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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80 Years since the Battle of Arnhem; “a bridge too far”
Allied airborne troops entered a Nazi-occupied Netherlands, their descendants paid respects to the bravery of soldiers who ...
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What A Bridge Too Far got right – and wrong – about the Battle of Arnhem
There’s a scene two hours into A Bridge Too Far – Richard Attenborough’s epic recreation of the doomed Operation Market Garden – in which a lone German soldier walks across Arnhem Bridge ...
Paratroopers land in Arnhem honoring Operation Market Garden
Hundreds of NATO paratroopers dropped near Arnhem in the Netherlands, commemorating 80 years since one of the most renowned ...
Paras mark 80th anniversary of battle for Arnhem bridge
Service to commemorate Operation Market Garden 80 years on attended by Grimsby and Cleethorpes Paratroopers Regiment ...
Robert Redford played a Durham lad in A Bridge Too Far
THE events at Arnhem were turned into the 1977 film, A Bridge Too Far, starring Dirk Bogarde, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Anthony Hopkins, ...
How a Darlington glider pilot died at Arnhem 80 years ago
EIGHTY years ago today, gliderman Peter Hill was involved in fierce fighting around the Dutch town of Arnhem as Allied forces tried to capture ...
King pays tribute to ‘heroism and sacrifice’ to mark 80 years since Arnhem
Monarch’s words spoken by the Princess Royal to remember troops who fought in Operation Market Garden ...
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Hundreds of parachutists jump to mark WWII operation
Hundreds of parachutists on Saturday dropped down on a heath near the Dutch town of Ede, following in the footsteps of 2,000 ...
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Solemn ceremony marks end of failed WWII parachute drop commemorations
Britain's Princess Anne and hundreds of children laid flowers Sunday in memory of those who died 80 years ago during one of ...
Hero still remembered 80 years on from WW2 battle
Commemorations have been held in The Netherlands this weekend to mark the 80th anniversary of the largest airborne assault in ...