HE was among 35,000 men who fought the Germans for nine long days in one of the bloodiest battles of World War ... to Arnhem, in 1950. It was the first time he got to see the famous Bridge Too ...
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 ...
Paratroops from nine Nato nations today jumped into Ginkle Heath on the outskirts of Arnhem ... movie - A Bridge Too Far, saw some of the most intense fighting of the Second World War.
Princess Anne has led tributes to the WWII heroes who fought in the Battle of Arnhem ... movie - A Bridge Too Far, saw some of the most intense fighting of the Second World War.
EIGHTY years ago today, gliderman Peter Hill was involved in fierce fighting around the Dutch town of Arnhem as Allied forces tried to capture a crucial bridge over the River Rhine. History now ...
This weekend marks the anniversary of Operation Market Garden which aimed to speed up the end of the Second World War. Allied Forces ... But there was one bridge, at Arnhem, which the Nazis ...
THE skies above Arnhem were full of parachutes again yesterday — 80 years after brave British troops made the same jump during World War Two. An audience of more than 100,000 people watched as ...
Princess Anne has led tributes to the WWII heroes who fought in the Battle of Arnhem ... movie - A Bridge Too Far, saw some of the most intense fighting of the Second World War.
Applause rang out around the war cemetery ... Rhine at Arnhem, crossing 11 bridges along the way. But a combination of bad weather, problems with communications equipment and a strong German fightback ...
Immortalised by the everyday phrase "a bridge ... to Arnhem and climbed from his wheelchair to salute his fallen friends from 80 years ago. Geoff Roberts was the only one of our war heroes fit ...
Comedian and military historian Al Murray – best known as the Pub Landlord – wrote about A Bridge Too Far in his 2013 book, Watching War Films with My Dad. Going to see A Bridge Too Far with ...
This weekend marks the anniversary of Operation Market Garden which aimed to speed up the end of the Second World War. Allied Forces attempted to capture a series of bridges over The River Rhine. But ...