A Bridge Too Far Page #2

I promise you, I'll be

properly ecstatic if it works.

When it works.

Of course.

When it works.

Thank you.

Well, now let's

get down to the details.

First we shall have to have...

From which direction will their

attack come, and who will command?

Montgomery or Patton?

- Model, what do you think?

- Patton.

He is their best.

Patton will lead the assault.

I would prefer Montgomery...

but even Eisenhower

isn't that stupid.

Bittrich's panzer troops

need some rest...

if they're to stop Patton.

We should pull them back

somewhere safe.

Safe, quiet, out of the way.

But where?

Arnhem?

Arnhem.

- I'll be in touch.

- That'll be fine.

Why the emergency meeting?

- Keeping abreast of the little changes.

- How big are the little changes?

I'll answer you with typical

British understatement: gigantic.

They can't get us

all in at once.

Too many men, too much equipment,

not enough planes.

It's going to take three days to get the

men into Arnhem, Poles and the British.

- How about us?

- We'll be all right.

Aside from the fact that we'll parachute

in daylight, we have no worries.

Daylight?

- Has it ever been tried before?

- Not in a major drop.

-Think there might be a reason for that?

-Let's hope not.

- What do you think?

- It'll be all right.

It's a "no moon" period anyway.

We have to go in daylight.

Just so they get us over

the target area, half a mile away.

Three-quarters of a mile...

I'll settle for that.

I don't want to hear anything else.

- Is there anything else?

- Well, you're my Dutch advisor, Harry.

I forgot to tell you something?

Only that the Germans first tried

to take Nijmegen Bridge themselves...

back in 1940,

and got slaughtered.

Go back!

Go back!

Do as I say!

But my friend lives

down the road.

It's my birthday

and she has a present for me.

Please let me through.

All right. Be quick.

Are you sure about the colors?

I'm sure, Father.

Believe me.

Model?

A field marshal in Arnhem? Why?

The British will have

an explanation.

Did you pass on

the message about the tanks?

Of course. But Model is

something more important.

You're a good boy

and a wonderful spy.

Now go and help

your mother with supper.

- Sir?

- Yes, Fuller?

- We've got some information on tanks.

- What?

Dutch Underground reports

from the Arnhem area.

- Established their strength?

- No, sir, but I've got...

- Have they been identified?

- Not by our intelligence, sir.

So it's the same rumors

as before, right?

- I believe these rumors, sir.

- Why?

The general consensus of opinion

is that our opposition...

will consist entirely of Hitler Youth

or old men on bicycles.

I don't really know why, sir.

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