stanley Maxted was my grandfather

@mithridateseupator3492

Жыл бұрын

When did he pass away?

@davidmaxted893

Жыл бұрын

@@mithridateseupator3492 He pasted in 1961 I think I don t remember him I was born in 57.

@mithridateseupator3492

Жыл бұрын

I saw him in some Pathe newsreel video post Arnhem. No sound to it but it looks like he is reporting from Germany or Holland.

@davidmaxted893

Жыл бұрын

@@mithridateseupator3492 Holland I believe I have a few pics. I lost the one of him with Colonel Malone on the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay for the Jap surrender n one with Guy Bynam I think his name was , if you find A Fiend Without a Face. He plays Colonel Baker I would grade that movie a D , lol but still I come from the line of a Broadcaster and Alien Slayer. Bit of a broadcaster myself. But just on 11 meter

@davidmaxted893

Жыл бұрын

I think he was born in 1898 and around 1912? He was living in Folkstone UK and they took all the children and shipped them off to Canada for safety , he had a religious tv or radio show was up in administration of CBC and heard CBS in states as well ,, not sure Anyway. Thanks for taking interest I wa the only one to carry on the name but I have 3 boys with the name one in Alberta one in Vancouver and one in New Orleans Take care 🙏 thanks

So very moving, so brave.

As impressive, if not more so than Saving Private Ryan. Amazing job and tribute to heroes.

@targetchip

2 жыл бұрын

Except Saving Private Ryan was just a film - this really happened.

41:30 Fighting German tanks off at point blank range. Good God.

This movie is amazing! Very realistic since it's just so quickly filmed after the war

@XXMPZEC

11 ай бұрын

Filmed on location and using the paratroopers who actually fought there. During breaks in filming, the survivors would go around looking for the battlefield graves of fallen comrades and take them to the cemetery being set aside for them in Oosterbeek for proper burial.

It must have been hell for these men to return to that place and re-enact what happened, you can see in the way that some of them react that their nerves are shot away by what they went through, but they still took part, not a snowflake in sight.

@jimomaha7809

5 жыл бұрын

These men did not volunteered for the movie. They were ordered to go. There was some aprehension for some to go as they did not wanted to face the Dutch. They were surprised by the warm welcome they received by the civilians. Many veterans had the same fear and some returned 50 years or later not expecting a warm welcome. And there are some recordings of British soldiers who broke down under fire. You never know how you react under fire if you did not experianced it before. They were all ordinary men.

@barneygilewitz1064

4 жыл бұрын

Go out and see if you are able to dispatch that Jerry tank that is causing such a bother will you? Guy goes out- blasts the tank - returns like he’d only been down to the shop for a pack of smokes.

Wow, utterly amazing......thanks and respect...………..

This is amazing. It's hard to tell what is original footage and what is reenactment. I see those two Panthers around 35:22. Those are runners. That has to be original. This is extremely well done.

@witkocaster

5 жыл бұрын

They also used Char B1bis, Pzkpfw III, Tiger. As in reality.

@RobertJohnson-gi3sl

2 жыл бұрын

@@witkocaster where?

@inisipisTV

7 ай бұрын

A running Tiger I and a Panzer IV 40:42

That is a real tiger, first of the fee movies to have a real one

Astounding to go back there so soon - amazing work. Bless the Paras.

Hell of a fight, mad respect for those involved

@adamscott7354

2 жыл бұрын

Not the nazis, they were ruthless to the Dutch as occupiers, all the more during Market Garden and the taking of Antwerp by Canadian Commonwealth troops

God bless you all fellow chaps😊🙏

this isnt a movie its a docu-drama .

Good film, with pretty good special effects, especially for its time. The bridge there now is named the John Frost Bridge.

My great grand father was from sub continent indo-pak.served British army fought world war 2 and 1 at burma front , his brother was killed in action at italy Sicily..summer 1944. I have his grave record .he is buried in forli war cemetery.

takes off Beret,,,,God bless you lads..From the yanks...

all those survivors of Arnhem then have to pretend to get killed, ironic isn't it, the damage at Arnhem very clear to see must have been hell

A Professor I had at CSU Chico Dr Charles Harvey’s older brother was a pilot with the Army Air Corps His Glider was shot down and he was killed along with all the paratroopers in his aircraft. Dr Harvey was originally from Alhambra which is close to Pasadena. Southern California. This was 1986 or 42 years after the Battle of Arnhem. I was only 14 when Sir Richard Attenborough s film A Bridge to Far was released here in the states. One thing that has stayed with me for over 45 years is when Connery Sean Connery who played Major-General Roy Urquardt tells Dirk Bogarde who played General Browning “ I went into Holland with 10,000 men and came back with less than 2,000 “. That is a 80% casualty rate which is quite insane mad crazy. Dr Harvey was only 11 when his brother was killed the pain and anguish on his face was quite visible 42 years after his brother was killed.

Apparently there were around 200 veterans who took part in this film but there were no credits awarded to them.

Thank you for posting!

I did not know about this film every one has heard of A Bridge To Far

Every man an Emperor !!

Thanks for sharing.

when making the movie the makers had to pay a hefty fine as they succeeded in blowing up the only servicable railway rolling stock in Arnhem....and it didnt even make the final cut of the movie!!, some people are under the mistaken belief the Tiger in the footage was filmed seperately in the UK and its the Bovington Tiger 131...which is false,its actually one of the two Tigers which was disabled by duke of cornwalls light infantry PIAT fire on the Valbourg-Elst road ,ending up abandoned in a ditch......the tale that the panthers were at the time of filming borrowed from the french army are also false....they were brought into the filming area from the surrounding fields where they had been abandoned.......the badly damaged king Tiger,seen as the medic engages the panther with a PIAT,originally belonged to 9th kompanie,506th heavy tank battalion,assigned to the 9th ss hohenstauffen division, when the guy leans against the king tiger to take his shot,the tank is not in its original position...it was originally knocked out by anti tank gun fire and burned out near a school on 25 sept 1944.

@constantinexi6489

Жыл бұрын

Would you know what happened to the tanks? Were they scarped or put in a museum?

@historicmilitaria1944

Жыл бұрын

@@constantinexi6489 the Panthers were donated to the French army then they eventually handed them to the Samaur museum....the other vehicles,tiger,king tiger,char b1 flame thrower were probably scrapped

@constantinexi6489

Жыл бұрын

@@historicmilitaria1944 interesting, thank you!

i did like 10 minutes of research and all i found was someone saying it was from “theirs is the glory” (but you said you didn’t see it, maybe watch again though) and another person saying “This happened in a town called Oosterbeek at the closure of the battle.of Arnhem in September 1944. The Germans surrounded the town and cleared it house by house.. short on ammo and weapons bricks were used among other things like entrenchment tools . Fierce close quarter fighting went on for a couple of days as the perimeter shrunk with the German advance. In the end on the 26th of september what was left of the 1st British Airborne division was evacuated over the rhine. 10000 landed between 17 and the 19th of september. Only some 2000 made it back.. 6000+ were captured and 2100 lay to rest at Oosterbeek war cemetery. German losses were probaply even higher although exact figures are missing. The 1st Airborne division ceized to exist.” i didn’t fact check either of these though

Fun fact: The bridge was actually destroyed when they filmed it, so they painted the bridge on glass and put it on the lens of the camera (21:34).

I knew a man who fought at Arnhem and was one of the survivors. He did his duty against Nazism for the rest of the war. He became a pacifist for the remainder of his life.

Thank you so much for upload this. Can i suggest you to turn on the automatic subtittles? They are pretty bad sometimes but to the ones like me who don't understand english very well they can be a help. All my admiration to this brave soldiers! But it was a "plan too far... from reality", sadly.

I’m here because some people felt that this depicted Arnhem better than “A Bridge Too Far”.

@targetchip

4 ай бұрын

It's a great film. We were told to watch it after we passed our P company selection and gained our Para Wings as it is important to our Airborne History. Some of the acting is a bit stilted but it's not meant to be a dramatic Hollywood blockbuster - here's a link to a Wikipedia about the film. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theirs_Is_the_Glory

Great

holy crap! Live real working Panther tanks @35:00

Looks to be a mix of real and re-enactment footage.

@cookudysu90

Ай бұрын

Yeah it most of the soldiers were actual soldiers and veterans of the battle.

That lady reading the Psalms is Kate Ter Horst She did quite a lot.

Anyone know how, despite the overall failure, any of the Market Garden effort and gains were still of help in the following battles to get into Germany and end the war?

@MzLunaCee

9 ай бұрын

The Germans expended a huge amount of men and material to try and retake the captured ground. Also it tied up reserves as they feared a second attempt.

40:41 Tiger 131 (H1)

REspect

A plan does not survive contact with the enemy.

The music sounds like Miklós Rózsa's 1940 score, "The Thief of Baghdad" (Alexander Corda's production)

At 5 minutes into the film, the British Commander outlines the impossible mission of the Paras. Landing 6 miles from the target without the jeeps that were to carry them to their objective was insane. The plan has been called bold but foolish would be a more apt description. The entire second part of the operation "Garden" was a failure of tragic proportions. The thought that armored divisions could trave 60 miles behind enemy lines over a mostly 2 lane road with marshland on either side was absurd. The Germans needed to only disable the lead elements to bring the attack to a halt. This plan of Montgomery was fraught with mistakes and miscalculation. His main goal was personal glory and thousands paid for his vanity both during and after the attack. The failure of Market Garden brought German retribution to the Dutch in the form of a food blockade which caused the famine of the winter of 1944/45.

@alastairbarkley6572

3 жыл бұрын

So much misinformation about this operation. Major Freddie Gough's Recce troops got 22 of the proposed 24 jeeps as planned for their 'coup de main' capture of WATERLOO (the Arnhem road bridge). Due to various cock-ups and misunderstandings (for example, Gen. Urquhart was falsely informed that NONE of Gough's jeeps had arrived), Gough's force did not set out until 15:40 hours - FAR later than planned - by which time, German resistance had become strong enough to block his mission. The failure to capture the RAIL bridge (CHARING CROSS) intact was another major disaster caused by late arrival of Lathbury's parachutists - and nothing to do with 'jeeps'. The plan wasn't 'insane' - it was the best solution to problems forced on British 1st Airborne Division by airmen - both of the USAAF and the RAF. It could easily have been a great success - and nobody would be saying it was 'insane' now.

@anthonywilson4873

3 жыл бұрын

You need open fields to land that amount of men and equipment. The bridge was taken by light troops main body to come in, there where crack troops resting and recuperating with tanks in opposition. They held for far longer than expected shame the main force could not take advantage of their sacrifice. They did their job hold for two days while main force catches up. Well done lads. German guns zeroed in on the main road Nijmegen to Arnhem stopped this being a success.

@alastairbarkley6572

3 жыл бұрын

@@anthonywilson4873 The RAF vetoed a South Bank landing near the road bridge on the basis of deployment of the mobile (and lethal) 20mm flak AND because they declared the ground too soft for gliders (but not parachutists). The first of these objections was valid, the second not. Nope, the number of 'crack troops' (9 and 10 SS Panzer) présent was pretty small. The German units that stopped the Parachute and the Airlanding Brigades getting to the bridges were HQ, admin, MP, engineers, signals and military government soldiers. Not crack at all.

@adamscott7354

2 жыл бұрын

@@alastairbarkley6572 Umm, large infantry units tend to support tanks so if there was SS Panzer divisions then they had backup on the ground around them, as well as German Para's were sent in to reinforce and better for countering the tactics of enemy paratroops

I am making a documentary for an art educational program in Arnhem, will it be possible to take some little parts of the video?

@targetchip

4 жыл бұрын

sure of course its not my film and its so old now so I`m sure there will be no objections.

@gabricinti9716

4 жыл бұрын

@@targetchip Thank you to upload it, is really a precious and beautiful material!

10-04-23: recommended --- I Bought A Star, by Thomas Firbank [1910-2000]; George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd (1951 hardcover)

They used real German Panther tanks at 35:26…. 👍

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Did most of the movies in this era have a narrator or is it just this one

19:53 I'm guessing this would be German General Kussin. Took a wrong turn in his staff car and ended up with a faceful of Sten for his troubles. The bullets effectively scalped him