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It's hard to remember now,
but Europe was like this in 1944.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In September, 1944, Montgomery
devised a new and spectacular plan

given the codename 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.

ARNHEM, HOLLAND, SEPTEMBER 1944

what is that noise?

- Can I look out?
- No, they might shoot us.

The Germans have collapsed.

Then the war is over?

Soon.

But what is that noise?

Panic.

GERMAN WESTERN FRONT, ARMY H.Q.

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.

The first thing we must do

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.

Most likely supply problems.

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 realise 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?

GENERAL BROWNING'S H.Q., ENGLAND

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's 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 gonna take place?
- Holland.

- And when?
- I'm coming to that now.

Right.

Ground forces: 30 Corps
commanded by General Horrocks.

20,000 vehicles. And this, as you know,
is the German front line.

We're going to lay a carpet,
as it were,

of airborne troops,
over which 30th Corps can pass.

We shall seize the bridges -
it's all a question of bridges -

with thunderclap surprise,
and hold them until they can be secured.

Now, first of all,
General Maxwell Taylor: Eindhoven.

You take and hold
the bridges there with 101st.

General Gavin, with your 82nd,

you get Nijmegen.
You take and hold the bridges.

And, Roy, you get the prize: Arnhem.

Arnhem Bridge.

- And you hold it.
- For how long?

Well, Monty assures me that
30 Corps will do the 63 miles in

two days.

- 63 miles in two days.
- They'll handle that.

I'm sorry. General Sosabowski.

You go with your Polish brigade
with Roy Urquhart. I'm so sorry.

Roy,

when you've secured your bridge
and 30th Corps have got across it,

we can turn east right into
the industrial heart of Germany - the Ruhr.

Once we control their factories, there's
not much they can do. That is the plan.

- And we go next Sunday.
- Seven days?

Why not? The sooner we go, the better.
We've got them on the run.

Is something troubling you,
General Sosabowski?

- I've said nothing.
- Precisely. Your silences are thunderous.

General Browning, I am a Pole,

considered by some to be smart.

If that is so, it makes me
a member of a true minority group.

Minority groups
are more comfortable in silence.

Really? I should have thought the
opposite was true. But you do disapprove.

I am thrilled that your great field marshal
has devised such a plan.

I promise you
I will 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 thing, we shall have to have a...

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.

U.S. 82nd AIRBORNE DIVISION H.Q., ENGLAND

- why the emergency meeting?
- Keeping me abreast of the little changes.

- How big are the little changes?
- With British understatement: Gigantic.

They can't get us all in. 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?
- Except for parachuting in daylight,

- we have nothing to worry about.
- Daylight?

- Has it ever been tried before?
- Not in a major drop.

- You think there's a reason for that?
- Let's hope not.

- What do you think?
- 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. I'll settle for that.
- I don't wanna 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 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 colours?

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.

Dutch underground reports from Arnhem.

- Established their strength?
- No, but...

- Have they been identified?
- Not by us, sir.

- So it's the same rumours as before.
- I believe these rumours, sir.

Why? The general consensus
is that our opposition

will consist entirely
of Hitler youths or old men.

I don't really know why, sir. Perhaps
because no one in intelligence does.

I just want to be sure our airborne carpet
consists of live troops, not dead ones.

I know everybody thinks
I'm overanxious, sir.

But I would like to order
another low-level reconnaissance.

If that's all right with you, sir.

Very well.

All right, wilson.

Very well.

- Fuller, Fuller.
- Yeah. Sir.

I wouldn't be too concerned
about what people think of you.

You happen to be somewhat brighter than
most of us. It tends to make us nervous.

We'll do our utmost
to meet your tactical requirements.

But, please, keep in mind the one factor
which is crippling all our plans.

It may seem improbable to you, but we
are desperately short of transport aircraft.

- I am aware of that.
- I'm surprised that nobody told Monty

when he dreamed up this operation.

I need drop zones as close as possible
to the bridge. This area is no use at all.

Can't have my chaps
landing on top of chimneys.

Now, this looks inviting here.
What's the terrain like?

Sorry, sir. Our reports indicate that
this terrain is too soft for glider landings.

The nose digs in on touchdown, the thing
goes arse over tip... Total write-off.

All right. What about there?

No, afraid not, sir. After the drop
when we bank for our return,

we run into a whole lot of flak and
rubbish from this Jerry airfield at Deelen.

Presumably you're intending
to let us land somewhere.

Ooh, yes. Hopefully, sir.

But, as I was saying, we cannot afford to
lose a single aircraft. That is the problem.

My problem is
I don't just need drop zones.

I need drop zones I can hold and defend.

The rest of my division
arrives with a second drop

and General Sosabowski's with a third.

I understand, sir. But we really think
we've found the right place.

It's large enough for your needs,
it's flat and firm, and also easily defended.

- Where the hell is it?
- It's not actually on this photograph.

It should be... excuse me, sir.

It would be about here, I think.

- That could be ten miles from the bridge.
- Just under eight, actually.

If you'd like to have a look at this.

You see, the terrain is easy to traverse.

All our information substantiates that.

Yes, sir?

Just making sure whose side you're on.

Now, a drop zone
eight miles from Arnhem Bridge

- might be thought to present problems.
- My God. He can't mean it.

I'm afraid he does.
He must know what he's doing.

That's more than I know. Why should
he have the corner on the market?

...cannot under any stretch
of the imagination be considered ideal.

The gliders will bring in
a reconnaissance squadron of Jeeps

fitted with twin Vickers machine guns.

Now, the instant we land, they will
race ahead to the bridge and hold it

- until the other battalions arrive on foot.
- They'll be able to secure both ends?

- Most certainly.
- Good. You all know where I shall be.

My headquarters will be
in the centre with 82nd.

Remember we're all totally interlocked.
This is a bottom-to-top operation.

101st pass 30 Corps on to 82nd.

82nd pass them on to British Airborne.

If any one group fails,
it's total failure for us all.

All we need now
are three days of clear skies.

Thank you, gentlemen, very much.

Only the weather can stop us now.

Weather! Chrystus!

General Browning, what of the Germans?
Don't you think that since we know

that Arnhem is so crucial to their safety,
they might know that too?

The few troops in the area
are second class.

They're not front-line calibre.
Not at all. Do you understand?

Have more faith
in Montgomery's intelligence reports.

He's done pretty well for us
in the last few years.

I will tell you the extent of my faith.

I'm thinking of asking for a letter stating
that I was forced to act on your orders,

in case my men are massacred.

I see.

Yes, I do see.

Do you wish such a letter?

No.

- No, of course not.
- In the case of massacre,

what difference would it make?

- You mean you don't believe me, sir?
- Clearly not.

All right, boys. NAAFI's up.
Take your break.

- God Almighty!
- Sorry about that, sir. But what, then?

The radios aren't strong enough to carry
from the drop zone to Arnhem Bridge.

- You don't have any cigarettes, do you?
- No.

They're perfectly OK. I've used them
God knows how many times.

You've told me that
God knows how many times.

Well, I didn't have any problems
with them in the desert.

Yes, I know. You see,
Colonel, what bothers me,

what has me more than a bit disturbed,

is that Holland being half underwater
is soggier than most deserts you find.

Tends to have a lot more trees.

- Any biscuits?
- Your biscuits are in your tin, sir.

- Tell the general, if you're so certain.
- If I were, believe me, I would.

- What if they really don't work?
- What difference will it make?

The general will be
on the bridge by nightfall.

He won't have to make contact
with the bridge if he's on it, will he, sir?

Well... if anyone rocks the boat,

it's not gonna be me.

The regular projector chap's at lunch.
I'll have it in a moment.

You're doing splendidly, Fuller.
Don't worry. I don't need lunch.

Damn!

Nearly there, sir.
It's really worth your time, sir. Believe me.

There.

Splendid view of the Dutch countryside.
No tanks.

Wait a moment, sir. It's a lot clearer
in the next picture. If I can just...

Now.

- Next.
- Yes, sir. I've had this one enlarged.

Yes. I shouldn't worry about them.

- But, sir, you see, they are tanks.
- I doubt if they're fully serviceable.

- Still got guns.
- So have we.

But, sir... if they weren't serviceable,
why would they try to conceal them?

- Normal routine, Fuller.
- We keep getting reports from the Dutch.

I've read them!
And so has Field Marshal Montgomery.

Now, look here. There have been
thousands of photographs

from this sortie and all the others.
How many of them have shown tanks?

- Just these, sir.
- You seriously want us to cancel

the biggest operation mounted since
D-day because of three photographs?

- No, sir.
- 16 consecutive drops

have been cancelled in the last
few months for one reason or another.

But this time the party's on.
And no one is going to call it off.

Is that fully understood?

Yes, sir.

GENERAL HORROCKS' XXX CORPS. H.Q.

LEOPOLDSBURG ON THE BELGIAN-DUTCH BORDER

Thank you, Waddy.

Thank you, gentlemen!

Do sit down, gentlemen. Please sit down.

Look after these for me, will you?

Thank you, gentlemen. Thank you.

Gentlemen, this is a story
that you will tell your grandchildren.

And mightily bored they'll be!

The plan is called
Operation Market Garden.

Market is the airborne element
and Garden the ground forces - that's us.

Now, this is our position
on the Belgian border here.

Tomorrow three airborne divisions
will begin landing in Holland.

35,000 men taking off from 24 airfields in
troop-carrying planes or towed in gliders.

The American 101st here,
around Eindhoven.

The American 82nd here,
south of Nijmegen,

and our own 1st Airborne boys
and a Polish brigade here at Arnhem,

64 miles behind enemy lines.

Now, their job is to take and hold
all the bridges in these three areas.

Our job is to punch a hole
through the German front line here

and then drive like hell up this road,

linking up with each airborne division
on the way up.

Speed is the vital factor.

The plan is to reach Eindhoven
in two to three hours,

and Arnhem in two to three days.

That, gentlemen, is the prize.

The bridge over the Rhine.
The last bridge between us and Germany.

Kickoff will be at 1435 hours
tomorrow afternoon.

The Irish Guards and Colonel Vandeleur
will take the lead.

- Christ. Not us again.
- What d'you say to that, Joe?

Delighted, sir. Truly delighted.

I've selected you to lead us, not only due
to your extraordinary fighting ability,

but also because, in the unlikely event
that the Germans ever get you,

they will assume from your attire
that you're a wretched peasant

and immediately send you on your way.

Now, maintaining the speed of our
advance will no doubt be tough going,

as it's a single highway.

But, no matter what, we must reach
those 1st Airborne boys in 48 hours.

Now, gentlemen,
I'm not saying that this will be

the easiest party
that we've ever attended.

But I still wouldn't miss it for the world.

I like to think of this as one of those
American western films.

The paratroops lacking substantial
equipment, always short of food.

These are the besieged homesteaders.

The Germans,
well, naturally, they're the bad guys.

And 30 Corps, we, my friends,

are the cavalry on the way to the rescue!

COLONEL FROST'S QUARTERS

BRITISH 1st AIRBORNE DIVISION, ENGLAND

Oh. Do you want me
to pack that as well, sir?

- No, thank you, wicks. I'll carry it.
- Sir.

- You haven't forgotten my golf clubs?
- They'll be coming later in the staff car.

What about...?

Sorry, sir?

What about my dinner jacket?

Are you sure you'll be needing that, sir?

Well, let's hope so.

U.S. 101st AIRBORNE DIVISION, ENGLAND

This is chock full of vitamins.

Here, Eddie. Have a little strength.

Hey, where'd you put that?

- Dammit, Eddie. Give it back.
- Right.

There you are.

I wish you hadn't done that.

You see, my problem is I'm not totally
crazy about the prospect of dying.

So don't die.

- That garbage isn't gonna keep you alive.
- Well, what is?

What is? Well...

- Not gettin' shot.
- What can guarantee that?

Nothin' - for sure.

You will.

- I will what?
- You tell me, Eddie.

You tell me I won't die.

- All right. You won't die.
- No, no. Guarantee me.

I want you to guarantee me I won't die.

I guarantee you.

Come on.

Let's get some food in ya. Come on.

I wasn't kidding.

Hey, Eddie! Were you kidding?

Major Fuller.

My name is Sims. Mind a bit of company?

Of course not, sir.

Busy times.

You must be exhausted.

Are you? Exhausted?

Who isn't?

We've been getting reports
from a number of your friends.

They're worried about you.
They think perhaps you need a rest.

We all need rest.
Why are you saying this to me?

Is it because I rocked the boat?

I'm a doctor.
I'm only concerned with your health.

I think perhaps you ought to take
a bit of sick leave.

But why?

I'm not ill or anything.

I haven't done anything wrong.

No, of course not. You're just a little tired.

Yes.

I am tired.

I think perhaps we might go.

Can't it be stopped?

No.

I don't want to be left behind. Please.

It's out of my hands, laddie.

I didn't want to miss the party.

Come on. Move it, buddy.

- Come on! Move yourselves!
- Get up there. Move on down.

Home, sweet home.

When you think we only had seven days
to get everything organised, it's quite a...

Bloody miracle. It took six months
to set up the D-day drop.

And that was only half as big as this.

- How d'you feel?
- Fine.

I'll feel even better when we're in Holland.

A few months back
when I was appointed to this command

I told you I had never jumped
but thought I ought to give it a go.

- Well, you did me a big favour.
- Oh, really? What?

You said "Roy, you're far too old
for that kind of thing and much too large."

Did I? What was the favour?

Well, I didn't quite
tell you everything at the time.

- But I'm prone to airsickness.
- Good gracious! Every flight?

We'll soon find out, won't we?

Soon be home, Harry.

- Better than the desert, eh, sir?
- What was that?

Easier than walking, sir.

If you say so, Hancock.

Yeah. Fine, sir.

The artillery should be able to clear
the way pretty well - your initial advance.

We'll move as soon as
their barrage has got going.

- Yes, that's absolutely fine.
- Follow behind it as close as we can.

But this isn't going to be the pushover
that everybody seems to think it is.

No, I didn't think so.

Morning, Alan! Your sleeping beauties
know there's a war on, do they?

Is it true that the Germans
have put more troops ahead of us?

Yes. They don't intend
to just let us walk in the front door.

Hello, Bob! Hope that's not
my funeral they're going to!

And I'm still worried about
having to throw everything up this road.

But there's no alternative. Morning, Tom!

So I've decided
to run the road like a railway.

Nobody will be allowed to put any vehicle
on that road without my permission.

- Including me?
- Good luck, sir!

You too! Especially you, Joe.

Morning, Derek! Glad to see
somebody knows where we're going.

Time, Joe. That's the killer.

We can't afford to drop behind schedule.

So, for God's sake,
keep your tanks on the move.

Good God Almighty.

That's just the 101st. The other
two groups are on the northern route.

H-hour in 90 minutes.

- I'd better be going, sir.
- Right you are, Joe.

Any last-minute changes, Bob?

If we run into difficulty, we call in
the air force with purple smoke.

- First class! And good luck, Joe!
- Thank you, sir.

- Do you think you'll be able to manage it?
- I've got nothing else planned for today.

Ta.

I told you
you should have had the bloody thing out.

What the hell's that?

It's flak.

GENERAL BITTRICH'S H.Q.

SOUTH OF ARNHEM

General Bittrich!

In here, Matthias.

Fantastic, isn't it?

Just once to have
such power in my hands.

- Red on!
- Red on.

If there's no more opposition than this
on the road, we shall be all right.

B Company to me!

A Company over there!

FIELD MARSHAL MODEL'S H.Q.
HARTENSTEIN HOTEL NEAR ARNHEM

Excuse the interruption,
Field Marshal, but...

British paratroopers have landed...

three kilometres from here.

Why should they do that?

There is nothing important here.

Me! I am important.

They must all be coming
just to capture me.

Call my chauffeur and car.

Evacuate the headquarters.

And don't forget my cigars.

Oh, God!

General, are you all right?

Yeah.

OK, you guys. Come on.
Gather your stuff and move!

- This is it, Jim.
- OK, sir.

You OK?

Right. Let's go.

Then keep trying.

There must be someone there!

My apologies.
I can get no sense from anybody.

They say thousands of troops
are dropping over Holland.

- Yes, west of Arnhem.
- Right on top of Field Marshal Model.

I can't get through to his headquarters.

A strong force has landed
south of Nijmegen.

Nijmegen? They're after the bridge.

That doesn't matter.

Perhaps they've landed
in the Field Marshal's soup.

Yes, you'd like that, wouldn't you?
Now listen.

I'll take care of Arnhem.

You get to Nijmegen as fast as you can.

Take anything that'll move...

every man that can walk,
and hold the bridge.

No. Field Marshal Model.

Nothing must cross it. Is that clear?

You must hold that bridge
under any circumstances.

- Understood?
- Clear.

- Ryan and Ross, come with me!
- Cover the right flank.

- How far away is headquarters?
- Half a mile. Maybe more.

Brigadier Lathbury's just left, sir.
2nd Battalion are on the river road.

Good. Thank you, Baker. Any news
of Freddie Gough's Jeep squadron?

- It's unconfirmed...
- Bad luck,

considering how few gliders
we lost on the way in.

A lot of the special Jeeps failed to arrive.

Those that did have been
badly shot up in an ambush.

So no one's going to get to
Arnhem Bridge except on foot. Splendid.

They must be from the lunatic asylum, sir.
It's located on the far side of the wood.

They escaped
when it was bombed this morning.

Do you think
they know something we don't?

All guns commence firing!

Get moving.

Driver advance.

Message received. Thank you. Out.

Start the purple!

Start the purple!

Take cover!

- Smoke loaded!
- Fire!

Come on. Get the wounded down the line.

Get that wreck off the road.

Joe, how the hell...?

How the hell do they expect us
to keep to schedule on a road like this?

You don't know the worst.

- This bit we're on now...
- Yes?

It's the wide part.

Peter - general's coming in.

- How's it going now?
- Not too well, sir.

We haven't made contact with
General Browning, 30 Corps or England.

- So no one knows we've arrived safely.
- Not as far as we know, sir.

What about those VHF sets?

It appears the sets have been delivered
with the wrong crystals.

- So they're quite useless?
- Yes, sir. I'm afraid they are.

Do Brigadier Lathbury and Colonel Frost
know about the Jeep squadron?

Not as far as we know, sir. We're unable
to contact any units moving into Arnhem.

Not a very satisfactory
state of affairs, Steele.

- No, sir.
- We can't quite understand it, sir.

- It's perfectly good equipment.
- Then get it sorted out,

before we have
a bloody disaster on our hands.

Sir.

Hancock, I've got lunatics
laughing at me from the woods,

my original plan has been scuppered
now that the Jeeps haven't arrived,

my communications
have completely broken down.

Do you really believe that any of that
can be helped by a cup of tea?

Wouldn't hurt, sir.

GENERAL BITTRICH'S FORMER H.Q.

NOW TAKEN OVER BY FIELD MARSHAL MODEL

Forgive me for returning, Field Marshal.

I must press for permission,

if it becomes necessary,

to blow up the bridges
at Arnhem and Nijmegen.

That is out of the question.

Never. Is that clear?

We need them for our counterattack.

Counterattack? With what?

Paratroopers cannot fight long.
They are too lightly equipped.

Isolated they are lost.

I have spoken to Von Rundstedt.

All reinforcements come to us first.

Every hour we get stronger
and they grow weaker.

- But if we blow the bridges...
- They don't want the bridges.

Do you really think
if they wanted the bridges...

they would have landed
12 kilometres away?

It's ridiculous.

Thank you for the tea.

Our lightning-like assault on Arnhem
Bridge is certainly a smashing success.

I've an aversion to apples. I'm so sorry.

I'm sure the Germans will be surprised.

- Are there many of you?
- Yes, there are thousands of us.

Thank you for coming. Thank you!

- This isn't a victory parade, you know.
- Come on, sir. Enjoy the moment.

I will enjoy the moment when
we reach the bridge and find it intact.

It will be. Things couldn't be going better.
Nothing's wrong.

Yes, I know.
That's exactly what is wrong, Harry. Yes.

U.S. 101st AIRBORNE AREA

THE SON BRIDGE

Jesus Christ!

Stay down!

Shit!

- There's still no contact, sir.
- Keep at it. I shall be back shortly.

Brigadier Lathbury
can't have gone that far.

I'm sure we'll have them fixed
by the time you get back, sir.

Can you get a message
down to 30th Corps on that dingus?

Yes, sir. We just got word
from the 82nd up ahead.

They captured the Grave Bridge intact!

Terrific. Except 30th Corps ain't about to
reach the goddamn intact Grave Bridge

until the goddamn Son Bridge is fixed!

Tell our British cousins
to hustle up some Bailey stuff.

I'll meet 'em in Eindhoven.

Tell those schmucks to do this right
and have their Bailey stuff at the front.

- And be sure to say "please".
- Yes, sir.

Joe! I make it just under six miles
to Eindhoven.

We won't make it tonight.
It'll be dark shortly.

Well, I hope to God
the 101st can hang on till tomorrow.

Giles, remember what the general said.

We're the cavalry. It would be bad form
to arrive in advance of schedule.

In the nick of time would do nicely!

These plans should have
been left in England.

They're top secret.

And now we have all we need -

units, defence plans, objectives

and the schedule for further drops.

I have prepared Nijmegen Bridge
for demolition

if I blow it up tonight.

This Operation Market Garden must fail.

Why do all my generals
want to destroy my bridges?

Come, Ludwig. We'll have dinner.

Dinner?

But what about these plans?

These plans? They are false.

Just a trick.
We were supposed to find them.

White wine or red?

We're still getting nothing
from Colonel Frost's battalion, sir.

Thank you, Cole.

- I hope Johnny's meeting less resistance.
- We've got to get to the bridge.

We're blocked ahead. There's more
resistance than we were led to expect.

I must see for myself how he's doing.
All right, Cole! What is their strength?

I can't estimate yet. Dutch underground
people were here trying to explain.

I'm just not sure how much they know.

- What about Brown?
- They've both had it, sir.

Christ Almighty! They've got round behind
us! You should spend the night with us.

- Gerald, I've got to get back to HQ.
- Yes, but alive, sir.

If we can reach them,
there are some houses over there.

We can get ourselves organised and try
and find out what the hell's happening.

- Right.
- Sergeant Major.

Come on, lads! Get a move on!

Something just occurred to me.
We're wearing the wrong camouflage.

It's all very well for the country, but
I doubt if it'll fool anyone in the towns.

Come on.

I'm awfully sorry, but I'm afraid we're
going to have to occupy your house.

All right, chaps. We're in here. Come on.

- And Dick.
- Yes, sir?

Take your men and occupy that house.
Make sure you can cover the bridge.

Right, sir. Sergeant.

Hello, Dog Charlie Fox...

Rip down those curtains. Pile all this
furniture against the window. All right?

Hello, Dog Charlie Fox.
We have reached our objective.

What is your position? Over.

There's nothing, sir.
I can't contact Brigade at all, sir.

Tried the other battalions?

Any luck?

- Keep trying.
- Hello, Dog Charlie Fox.

- Order them out.
- Please, Mother.

- This is my house.
- Perhaps by tomorrow.

Tomorrow?

Yes, Mother.

Shall we have a go
at the far end now, sir?

Having a go is hardly
textbook terminology, Harry.

But you'll let us try, sir?

- Down! Take cover!
- Cover fire! Quick!

Smoke!

Right! Come on, lads!

Come on! Keep going!

Pull back!

- Are you all right?
- Yes, I'm fine.

We'll deal with them later.

When it gets dark.

- Made it so far, Doddsy, eh?
- Aye.

Hey, Corp.
You'd better hit that slit first time.

Hey, Corp. I said you'd better hit that slit
first time or we've bleedin'...

- I heard you, boyo.
- Oh, great.

After you, Corp.

Come on. Let's get on with it.

Now!

Now we're in trouble!
You bloody missed it!

You knocked my arm, you clumsy
bastard! Now we'll never get out of here!

We've hit an ammunition dump!
A bloody ammo dump! Shit!

Fool's courage.

She says you are much too noisy.

She does realise
there is a war going on, doesn't she?

She has never liked noise.
She hates it. Hates it!

- Colonel Frost! They're coming, sir.
- Excuse me.

- Many of them?
- Can't tell, sir.

Can only hear them at the moment.

- Hold your fire!
- Hold your fire!

Command. Wait for the command.

Over there, Whitney! Look after that man!

Open fire! Fire!

Jesus!

Cease firing!

Cease firing!

Sorry, ma'am.

Whitney, try and rustle up
some more bandages, will you?

I'm going to check up with Cornish.
See you later.

Get him patched up, will you, doc?
I'm terribly sorry about all this.

- Wicks.
- Sir.

Right, off you go.

Get that bloody stretcher inside!

Here we go.

Good morning, sir.
Mr Cornish is straight through there.

Hello, Dick. It's all right. Sit down.

- You all right?
- Fine, sir. It's only a flesh wound.

- How are things?
- Not too bad.

Good. What is bad, I'm afraid, is this.

- Careful.
- We hold the north end of the bridge.

The Germans hold the south. But now
they probably control most of the town,

- including the church tower.
- You're saying we're surrounded.

Yes. Something like that.

- Er, now, what else?
- Sir.

I was a bit surprised to find
Bittrich's panzer troops here, sir.

Surely you didn't believe
all that nonsense they told us.

About the enemy being made up of...
what was it? Old men, children. Hm?

I'll have to risk it.
Things aren't getting any better.

- Sergeant, how is it?
- We can't clear the street, sir.

Enemy strength is increasing
and it's impossible to get to the bridge.

Thank you, Sergeant.

It's imperative that I get back to HQ
before the situation gets out of hand.

If it's all right with you, Cleminson
and I will come part of the way.

End house! Bottom window, sir!

- Cleminson, get over here!
- Sir!

Hang on, Gerald.

In here.

Can't you move your legs?

- No.
- Must be spinal. Can you help us?

- How?
- Don't you know a doctor nearby?

We can take him to the hospital.

You go. He will be fine.

- Go, sir.
- You go.

Go up.

They're certainly at the back.
What's it like at the front?

We're surrounded, sir.

Yes. Quite.

I was rather expecting to see you again,
General Sosabowski. Do please sit down.

The Polish drop has been cancelled
again. I would like an explanation.

I expect the fog
has a certain amount to do with it.

There are aircraft
flying 50 miles to the south.

Explain why my men cannot be
moved from here to there

and then fly to Arnhem.

That's a reasonable question.

I don't want to bother you with
a lot of meteorological mumbo jumbo,

but the fact is, you see,
whether we like it or not, fog, it moves.

Of course it moves. Where?

Well, that's very difficult to say, General.
It's very slippery stuff, fog.

You think you've got it and then
it reverses itself and leaves you behind.

Won't you please sit down?

What I'm trying to say is even if
we move your troops the 50 miles,

where just now the sun is shining,

the chances are that by the time we get
there, the fog could have preceded us.

- So we simply have to wait.
- And do nothing.

I think that puts it rather well.

EINDHOVEN, 48 MILES FROM ARNHEM

Hey, you! Are you Vandeleur?

- Yes.
- I'm Bobby Stout.

- How do you do?
- Hell of a day, huh? Look at 'em. Wild!

- Have you ever been liberated?
- Divorced twice. Does that count?

- Yes, that counts.
- That Bailey crap. You got it here?

When you refer to "Bailey crap",

I take it you mean that glorious
precision-made British-built bridge,

which is the envy of the civilised world.

The trucks are down there somewhere.

How you get them through this crowd
I don't know.

No problem. I got a side road pegged out
that'll avoid all this. American ingenuity.

- Oh, really?
- I was born in Yugoslavia,

- but what the hell?
- Yes.

U.S. 82nd H.Q., SOUTH OF NIJMEGEN

- where the hell have you been?
- With Dutch friends at Nijmegen.

We can't take the bridge. The Germans
have moved in panzer troops.

- Don't they want us to get across?
- They've sealed off the whole area.

Here. You can see on this map.

Every street leading to the bridge
is blocked. Every house is occupied.

The Dutch underground people say
it's just impossible to break through.

They could be right.

Where's the captain?

Dead.

I didn't ask you how he was.
I asked you where he was.

- Sir.
- Not now.

- I'd like you to look at my captain.
- I'm sorry. Put him down.

What in the name of hell do you...?

- You told me to put him down, sir.
- I'm in no mood for crapping around.

- If you don't look at him, he's gonna die.
- He's dead now.

- It'd mean a lot if you'd check him out.
- For Christ's sake, get him outta here!

Would you look at him, please, sir?

Right now.

Or I'll blow your fucking head off.

Right now.

- I can give him a quick examination.
- Thank you very much, sir.

Son of a bitch.

Orderly!

Well, I got the bullet out of his skull.

- He's gonna live though, right?
- He's gonna have one hell of a headache.

You should turn me in now, sir.

- That was a court-martial offence.
- Yes, sir.

Hope to hell it was worth it.

- I guess only time will tell on that, sir.
- My response is strictly limited.

Regardless of my personal preference.
Like somebody cheating in school.

Once word gets out you can behave any
way you please, your discipline's gone.

So you're gonna have to be arrested.
Over and out. Lieutenant Rafferty.

- Yes, sir. Colonel.
- This is Sergeant... what's your name?

- Dohun. Eddie Dohun.
- Sergeant Dohun pulled a gun on me

and threatened to kill me
unless I did what he ordered.

I want you to put him under arrest.
I want you to keep him there.

I want you to keep him there
for at least 10 seconds.

- I'm not all that sure I understand.
- Count to 10, Lieutenant... fast.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Like that, sir?

- Thank you, Lieutenant.
- Colonel.

This is yours, I think.

It sure looks like mine.

You scared the shit out of me,
you stupid bastard.

- You did fine, if it makes you feel better.
- Goddamn right it does.

- Eddie.
- Sir?

You wouldn't really have killed me,
would you?

Thank you, sir.

Right! Let's haul a little ass! Go!

Go! Go!

Move it! Come on, soldier.
You're not building a sand castle. Move it!

Come on, boys! Use your muscles!

Heave!

Come on! Heave!

Quickly!

Come on! Move yourselves!

We haven't got all day!

Come on! Push!

All together! Lift!

Come on, soldier! Pound it!
We've got a schedule to meet.

- How much longer now?
- About another four hours, sir.

Shit!

Come on, boys!
We're not doing this for fun.

- Hey, soldier! Get over here!
- Yes, sir.

- And pull on this rope.
- Yes, sir.

Didn't you ever build a Bailey bridge?

- No, sir.
- Neither did I.

Clear the way! Clear!

Clear!

- Roll it, fellas!
- Right, come on! All aboard!

Let's get moving again!

SON BRIDGE - 39 MILES FROM ARNHEM

Thanks, fellas!

- What's wrong, sir?
- They're 36 hours behind schedule.

- Lieutenant!
- Sir!

We'll be turning you over to the 82nd now.
They're good soldiers, the 82nd.

Just be sure you keep your hand
on your wallet at all times.

GRAVE BRIDGE - 22 MILES FROM ARNHEM

They're here.

It's 30 Corps! They're here, chaps!

You're late, you lazy bastards!
But we'll forgive you!

That was gracious of me, don't you think?

Take cover! Bring up the Piat!

Make sure it's within range.

Come on! You'll miss it!

Right, lads! Go, go, go!

Corporal! I need a Jeep. Well done, laddie.

- We thought you were dead. They said...
- I assure you, it was an error.

HARTENSTEIN HOTEL
NOW BRITISH 1st AIRBORNE H.Q.

That was the general.

- Good morning, gentlemen.
- Morning, sir.

Carry on, thank you.
Morning, Baker. Morning, James.

- Morning, sir.
- Harry.

Apologies for my enforced absence.
Dennis.

- Sir.
- Gerald Lathbury's out of action.

I'd like you to take over the brigade.
How soon can you leave?

- Right away, sir.
- Keep pushing forward to the bridge.

- Did the rest of the division arrive safely?
- Yes, but we're in trouble.

It seems we've landed
on top of two SS panzer divisions.

Good God!

As you can imagine, it's hard to stop
tanks with rifles and machine guns.

- Show me.
- Well, you can see what we're up against.

Johnny Frost has managed
to get as far as the bridge.

But the Germans are driving to the river
and may have cut them off completely.

I see. Now the entire division is here, we
should be able to break through to him.

- Sir.
- It certainly gives us more of a chance.

Sosabowski's Polish brigade is due at 12.

If it arrives. Yesterday's airlift
was late due to fog in England.

The gliders bringing the equipment
didn't arrive.

- Now give me the good news.
- I'm afraid there isn't any, sir.

We're more or less surrounded.

So far we're holding our own, but we're
short of food, medicine and ammunition.

- Aren't we getting our daily supply drop?
- The air force are flying in on schedule.

The trouble is, the Germans
have overrun the dropping zones.

- Don't our pilots know that?
- Afraid not, sir.

- In heaven's name, why?
- It's the radios, sir.

We still haven't been able to make contact
with anyone outside Arnhem.

Fools!

This way!

- We're here!
- Here!

Over here! Drop 'em over here!

What the hell are they doing?
They must be able to see us.

They can see us, but they're under orders
to ignore signals from the ground.

For all they know, we could be Germans.
They're giving it to the bloody Germans.

Charles.

Poor bastard.

Oh, well. Maybe tomorrow.

Here.

Where's he going? The bloody fool!

He'll never make it.
Those bleedin' snipers'll hit him.

Come back!

Come on, Ginger, mate. Come on!

He'll never lift it.

Bring it back, mate! Come on!

Come on!

Run, laddie! Run!

Oh, Jesus Christ!

NIJMEGEN BRIDGE

In here.

- Did you get any of that?
- I think she wants a taxi.

KATE TER HORST'S HOUSE OUTSIDE ARNHEM

Kate!

- Doctor.
- Good evening, Kate.

May I introduce Mrs Ter Horst?
Colonel weaver.

- Is your husband not returned yet?
- He should have been here by now.

He must be having difficulties
coming through the German lines.

Well, in that case,
we will have to ask you for a decision.

Colonel weaver has a request to make.

Well, what we've done is
we've set up a defensive pocket,

more or less thumb-shaped,
with the river as the base.

Mrs Ter Horst speaks
surprisingly good English.

Then you understand
we're in a strong position for holding out

until 30 Corps reaches us.

But we have to make
certain arrangements.

The words come through. I don't know
if I follow the military strategy.

We have the main hospital, of course,
but it is full to bursting.

Perhaps you understand that we have
great need of additional space.

Our house would seem suitable.

It's just for the slightly wounded.
We'll patch them up, send them back.

I feel it will need a little more than that.

- We're wasting time. Come.
- Thank you, Kate.

I will see you, Colonel. I will come back.

Please sit. Come take this chair.

Here.

Come over here.

Sit.

Let me help you.

Oh, Colonel.
The major wants you upstairs, sir.

OK. Thank you.

All right?

Excuse me. Thank you.

Still in one piece, Dodds?

Good. All right, Potter?

That's far enough!
We can hear you from there!

Rather an interesting development, sir.

My general says there is no point
in continuing this fighting.

He is willing to discuss a surrender.

Tell him to go to hell.

We haven't the proper facilities
to take you all prisoner. Sorry.

- What?
- We'd like to,

but we can't accept your surrender.

Was there anything else?

All right?

And now?

Flatten Arnhem.

- Any movement in Nijmegen?
- None.

- No way of blasting through?
- I'd lose all my men.

There's God knows how many
out there already.

- You mean it's over, sir?
- I didn't say that, did I?

We've paid for that bridge and we're
going to collect, but I need tank support.

Well, you've got it, Jimmy. The Grenadier
Guards will be happy to oblige.

- Is that all right, Alex?
- Absolutely.

It's not just tanks. I need boats.

If 30 Corps were American,
we would have boats.

- Mike?
- I think we might have a few somewhere.

- Can you get them here by tonight?
- It won't be easy, sir.

We've got one road, 10-mile traffic jams
on it and Germans throwing shells at us.

- I don't know quite what we can do...
- Except try. You can do that, can't you?

Thank you, gentlemen. Thank you.

Now, look here. About these boats...

what is your opinion?

The general's a bit scratchy today,
but it's nothing personal.

When we dropped on Sunday,
I think he cracked his spine.

- How many boats have we got, then?
- About six in each truck.

Where's Major Cook, soldier?

- I think over there, sir.
- Thank you.

Julian, where the hell are you?

Here, sir.

We're going to take
Nijmegen Bridge tonight.

- What's the best way to take a bridge?
- Both ends at once.

I'm sending two companies
across the river by boat.

I need a man with
very special qualities to lead.

Go on, sir.

He's gotta be tough enough to do it and
he's gotta be experienced enough to do it.

Plus one more thing.
He's gotta be dumb enough to do it.

Start getting ready.

What was all that about, Major?

Well, someone's
come up with a real nightmare.

A real nightmare.

Come on! Keep moving!

We got word from
the Dutch resistance at Arnhem.

It's not going well for the British. Their
main force never reached the bridge.

Those that did are hanging on.

- And Urquhart?
- His back is to the river.

The Germans have trapped his men
in a pocket, and they're squeezing it.

How long can he hold?

Where are those goddamn boats?

Just keep it clear! Right!

They're no further than we thought.
Julian, we have a little change in plans.

We're to make the crossing in daylight.

- Daylight?
- Traffic's all screwed up.

By the time we're ready, it'll be 0800.
That's when we go.

Fine.

I'd like to wait and go tomorrow night,
but the British can't hold.

Better by daylight.

Much.

- Any news of the boats?
- No. We're switching... You want some?

No, thank you.

We're switching the start till nine,
to make sure.

You start laying smoke just before we go.

Fine, fine.

They're gonna get creamed. Your smoke
screen's gonna be their only protection.

Don't worry. We'll cover you.

Please.

OK. Can I have your attention, please?
Can I have your attention?

Our nine o'clock departure
has been postponed till ten.

So you can all have an extra hour's
fun and relaxation.

Major, we got any more information
on those boats?

We're reliably informed that they float.

Outside of that, we don't know squat. Not
how many, not how heavy, not how big.

We are sure that the river's wide
and that the current is strong.

As more cheery information comes
my way, I'll be happy to pass it along.

In the meantime, just think of this
as on-the-job training.

What's the matter? No sense of humour?

Goddamn it!

We go at noon.

- These lorries have priority, sir.
- Yes, I know, but...

Come on! Clear it off the road!

You men are probably wondering
why I've called us here together.

I've reached a decision
that I'd like to share with you all.

I intend to go across like George
washington. Standing on the prow.

You guys can do the rowing.

That's it! Move 'em out!

- What the...?
- What did you expect? Destroyers?

Come on! Put it together!

What else can you see besides smoke?

Nothing yet, but they are
going to try a river assault.

It will fail.

Of course it will fail, but...

what do we do if it doesn't?

I ask your permission
to blow up the bridge.

Out of the question.

I understand, Field Marshal.

They will not cross the river
and we will blow no bridges.

Have all demolition charges
been checked?

Yes, sir. Everything is wired and ready.

Captain Krafft is standing by as ordered.

The bridge will not
fall into enemy hands.

As soon as the first
British tank starts to cross...

I'll blow it sky-high.

- Let's get going!
- All right! Go! Go! Go!

When you get to the water, go on!
Don't wait! Go!

If you don't have an oar,
use your rifle butt! Anything! Row!

One... two.

The current's taking us down!
Stay to your right!

- Support fire ordered, sir.
- Thank you.

Row!

Get down!

Go! Go! Go! Go!

Hail Mary, full of grace.

Hail Mary, full of grace. Hail Mary...

Hail Mary, full of grace. Hail Mary...

we're drifting! Pull to your left!
Come on! Pull!

Come on! Keep rowing!

Stay down!

Come on, boys!

Thy will be done.

Thy will be done.

Come on! Let's go!

Snipers!

Help me! Help me.

Go up the side!

- Can we make it through the tunnel?
- No way, sir.

- Up the bank!
- With you, sir.

Cover.

Come on.

Come on! Schnell! Schnell!

Sergeant, take four across - draw fire.
Harry and I'll go up the side. You cover.

Go!

- Go on.
- Come on! Let's go!

Are you ready?

Yes, General.

Dammit!

My God, they're only
18 kilometres from Arnhem.

Who can stop them now?

No one.

Oh, hell.

Any chance, Whitney?

- Not unless we're relieved soon, sir.
- Harry?

- Try and get him down to the cellar.
- Very good, sir.

It's working.
I'm through to HQ. Where's the colonel?

- Down below.
- Get him!

- Colonel Frost!
- What is it?

Up top!

Up top, sir!

- It's headquarters, sir. On the radio.
- Coming!

Sunray on set. Pass your message. Over.

- What's your situation, Johnny? Over.
- I hadn't expected the pleasure, sir.

We're holding out.

We need reinforcements
and, above all, ammunition. Over.

I'm not sure if it's a case of us
coming for you... or you coming for us.

- Well, we'll just wait for 30 Corps, then.
- That would probably be best.

Very reassuring talking to you, sir.

I'm sorry, Johnny. Getting stuck on that
bloody bridge, four days on your own.

- Have you anything else for me?
- No, sir. I'll call when our friends arrive.

- Over.
- All right.

Good luck. Out.

- Sergeant Tomblin!
- Here, sir!

I'm coming over!

Sergeant Taylor!

I don't understand. Why aren't you
moving? What's the matter with you?

Those are British troops at Arnhem.

They're hurt - bad.

You're not gonna stop. Not now.

I'm sorry. We have our orders.

We busted our asses getting here. Half
my men are killed and you just stop...

and drink tea?

We're now facing a different situation.

We can't lead with tanks.
Jerry will pick us off like sitting ducks.

Our infantry are still fighting in Nijmegen.
When they get here, we'll move on.

Must you do everything by the book?

Our orders are to wait for the infantry.

I'm sorry, but there it is.

Sir.

It's Major Carlyle, sir.

All right. I'm all right.

- Hello, Harry.
- Hello, Johnny.

Things not so good, huh?

I've been meaning to ask you something

and I haven't because I know you were
so anxious that I should,

and I wouldn't give you the satisfaction.

But why the hell do you always
carry that bloody umbrella?

- Memory.
- What?

Bad memory.

Always forgot the password.

I knew no Jerry would ever carry one.

I had to prove I was an Englishman.

Harry?

Get back! Back into the houses!

Hello, 30 Corps. Please hurry up.

Please.

- Nothing, sir.
- Thank you, Corporal.

It's no use in any event.
Take my boot off, wicks.

We're out of ammunition anyway.

Right, off you go, wicks.
Join the rest of the lads.

- Get back to the main force.
- What about you, sir?

I'll be all right.
We just didn't make it this time, did we?

My general says, "Please take it."

"It's very good chocolate.
Your planes dropped it to us yesterday."

English.

Red on!

Red on.

Action stations!

God bless Field Marshal Montgomery.

Would five minutes be too much?

Just five minutes respite.

Dear God

grant these young men

die in peace and quiet.

I'm sorry, lads,
but you're going to have to move.

Please.

Take my hand.

We're a bit late with this one, mate.

"Surely he shall deliver thee
from the snare of the fowler

and from the noisome pestilence."

"He shall cover thee with his feathers,
and under his wings shalt thou trust:

His truth shall be
thy shield and buckler."

There you go. Head back.

You'll be all right now, chum.

Can it get worse?

Oh, yes, much worse.

ELST - 5 MILES FROM ARNHEM

Bring up the bulldozer.

Stretcher-bearer!

Help me!

Stretcher!

Morphia! Taffy, I must have morphia!

Morphia's only for the people
who are really hurt.

I thought I was really hurt.

Well, you're wrong.

No, I asked him to come over,
but Dr Spaander does agree.

- We've got to do something.
- Yes. What? Good day, Doctor.

General Urquhart, we have no more space
and we have no more supplies.

And since a prisoner of war has
more chance than no chance at all,

I have a mind to ask the Germans to
accept our wounded into their hospitals

if we could arrange evacuation.
Have I your permission to try?

Certainly. If weaver agrees.

But I hardly think the Germans will.
Those are our guns out there.

That's 30 Corps. I don't think my
permission's going to be your problem.

I've come with a message
from General Urquhart.

- How you manage that?
- I swam the Rhine, sir.

I'm afraid the radios are all up the spout.

The general asks if you'll
get your men across the river.

We've been holding out for six days now.

Any help at all would be
of considerable assistance.

- You'll swim back with reply?
- Yes, sir.

Well, we can't swim.

Not with equipment.

We have small rubber boats, that's all.

Rubber dinghies may be
a bit flimsy for the Rhine.

I agree.

Tell the general we're coming.

We're coming tonight.

Yes, sir.

- Not possible.
- If you would just say yes,

- it would be very possible.
- Forgive me, but there is a battle.

And we are in the process of winning it.

Winning and losing is not our concern.

Living or dying is.

Cease fire.

One hour... two.

Just to evacuate our wounded.

Afterwards you can kill us
as much as you want to.

General Ludwig.

Cease-fire at three.

- Will you thank him, please?
- I just did.

Please, you can go.

How short are we? A mile?

Why don't we just try to bash through?

For God's sake, it must be worth it.

They're trying to force Urquhart
away from the river.

Now, once they do that, once they've got
him surrounded, he'll be annihilated.

Not in Monty's plan at all.

Have we replaced the boats
we lost at Nijmegen?

Yes.

Well?

Well, then?

That's it, then. We're pulling them out.

It was Nijmegen.

It was the single road...
getting to Nijmegen.

No, it was after Nijmegen.

And the fog. In England.

Doesn't matter what it was.
When one man says to another,

"I know what let's do today -
let's play the war game",

everybody dies.

"Withdraw."

Two days, they said.
We've been here nine.

One bloody mile -
you'd think they could accomplish that!

- Hancock, here are another two.
- Thank you.

- They're the last two I could find.
- Charles.

We've been given our marching orders.

If they discover we're leaving
they'll destroy us,

so we must take every precaution. Now,
I've designed this like a collapsing bag.

Macdonald will man the wireless so that
the Germans have something to listen to.

The padres and medical staff
have volunteered to stay behind as well.

Now, the wounded who are too bad
to move will replace the men firing,

so our defence will seem as before.

By the time the Germans find out what's
happening, we should be across the river.

- Pleasant journey.
- Thank you, sir.

- All right, laddie.
- Thank you, sir.

I'm beginning to believe
we're going to make it.

I thought everyone knew
God was a Scotsman.

Keep it orderly and keep it quiet.

Come on. Don't hang about.

GENERAL BROWNING'S H.Q., HOLLAND

General Browning'll
be down right away, sir.

He wondered if you perhaps
might like to change.

- Change?
- Your clothes, sir.

No, thanks.

Hello, Roy.

How are you?

I'm not sure that I'll know for a while.

But I'm sorry about the way it worked out.

You did all you could.

Yes. But did everyone else?

They've got a bed for you upstairs
if you want it.

I took 10,000 men into Arnhem.
I've come out with less than two.

I don't feel much like sleeping.

Quite.

I've just been on to Monty.

He's very proud and pleased.

- Pleased?
- Of course.

He thinks Market Garden
was 90 per cent successful.

But what do you think?

As you know, I've always thought
that we tried to go a bridge too far.

Thanks, Taff.

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