Tom Dormer, Andrew Duff, Tim Saunders, Mike Peters, Jo Hook, John Greenacre (Actor) Rated: NR Format: DVD / Documentary
Operation Market Garden Nijmegen
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- MPAA rating
- NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions
- 0.6 x 5.4 x 7.5 inches; 2.72 ounces
- Media Format
- NTSC
- Run time
- 1 hour and 40 minutes
- Release date
- August 22, 2012
- Actors
- Tom Dormer, Andrew Duff, Tim Saunders, Mike Peters, Jo Hook, John Greenacre
- Studio
- Pen and Sword Digital
- Number of discs
- 1
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Following on from BHTV’s earlier film in the Market Garden series on the story of Hell’s Highway, the series reaches the battle to seize the great Bridges over two of Europe’s largest water ways; the Maas and the Waal at Nijmegen. Here the 82nd US airborne were, as elsewhere, denied coup de main attacks to seize the bridges by the air commanders. While the Grave Bridge was captured, confusion in US orders meant that the barely defended bridge in Nijmegen was only attacked when the Germans had taken the opportunity to reinforce the garrison. The resulting battle to regain control of the situation is an epic of Anglo-American military history. With the 10th SS Frundsberg Division marching south to block the Allied advance, the British Guards Armoured Division delayed by a blown bridge on Hell’s Highway arrived and were pitched Choose your platform/edition, then jump in—story, missions, and extras depend on the version. Rated 4.0 out of 5.
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Following on from BHTV’s earlier film in the Market Garden series on the story of Hell’s Highway, the series reaches the battle to seize the great Bridges over two of Europe’s largest water ways; the Maas and the Waal at Nijmegen. Here the 82nd US airborne were, as elsewhere, denied coup de main attacks to seize the bridges by the air commanders. While the Grave Bridge was captured, confusion in US orders meant that the barely defended bridge in Nijmegen was only attacked when the Germans had taken the opportunity to reinforce the garrison. The resulting battle to regain control of the situation is an epic of Anglo-American military history. With the 10th SS Frundsberg Division marching south to block the Allied advance, the British Guards Armoured Division delayed by a blown bridge on Hell’s Highway arrived and were pitched into a quick attack fighting alongside the American Paratroopers but this quick attack failed to grab the bridges. A better organized and supported attack was needed the following day. The key was to be a river crossing by 3rd 504th Parachute Infantry that British General Miles Dempsey described as he watched as ‘unbelievable’. With the Guards and 82nd closing in on the bridges from both sides the German defense crumbled. Even though the Bridges were in Allied hands the 82nd
Key details: MPAA rating: NR (Not Rated) | Product Dimensions: 0.6 x 5.4 x 7.5 inches; 2.72 ounces | Media Format: NTSC | Run time: 1 hour and 40 minutes | Release date: August 22, 2012 | Actors: Tom Dormer, Andrew Duff, Tim Saunders, Mike Peters, Jo Hook, John Greenacre | Studio: Pen and Sword Digital | Number of discs: 1 | Customer Reviews: 4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars (22)
Customer feedback: 4.0/5 average rating.
Review snippets: Being a big fan of the 'Market Garden' campaign, I was somewhat disappointed with this first of what looks to be, eventually, two parts to Pen & Sword's documentary covering the Arnhem/Oosterbeek battles. Whilst the narrators definitely exhibited excellent knowledge / Don't waste your time and money. DOES NOT PLAY ON AMERICAN DVD'S...... Movie Mars should do some research on the products they sell. Read more