A Bridge Too Far

The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and the presence of two crack German panzer divisions meant that the final part of this operation (the bridge in Arnhem over the Rhine) was doomed to failure.

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  Dirk Bogarde

  Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning
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  James Caan

  SSgt. Eddie Dohun
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  Michael Caine

  Lt. Col. John O.E. Vandeleur
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  Sean Connery

  Maj. Gen. Robert E. Urquhart
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  Edward Fox

  Lt. Gen. Brian G. Horrocks
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  Robert Redford

  Maj. Julian Cook
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  Elliott Gould

  Col. Robert Stout
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  Anthony Hopkins

  Lt. Col. John D. Frost
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  Gene Hackman

  Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
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  Hardy Krüger

  Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Karl Ludwig