
A Bridge Too Far
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- 1977
- 175 min
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It's hard to remember now,
but Europe was like this in 1944.
was in its fifth year...
German troops
controlled most of Europe.
D-Day changed all that.
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
By August, Paris was liberated.
Everywhere the Germans retreated.
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.
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.
The longstanding 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.
In September, 1944...
Montgomery devised
a new and spectacular plan...
given the code name
"Market Garden."
Eisenhower, under great pressure
from his superiors...
finally sided with Montgomery...
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.
What is that noise?
- Can I look out?
The Germans have collapsed.
Then the war is over?
Soon.
But what is that noise?
Panic.
You may begin.
May I first be permitted to say,
and I think I speak for all of us...
how pleased we are,
Field Marshal Von Rundstedt...
that you have been reappointed
commander of our forces in the West.
Speeches are for
victory celebrations.
Let's get to the point.
Air power?
Air power, Field Marshal?
Briefly, please.
- Air power is minimal.
- Ammunition?
Also minimal.
Tanks... Troops...
Replacements?
- Minimal.
- Morale?
Nonexistent.
What do you think
we should do?
End the war, you fools.
- Why in the world are you laughing?
- Excuse us.
We have such confidence in you.
Everyone knows you have
never lost a battle.
I'm still young.
Give me time.
is to turn this rabble
into something like an army.
Anything at all on when
they plan to invade Holland?
They seem to have
paused in Belgium.
Otherwise we can't imagine why.
I think it's because
we're retreating...
faster than they can advance.
How many vehicles
in the past hour?
Fifty-four.
And for the same hour yesterday?
Ninety-eight.
Last week your mother and I
could have captured Holland alone.
Already the panic has stopped.
It isn't over yet
and those idiots don't realize it.
- War takes time.
- Listen to the expert.
I was nine when they got here.
Next month I'll be 14.
I ought to know something.
Father, the Allies will come?
But when?
I've just got back to England
from Brussels...
where I had a meeting this morning
with Field Marshal Montgomery.
There was an earlier one
with General Eisenhower.
They both feel, as I do...
that when the Field Marshal's plan
has succeeded...
we should be able
to end the war by Christmas...
in less than 100 days.
Actually, the plan
is really very simple.
We're going to fly 35,000 men 300 miles,
and drop them behind enemy lines.
It'll be the largest
airborne operation ever mounted.
Quite frankly, this kind of thing's
never been attempted before.
- Where's this all going to take place?
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