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[narrator] And yet,
just three months later, the Big Three's optimism
will turn to despair, as the Allies attempt
to bulldoze their way as quickly as possible
across Europe, comes to a grinding halt. [Iwan] Operation Market Garden, an attempt to end the war
by Christmas, turned into one
of the great military disasters of World War II, with the
so‐called "bridge too far." [narrator]
Operation Market Garden will lead
to 17,000 Allied casualties, as well as thousands more dead
and wounded Dutch civilians. [in Dutch] When you look back
at what happened we know we did our very best, and we are proud
of what we've done
just three months later, the Big Three's optimism
will turn to despair, as the Allies attempt
to bulldoze their way as quickly as possible
across Europe, comes to a grinding halt. [Iwan] Operation Market Garden, an attempt to end the war
by Christmas, turned into one
of the great military disasters of World War II, with the
so‐called "bridge too far." [narrator]
Operation Market Garden will lead
to 17,000 Allied casualties, as well as thousands more dead
and wounded Dutch civilians. [in Dutch] When you look back
at what happened we know we did our very best, and we are proud
of what we've done
Full Transcript
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[narrator] And yet,
just three months later,
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the Big Three's optimism
will turn to despair,
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as the Allies attempt
to bulldoze their way
00:00:09.056 --> 00:00:11.084
as quickly as possible
across Europe,
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comes to a grinding halt.
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[Iwan] Operation Market Garden,
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an attempt to end the war
by Christmas,
00:00:19.092 --> 00:00:23.048
turned into one
of the great military disasters
00:00:23.064 --> 00:00:24.072
of World War II,
00:00:24.088 --> 00:00:27.016
with the
so‐called "bridge too far."
00:00:27.032 --> 00:00:28.092
[narrator]
Operation Market Garden
00:00:29.998 --> 00:00:32.004
will lead
to 17,000 Allied casualties,
00:00:32.056 --> 00:00:36.084
as well as thousands more dead
and wounded Dutch civilians.
00:00:37.036 --> 00:00:40.028
[in Dutch] When you look back
at what happened
00:00:40.044 --> 00:00:45.999
we know we did our very best,
00:00:46.036 --> 00:00:49.024
and we are proud
of what we've done.
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Movie Summary
The six-part documentary series reveals how and why the central alliance between Great Britain, the United States and The Soviet Union was formed leading into World War II. The series paints an in-depth picture of the race to ulti...
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