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Theirs Is the Glory (also known as Men of Arnhem), is a 1946 British war film about the British 1st Airborne Division's involvement in the Battle of Arnhem (17 to 25 September 1944) during Operation Market Garden in the Second World War. It was the first film to be made about this battle, and the biggest grossing UK war film for nearly a decade ...
A Bridge Too Far is a 1977 epic war film directed by Richard Attenborough.It depicts Operation Market Garden, a failed Allied operation in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II; the film's screenplay, by William Goldman, is based on a book of the same title by historian Cornelius Ryan. [5]
Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation during the Second World War fought in the German-occupied Netherlands from 17 to 25 September 1944. Its objective was to create a 64 mi (103 km) salient into German territory with a bridgehead over the Nederrijn (Lower Rhine River), creating an Allied invasion route into northern Germany ...
The Battle of Arnhem was fought during the Second World War, as part of the Allied Operation Market Garden. It took place around the Dutch city of Arnhem and vicinity from 17 to 26 September 1944. The Allies had swept through France and Belgium in August 1944, after the Battle of Normandy .
During Market Garden, the Welsh Guards are shown linking up with American paratroopers at the Grave bridge before moving on to Nijmegen and the failure of the operation. The film ends with the Ardennes Offensive and the Guards' unknown operations around the east side of the River Meuse , and only Smoke left alive of the three friends.
Operation Market Garden aimed to push through the Netherlands and into Germany just a few months after the D-Day landings. King marks 80th anniversary of Second World War’s Operation Market ...
The re-enactment will tell the story of Operation Market Garden, ... At 7 p.m., a free USO-style dance will be held in the amphitheater, featuring the 15-piece Hashtag Swing Orchestra.
Docudrama on the breakout from Normandy, Operation Market Garden, the Battle of the Bulge and the German surrender. Presenter is Sean Bean. 10. Auschwitz: The Nazis and the 'Final Solution' (2005, [2] 6 Episodes, 300 minutes, 16:9 Anamorphic, 2 Discs) "Dramatized documentary" on the Nazis' conceptualisation and implementation of the Final Solution.