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Liana 2022-03-22 09:02:02
Failed Action Positive Theme
This film describes the biggest airborne operation of World War 2: Market Garden. Although this operation ended in failure, the themes presented in the film are still positive. There is no decadent atmosphere.
Much of the film is devoted to the British 1st Airborne Division (which wears a red... -
Maeve 2021-12-21 08:01:19
Distant bridge
This is a travel note written by me on a trip to Arnhem during my work abroad
In the eyes of Chinese military enthusiasts, Arnhem may be more famous than some large Dutch cities. The "Operation Market Garden", which took place in 1944 and is known as the largest airborne operation in the history of...
Keith Drinkel
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Kiley 2022-03-26 09:01:07
It has the best airdrop and bridge-building scenes, and the street fighting part is lacking. Using a failed anti-war story to carry many main theme fragments, strange mashups, the story is obviously split. Lots of nice details: the same bureaucracy on both sides, airdrop locations, comms malfunctioning, grandma in a taxi, ten-second jail time, doctor's evacuation advice, mile-long recall orders. Can not be exempted from the custom (the German army rushed to die, the bombing of the bridge was inexplicable, and the hospitable accommodation)
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Rachael 2022-03-25 09:01:10
This sky-defying cast now seems that any actor can hold a movie at will. It can be regarded as a very fairy fight~ Market Garden is the biggest military operation after Normandy, and it is also the biggest failed operation before the end of World War II, conceited Montgomery has a huge responsibility. In addition to his own compatriots, the British 30th Army, the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions of the U.S. also brought many people along with their dogs. In North Africa, I feel that the mechanized troops are galloping in the desert. I just want to start a big operation like El Alamein. How can I do it in the Netherlands, a low-lying land with a twisted river? Overly optimistic estimates of the situation. After the airborne, the supplies could not keep up with the ground troops and they were pinned down and unable to provide support. Perhaps the conservative step-by-step approach could end the war around March next year, and the aggressive hope of returning home before Christmas ended up paying more Heavy~ It's better than watching "The Longest Day", war is always cruel, may the world be peaceful~
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[First lines]
[film opens with montage footage of a World War II era bomber dropping ordinances. Suddenly, the footage freezes, and we hear a woman speaking]
Kate Ter Horst: It's hard to remember now, but Europe was like this in 1944.
[the video resumes, showing footage of the fighting while the narrator continues on with the introduction]
Kate Ter Horst: The Second World War was in its fifth year and still going Hitler's way. German troops controlled most of Europe. D-Day changed all that.
[the archive footage cuts to the invasion of Normandy and the liberation of Paris]
Kate Ter Horst: D-Day, June 6, 1944, when the Allied forces, under their commander, General Eisenhower, landed on the northern coast of France. By July, they were able to begin their own offensive. By August, Paris was liberated. Everywhere the Germans retreated.
[we then see archive footage showing the Allied advance through northern France]
Kate Ter Horst: But with the Allied victories came problems. Supplies still had to be driven from Normandy, over 400 miles away, and became dangerously short. The Allied advance began to come to a halt.
[the archive footage then goes to video of General Eisenhower, General Patton, and Field Marshal Montgomery]
Kate Ter Horst: Another problem facing Eisenhower was this. His two most famous generals - Patton, who was in the south, and Montgomery in the north - disliked each other intensely. Their long-standing rivalry had never been more fierce. There simply were not enough supplies for both armies. Each wanted to be the one to defeat the Germans. Each wanted to beat the other to Berlin.
[we now see footage of the planning stages of "Operation Market Garden" as well as hear background music as the woman continues with the introduction]
Kate Ter Horst: In September 1944, Montgomery devised a new and spectacular plan code named "Market Garden". Eisenhower, under great pressure from his superiors, finally sided with Montgomery, and "Operation Market Garden" became a reality. The plan, like so many plans in so many wars before it, was meant to end the fighting by Christmas, and bring the boys back home.
[we see the archive footage freeze, and watch it zoom in on General Eisenhower before fading to black]
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[repeated line]
Maj. Julian Cook: Hail Mary full of grace... Hail Mary full of grace...
