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[narrator] Operation Market Garden
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World War II: Race to Victory

Operation Market Garden, devised by Field MarshalBernard Law Montgomery, was to bethe...

[narrator]
Operation Market Garden, devised by Field Marshal
Bernard Law Montgomery, was to be
the largest airborne operation in the history of warfare. Its aim was
to secure the key bridges over three Dutch rivers in order to outflank
the heavy Nazi defences of the Siegfried Line
and enter the German heartland. It involved around
35,000 British, American and Polish airborne
and glider troops, who'd meet up with
the British Armoured Divisions on the ground. [Helen] The aim
of Operation Market Garden was to take strategically
important bridges and routes around Eindhoven and Nijmegen, and ultimately, of course,
we had to cross the Rhine

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[narrator] Operation Market Garden,
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devised by Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery,
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was to be the largest airborne operation
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in the history of warfare.
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Its aim was to secure the key bridges
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over three Dutch rivers
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in order to outflank the heavy Nazi defences
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of the Siegfried Line and enter the German heartland.
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It involved around 35,000 British, American
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and Polish airborne and glider troops,
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who'd meet up with the British Armoured Divisions
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on the ground.
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[Helen] The aim of Operation Market Garden
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was to take strategically important bridges and routes
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around Eindhoven and Nijmegen,
00:00:45.024 --> 00:00:47.056
and ultimately, of course, we had to cross the Rhine.
Duration
48 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:22:50
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Season
1
Episode
5
Genres
history
Production
Ulrike Oettinger Filmproduktion,Pia Frankenberg Filmproduktion, Hamburg,ZDF

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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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Roosevelt distinguishes clearly between the British Empire,
S01 • E03 The American aircraft carriers survived, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:13
The American aircraft carriers survived,
S01 • E04 Churchill is, for the first time, I think, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:10
Churchill is, for the first time, I think,
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Basically one of the main planks of it
S01 • E03 That allowed them to leapfrog from island to island - World War II: Race to Victory 00:17
That allowed them to leapfrog from island to island
S01 • E02 But in Churchill's interpretation, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:04
But in Churchill's interpretation,
S01 • E01 [narrator] Adolf Hitler had expected Britain - World War II: Race to Victory 00:21
[narrator] Adolf Hitler had expected Britain
S01 • E02 And Roosevelt meant the wider colonial world. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:06
And Roosevelt meant the wider colonial world.
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[narrator] Despite their differences,
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[narrator] The battle continued for three days,
S01 • E01 The fight for Europe moved to the skies - World War II: Race to Victory 00:11
The fight for Europe moved to the skies
S01 • E03 The Japanese lost more than 3,000 men, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:34
The Japanese lost more than 3,000 men,
S01 • E05 So it's preparations ready for the invasion of Germany. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:05
So it's preparations ready for the invasion of Germany.
S01 • E05 [Sir Mike] A strategic thrust, that was the great idea. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:07
[Sir Mike] A strategic thrust, that was the great idea.
S01 • E05 The strategic aim was to cross a number of water obstacles, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:22
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S01 • E02 But then, of course, the ramification of that - World War II: Race to Victory 00:17
But then, of course, the ramification of that
S01 • E01 a secret message was hand delivered - World War II: Race to Victory 00:57
a secret message was hand delivered
S01 • E02 And with the Atlantic Charter, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
And with the Atlantic Charter,
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[narrator] They chose to repeat this successful meeting.
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