General Horrocks addresses XXX Corps about the upcoming attack. From the movie "A Bridge Too Far"
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@filmputzer13 жыл бұрын
I was on active duty as a paratrooper when this movie was released in 1977 and I am happy to say I experienced it on big screen the way it was intended
@armandogonzales93043 жыл бұрын
I was a 19 yr old US Army Soldier stationed in Germany when this movie played at the post theater. 12Bravo Combat Engineers DO NOT hold bridges. We either build them or destroy them🇺🇸👍
@DanBeech-ht7sw10 ай бұрын
@@armandogonzales9304all hands to the pump, in combat
@EliCross17 жыл бұрын
Great performance by Edward Fox here, he won the British Academy Award for it.
@Frankie-O4 жыл бұрын
Same thing with Gandhi or nominated?
@AlephNeilАй бұрын
It's truly a great performance but ... I'm a bit surprised because this film has a massive ensemble cast and Fox is only in it for about two scenes. Anthony Hopkins (among others) had a much bigger role.
@Lupinthe3rd.6 жыл бұрын
General Gavin commander of The US 82nd Airborne summed him up best "He was truly a unique general officer and his qualities of leadership were greater than any I have ever seen. In lecturing at the American service school I stated frequently that General Horrocks was the finest general officer I met during the war, and the finest corps commander" Lt.General James Gavin- USA
@Nounismisation5 жыл бұрын
Horrocks had his strengths. I'm not sure that Gavin's praise does Horrocks any favours though. If Gavin had have got on with the task in hand, Horrocks, and all the others, would have been able to get on more too. Gavin took a day to set up an HQ and then holds it against ... no opposition - during a three day mission. The logistical fallout was immense. But he was commanding one of the Allies' most loved Paras, so we must all say no more.
@paratrooper6295 жыл бұрын
@@Nounismisation he would have been a great field army commander but he had been badly wounded. British Army practice was you were taken out of consideration for promotion in that situation or captured but later escaped. Dempsey did a good job as 2d Army CG and I suspect Horrocks would have done as well.
@williamscottshelton9452 жыл бұрын
@@NounismisationI agree with you! his job as to take a bridge fast! instead he sets up a defence on the heights in case of mass enemy armor attack that neve came! then he goes after the bridge which by that time was defenede by the germans! a good book to read on the subject is It never snows in September
@paddy8644 ай бұрын
@@williamscottshelton945 Yes, also read "Lost at Nijmegen".
@Dannykhc5 жыл бұрын
I very much liked the way Horrocks enters the noisy briefing room with a loud and authoritative "Thank you, gentlemen!" I guess only a few people can deliver that line in an authentic manner like Edward Fox did. The rest of the briefing was good too. nice and loud, very inspirational, completely different from the mumblings of Gen. Browning.
@Nounismisation5 жыл бұрын
I met someone who thought this was 'pompous'. I had to refer to a dictionary. I still can't see what is pompous about it. Very upper class British etc but there is no 'lording it' over anyone! Quite the opposite. In this scene, Horrocks' life, bacon and eggs, family, toast and marmalade is exactly equal to that of the the people he's talking to.
@mightymac6312 жыл бұрын
"The Irish Guards under the command of Colonel Vandeluer will take the lead." "Christ not us again!" ** "What you'd say to that Joe?" ** "Oh delighted sir, truly delighted!"
@Frankie-O4 жыл бұрын
[laughter]
@mwilso14 жыл бұрын
I found his published memoirs in my university library and enjoyed reading it immensley. During the 1960s he hosted his own WW2 tv documentary
@Mike12522 Жыл бұрын
The huge and horrendous responsibilities of Horrocks are shown here. What is shown here are just the senior officers and Corp commanders, and there are several hundreds of them alone. But, Horrocks had over 50,000 men, and 15,000 vehicles under his command. It's a wonder he and other Generals didn't crack up under the pressures of command.
@momanlad14 жыл бұрын
Horrocks is interviewed extensively in "The World At War". He speaks of Operation Market Garden on the episode entitled "Pincers: August 1944 - March 1945". Amazing bravery from 2 Para and American 82nd and 101st Airbourne.
@HenryvKeiper15 жыл бұрын
"This is a story you will tell your grandchildren - and mightily bored they'll be!"
@Frankie-O4 жыл бұрын
We're not bored at all.
@mazzgoldie91493 жыл бұрын
" What do you say Joe?!!" Joe: Errrrr, delighted
@brianbrady44962 жыл бұрын
I could never get bored. Being a grandson of two WW2 veterans...I'm always proud to tell my son...
@Frankie-O Жыл бұрын
Richard Attenborough made nobody bored with this movie he directed, spared no expense.
@1D84down15 жыл бұрын
Oddly enough I was drinking last Saturday with a good Polish boy from Harrow, whose father, as a sergeant in the Polish Army, was awarded their equivalent of the Victoria Cross for his actions shortly after Arnhem.
@lopezmt56 жыл бұрын
"In the unlikely event that the Germans ever get you, they will assume from your attire, that they captured a wretched peasant and immediately send you on your way." The greatest line in this great movie :)
@FS2K4Pilot3 жыл бұрын
No, sorry. “We haven’t got the proper facilities to take you all prisoner. Sorry. We’d like to, but we can’t accept your surrender!” That line takes the prize IMO.
@jjahsepuyeshd Жыл бұрын
@@FS2K4Pilot ...LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@jamescollinson21795 жыл бұрын
Some of the actors in this film bear a striking resemblance to the persons they portray. Edward Fox looks remarkably like Lt.Gen.Brian Horrocks as does Paul Maxwell to Maj.Gen.Maxwell Taylor. And Anthony Hopkins bears more than just a passing resemblance to Maj.Gen.John Frost.
@brettlloyd57644 жыл бұрын
Great classic ww2 movie
@gazza29333 жыл бұрын
Brian Horrocks was a very popular commander with the men, and yes I agree , Edward Fox plays the part magnificently well.
@DanBeech-ht7sw10 ай бұрын
And Sean Connery not dissimilar to Urquhart
@filmputzer13 жыл бұрын
you gotta love this officers leadership method and style, the yank
@dhowells85692 жыл бұрын
When the camera focuses on the audience, look at front row right hand side, there is Horrocks himself making a cameo at the briefing!
@AllenbysEyes16 жыл бұрын
Horrocks was quite an interesting individual. Served in WWI, was captured by the Germans, fought in the Russian Civil War and almost died in a Red Army POW camp, and he apparently took part in the 1924 Olympics too.
@joshuagrover7952 жыл бұрын
Black Rod also of the UK parliament for 14 years, also the every joker while waiting for sessions to end, Horrocks was allegedly betting on football matches, hence why in this scene and the World at war he mentions football matches.
@GaryDuncanson-s4gКүн бұрын
Brilliant. It didn't work but worth a go. Everyone did their best. It showed ambition. Helped to end that horrible war.
@WhocaresWhy445 ай бұрын
Edward Fox has never let me down.
@Frankie-O27 күн бұрын
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@sgtwarden50203 жыл бұрын
He is what I envision a great man's man general to be.
@NickRatnieks13 жыл бұрын
General Eisenhower and General Gavin reckoned that Brian Horrocks was Britain's very best general in the field. Unfortunately, the wounds he had sustained in North Africa ended his military career. When I was a kid he presented a TV programme about battles and castles that I just had to watch. A very great man in so many ways.
@optimisticwhovian17265 жыл бұрын
shame horrocks wasn't in charge of planning instead of Montgomery then
@paddy8644 ай бұрын
@@optimisticwhovian1726 Monty wasn't in charge of any of it, which is a pity really. The planning was entirely in the hands of the staff of 1st Allied Airborne Army commanded by Lt. Gen, Lewis Brereton, US Army Air Forces. They were the people who chose the DZ's and LZs and dictated the order of the drop and who went where. Monty was Army Group Commander of 21st Army Group consisting of 1st Canadian and 2nd British Armies. Horrocks's XXX Corp was part of 2nd Army which was commanded by Lt. Gen Miles Dempsey. Contrary to popular belief XXXCorps arrived at the Nijmegen Bridge 8 hours ahead of schedule on D+2 and found that Jim Gavins 82 Abn, had not yet taken their bridge, two days after landing, and having missed the opportunity to do so in the first hour after landing. It was this single failure that doomed the entire operation, though you'll seach in vain for any reference to it in most books on the subject. You will fined it in the US Army Officer History of the campaign however.
@paddy8644 ай бұрын
@@optimisticwhovian1726 It wasn't planned by Monty, or commanded for that matter. The planning was by the staff of 1st Allied Airborne Army to which ALL Allied airborne formations in the European theatre belonged. It was commanded by a US general, Lewis Brereton who took an a recently discarded plan called Operation Comet (which WAS Monty's idea) and reworked and enlarged it into MG. "Market" was the airborne part of the operation and it is in the planning for that , DZ's & LZ's. etc that most if not all of the well-known mistakes were made. The ground operation, "Garden" was the responsibility of 2nd British Army and in particular XXX Corps, who were to lead the advance (with two further further CORPS in support, one on either flank). This went very well in fact, and only began to break down when the Guards Armoured Division reached the Nijmegen bridge (8hrs ahead of schedule) and found it hadn't been taken, nearly two days after the 82nd had landed in the area.
@EngPheniks4 ай бұрын
I like the enthusiasm of the General here
@chrisholland73673 ай бұрын
Knowing what a high risk operation it was, he had to sell it . He did an incredible job.
@Augments15 жыл бұрын
To bad not many peope have this gentlemanly humour in these days
@busterzigler75305 жыл бұрын
Just love this music, if I could get a clear one, will make it my ringtone.
@TC1918WW3 жыл бұрын
Yes
@krishm163 жыл бұрын
"Out of Ammunition. Will Fight to the end. God save the King".
@Frankie-O Жыл бұрын
God Save The Queen
@Riddervanhetlicht13 жыл бұрын
The name of the village is wrong in the movie. This conference was held in Leopoldsburg, NOT in leopoldsVILLE, which was situated in Congo!
@wendymccraw518410 ай бұрын
EDWARD FOX THE ACTOR PLAYING HORROCKS IS GREAT IN ALL HIS MOVIE PRESENTATIONS... MY FAVORITE BRITISH ACTOR... PLAYED THE PERFECT GENTLEMAN... EVEN THANKED HIS JEEP DRIVER AT THE FIRST OF THIS FILM CLIP. HOW MANY OFFICERS DO THAT?
@davidgray26535 ай бұрын
Best ww2 film ever
@Frankie-O27 күн бұрын
Richard Attenborough directed this best movie ever, spared no expense.
@joshuagrover7952 жыл бұрын
"Kick off will be 14.35 hours," and in another programme, the actual Gen Horrocks mentions his retreat from Dunkirk with his troops acting like "Tottenham fans celebrating a win at Chelsea." The guy totally loved football together with betting on results while the Black Rod, (waiting through sessions) of the UK parliament for 14 years
@Frankie-O Жыл бұрын
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@jameshiller62045 жыл бұрын
I think Gen Horrocks well played by Edward Fox. seemed noticeably more subdued by the end of the movie when they were considering whether to evacuate what was left of the British airborne.. It didn't help either that Market Garden plans were captured.
@canerguener8664 Жыл бұрын
Still very good movie music. And analogue CGI way ahead of its time.
@billymog15 жыл бұрын
My old dad was in the Staffordshire regiment that was a part of xxx corp under Gen Horrocks and when i was a kid, when this film came out, he told me that if the americans had been in overall command of the operation, the outcome would have been very different. Our commanders were always over cautious and to the book. The americans were a lot more aggresive and would have pushed on and got the job done and i tend to agree. All very brave men but two very different styles.
@lyndoncmp575111 ай бұрын
Many years later with a reply but that's an odd thing to say because it was actually the caution of two American air generals, Brereton and Williams, which cost the operation dearly. They refused to fly double missions on day one. A fatal mistake.
@paddy8644 ай бұрын
@@lyndoncmp5751 Correct, But don't forget Gacin;s failure to take the Nijmegen Bridge on Day 1 and immediately after landing, that was what truly doomed the operation. He still hadn't taken it when Horrocks arrived two days later (and 8 hrs ahead of schedule!).
@lyndoncmp57514 ай бұрын
@@paddy864 Thats true yes. The US 101st failed to take the Nijmegen bridge. Also British 1st Airborne failed to take the Arnhem bridge and enough of the town itself. That was largely due to the decisions of Brereton and Williams, and Hollinghurst of the RAF.
@paddy8644 ай бұрын
@@lyndoncmp5751 It was the 82nd under Jim Gavin actually, and when I say they failed to take it I mean that Gavin didn't seize the opportunity to capture the bridge in the first hours after landing, when it was guarded only by a handful of Germans. It was literally there for the taking. He instead became obsessed with the possibility of an attack from the wooded area to the west of the Groesbeek Heights and wasted the next TWO DAYS as a result. It was the one single thing that doomed the entire operation, had he taken it as ordered "with thunderclap surprise" immediately after landing, then XXX Corps, arriving 8 hours ahead of schedule remember, would have been in Arnhem within a couple of hours. Instead, the Infanty of the Guards Armoured Division ended up helping the 82nd to fight off increasing German counter attacks until they managed to cross the river in boats and seize the Bridge, three days late. All the blather from various Americans about the British being too slow and cautious is nothing more than an attempt at deflecting the blame for the failure of the operation from where it bellongs, with James Gavin. Even the US Army Official history shows that. This wretched film only perpetuated this obscene myth of course, the truth would not have played out well in cinemas across the US as you can imagine, Even Attenborough admitted this.
@lyndoncmp57514 ай бұрын
@@paddy864 Apparently Gavin ordered Lindquist of the 508th PIR of the 82nd Airborne to strike for the bridge after dropping and "move without delay" if the situation was quiet enough, which it was. However Lindquist didn't move on the bridge. When Gavin heard the 508th hadn't moved he was furious and again ordered Lindquist to "delay not a second longer" and get to the bridge. It was then another two hours until elements of the 508th PIR began to move towards the bridge, and by the time they got near it the Germans had already reinforced it and it was too late. So really it was Lindquist who messed up. On the other hand, Gavin has been criticised for picking the cautious Lindquist and his 508th PIR for the task and not the 504th PIR. XXX Corps were on time. True. They started linking up with the 82nd at Grave, in just 42 hours. Still even if they had the bridge at Nijmegen to cross over on the 19th the British 1st Airborne didn't achieve its objective in Arnhem either. They never captured the bridge, just a small section at the north end and not enough of Arnhem. British 1st Airborne were supposed to have captured a large portion of Arnhem for XXX Corps to form a bridgehead in once they got over the bridge. The Germans controlled the bridge off ramp and 99.9% of Arnhem. There was also a road block on the bridge itself, the wreckage of Grabners force. So XXX Corps could neither have got across the bridge or off it on the other side and fanned out through Arnhem because Arnhem was squarely in German hands. The Germans were too strong by the 19th (the Stug IIIs of Brigade 280 and Tigers of Kompanie Hummel had arrived that day) and already had control of the situation. The air commanders Brereton, Williams and Hollinghurst failed at Arnhem by not allowing double missions flown on day one, by dropping too far from the objective and for not allowing a coup de main on the bridge. I don't think it comes down to Gavin, but rather Brereton, Williams and Hollinghurst. They cared more about their USAAF and RAF personnel than the paratroopers of the First Allied Airborne Army and subsequently put their men first.
@irvan36mm14 жыл бұрын
One of the best parts of the movie,IMO. Too bad the actual outcome of the op didn't pan out as explained.
@nickmitsialis6 жыл бұрын
Horrocks did comment on how the road was narrow & the problem was trying to squeeze off that armor & vehicles down it in a timely fashion was going to be a huge problem.
@paddy8644 ай бұрын
@@nickmitsialis It wasn't that much of a problem and was soon overcome, XXX Corps broke through the initial German defences and arrived at Nijmegen Bridge EIGHT HOURS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, to find the bridge still not taken, 48 hours after it should and could have been.
@BroderickE13 жыл бұрын
Edward Fox is an awesome actor. :) this scene is the reason i love this movie. :)
@Frankie-O4 жыл бұрын
I like this briefing.
@HenryvKeiper14 жыл бұрын
@jimjam69 Yeah, just the other day Obama addressed a group of British officers and told them they were going to drive right to Arnhem. It was creepy.
@CaoimhinOMaolАй бұрын
A pity Sir Richard Attenborough never made a directors cut with commentary. I understand Attenborough shot quite a lot of film that ended on the cutting room floor. An excellent film nonetheless.
@HenryvKeiper15 жыл бұрын
I think they're the focus of the film. Much of it depicts their bravery at Arnhem.
@AllenbysEyes16 жыл бұрын
Edward Fox is such a badass. Great speech dude! Makes me want to charge an SS Waffen division single-handedly, armed only with a mechanical pencil.
@nickmitsialis6 жыл бұрын
Horrocks apparently did a great job in keeping Thirty Corp (I refuse to call it XXX Corp--it sounds like a porno) casualties relatively low during M/G; I have no doubt he was an outstanding officer & leader.
@dargay15 жыл бұрын
Perhaps such charismatic leaders who lead armies in such noble causes only exist in novels and films.
@paddy8644 ай бұрын
Err, Brian Horrocks was a real person you know? He existed, this is generally regarded of an accurate portrayal of him and his style and character.
@brettlloyd57644 жыл бұрын
Wish they still did war movies like this with real planes tanks vehicles battle scenes today
@Frankie-O4 жыл бұрын
America and England fighting German besides The Longest Day and this.
@brettlloyd57644 жыл бұрын
@@Frankie-O that's what happened during WW2, I'm glad the allies won, it was an epic war
@brettlloyd57644 жыл бұрын
@@Frankie-O WW2 was a hard fight, I'm glad the allies won
@brettlloyd57644 жыл бұрын
A bridge too far was the last major classic WW2 movie, you could not do this movie today like when it came out in 1977, a modern war movie like this would use more cgi and practical effects than live action battle scenes, real planes, tanks, vehicles
@AllenbysEyes16 жыл бұрын
Indeed, can't forget that.
@Frankie-O Жыл бұрын
Unforgettable.
@brettlloyd57644 жыл бұрын
One of the best WW2 movies
@Frankie-O4 жыл бұрын
One of the best briefings.
@PatIke10014 жыл бұрын
@HenryvKeiper I wouldnt be bored bcus its part of History that it cant be forgotten
@Frankie-O4 жыл бұрын
But you still wouldn't miss it for the world.
@colinbeckles28115 жыл бұрын
Hiw could you not want to serve under General Horrick.
@Frankie-O4 жыл бұрын
He did such an excellent briefing.
@CM2661711 жыл бұрын
In my opinion, it wouldn't have mattered WHO would have been in command, Montgomary or Patton, as the central failings of the operation were faults in Intelligence and the restrictions of the plan itself. Market Garden would have to have been reworked with wider margins for error, a contingency should things have gone wrong and less ambitious goals for it to potentially have success. Still, the Allies gave it their all - that's one fact that'll never diminish.
@rstarmann8137 жыл бұрын
Look what Patton did in the Ardennes, might have been a different outcome. Americans much more aggressive. The Brits too conservative in many aspects and still suffering from WWI casualty shock. On the other hand, the British Airborne was pretty audacious and brave men.
@stuartwhigham71466 жыл бұрын
Er palpable nonsense!Did Patton cut off the Germans in the Bulge? He relieved Bastogne but that was all.
@davidanthony82906 жыл бұрын
Hollywood elevated Patton to fame. Montgomery was a better general. Both of them were narcissistic pompous jerks.
@paratrooper6295 жыл бұрын
@@davidanthony8290 yes to an extent. Omar Bradley was an advisor to the movie and it painted him as saint and got some digs in at Patton that were unfair and untrue all for omars glorification. Anyone remember the screw ups at Huertgon forest and the bulge? Brad got a Bronze star for the bulge because an aide said it was for having a pulse and breathing. Ike recommended BRAD for a 4th star in Jan 1945 and Marshall turned it down stone cold then. IMHO BRAD should have been no more than a Corps Commander in italy. Brad in the Pacific... No more than a Division commander. Who in place of 1st Army/ 12 army group commander? Change history a bit and put Stillwell in. He was designated a Corps Commander for Torch before he was sent to China. Retired chief of staff marlin Craig was suggested Craig for China but flatly turned Marshall down. One of the very few bad decisions Marshall made was to keep him on a a member of the personnel board. He should have been placed to the retired list again right then and there. My 1st choice for SACAEF for Normandy is Marshall. Keep IKE in the med theater. Who becomes CSA us army ? Good question...
@paratrooper6295 жыл бұрын
@@davidanthony8290 I am a long retired US Army InFantry paratrooper and taught 3 yrs in my 22 years of service and I believe Monty was the greatest British commander period. I also believe MacArthur is The I WAs greatest General. I happen to believe both would have gotten along splendidly. So many Monty and Mac haters out there. Too bad they overdose on the pool aid if you dig?
@darthmike48459 ай бұрын
Great movie
@Frankie-O27 күн бұрын
Richard Attenborough made this movie a great one, spared no expense.
@OneBigRetard16 жыл бұрын
No doubting their bravery though. Harrow lost over 200 in WWI. Subalterns had a life expectancy half that of their troops.
@Eyegore56014 жыл бұрын
@JohnnyZenith I'd have to agree with Henry; the British Airborne dominate the story; then again, they took the brunt of the casualties. It's really a heroic story, really. Holding out against all odds until the last shell is shot and then fighting on. On the whole, I thought that the film overlooked some major points, but is an acurate depiction of the event.
@eugenemurray29405 жыл бұрын
A green scarf
@brettlloyd57644 жыл бұрын
Edward fox earlier played a British fighter pilot in battle of Britain movie
@Frankie-O4 жыл бұрын
That was 1969. This was 1977.
@brettlloyd57644 жыл бұрын
@@Frankie-O both battle of Britain and a bridge too far are classic WW2 movies
@Frankie-O4 жыл бұрын
With Edward Fox in those 2 WWII movies.
@brettlloyd57644 жыл бұрын
@@Frankie-O Edward fox was a British actor in many older movies like in the 1960s and 1970s, not sure if he is still alive, one of my favorite movies with him is the 1983 James bond movie never say never say again where he played mi6 chief M opposite Sean Connery as 007
@dazbo96935 жыл бұрын
What a great salesman
@Frankie-O26 күн бұрын
Pee-Wee's Playhouse salesman went door to door to make everybody an incredible offer.
@mwilso14 жыл бұрын
that's very true
@Frankie-O4 жыл бұрын
Thank You Richard Attenborough! May God rest his soul.
@paddy8644 ай бұрын
@@Frankie-O I rather wish he had told the truth in this film, instead of being obliged to pander to the studio and the American audiences.
@polygontwin12 жыл бұрын
The mistake, & it was Montgomery's, was that the plan had no room for error & ignored all the avaliable intelligence. The German army was horribly underestimated at so many points during 1944/5, even with allied air supremacy. This plan was endemic of the urgency to finish the war quickly which was prevalent at the time, even though nazi Germany was on it's last legs . Lives were squandered trying to end the war in time for "Christmas". The planning of Market Garden was disgraceful.
@optimisticwhovian17265 жыл бұрын
well if you go in with faulty radio equipment when your plan relies on communication between links then youre bound to fail.
@Guesthunter2 жыл бұрын
Worse still... he did not have the decency to admit any of those mistakes and instead picked a scapegoat to blame instead of his miserable leadership.
@lyndoncmp575111 ай бұрын
@Guesthunter Absolute myth. Montgomery didn't blame anyone else, which he could have done. Instead in his memoirs he cited his own mistakes. He didn't scapegoat anyone else.
@paddy8644 ай бұрын
Total horseshit. It was not Monty's plan, blame Lt. Gen. Lewis Brereton, the Commander of 1st Allied Airborne Army for that, and his staff of course who planned the Airborne operation, badly as it turned out. Monty had virtually no say in the operation as he was commander of 21 Army Group and could not interfere with it.
@HenryvKeiper13 жыл бұрын
@KaiserofGermany "This is a story that you will tell your grandchildren, and you might get it for the update." Um...wow.
@Frankie-O27 күн бұрын
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@j.433210 ай бұрын
When this movie is now shown on TV,the phrase uttered by Caine"Christ not us again",is deleted..Is the term "Christ" now deemed offensive?
@franceleeparis373 жыл бұрын
The Allies blitzkrieg that failed for the same reason that the German Blitzkrieg on the way to Dieppe(The Halt Order) failed.... they stopped to rest because the supply lines were too stretched...in both cases the victory would have been total if they had followed through...
@Challis19893 жыл бұрын
No they stopped because general gavin took too long to take his bridge that allowed German counter attacking troops over.
@paddy8644 ай бұрын
Total balls, see the comment above!!
@JohnnyZenith15 жыл бұрын
No he was exactly the same in real life. Many of our commanders are charismatic.
@Frankie-O Жыл бұрын
Richard Attenborough was a charismatic director making this movie, spared no expense.
@lv83bloodknight14 жыл бұрын
If only the Brits have a few more officer like Horrock instead of ones like Browning, they would have done much better.
@paddy8644 ай бұрын
Really? And who was responsible the failure to take the Nijmegen Bridge on time then, a British General or an American one?
@tonyweaver23533 жыл бұрын
This plan is a mirror of what happened at galipoli.
@Frankie-O Жыл бұрын
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@angloaust15752 жыл бұрын
His promise to press onto arnhem After waal crossing by 82 airborne wasnt fulfilled by 30corp!
@voice_of_reason56045 жыл бұрын
Great scene. Edward Fox (as Lt Gen Sir Brian Horrocks) at the top of his game. For history buffs, the real Brian Horrocks appears in The World at War series (episode named "pincers" if memory serves correct). A bridge too far, One of the best (realistic / historically accurate) WW2 movies, unlike the steady stream of dumb nazi bashers churned out in the 1960s and 70s.
@HandGrenadeDivision3 жыл бұрын
The real Horrocks also appears in this scene. He's in the front row of the briefing. Bottom right of the screen at 3:48
@marvinc99912 жыл бұрын
@BigRIJoe Nope - MILES (then and now). The kilOMeter is NOT yet (as it were) Legal Tender here in Good Ol' Blighty. Unless, it seems, you happen to work for the BBC.........................
@brettlloyd57644 жыл бұрын
This movie looks real
@Frankie-O27 күн бұрын
Richard Attenborough made this movie look real, spared no expense.
@rlang2315 жыл бұрын
we use a wierd mix of imperial and metric in the UK
@Frankie-O27 күн бұрын
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@Trashcansam12312 жыл бұрын
@HenryvKeiper Lol it's even better if you read the Translate captions Beta
@mickywanderer82763 жыл бұрын
Why did they start the offensive so late in the day?
@tehm19652 жыл бұрын
Why in this movie did Montgomery never appear, why as this was his plan was he not part of the movie, was that intentional or just left out as not needed. Would have rounded out the story as it says again and again that this is Montgomery's plan...anyone?
@BenLewis-ni1zb10 ай бұрын
Very good point!! Maybe to make the mysterious Field Marshall, which he was anything but!
@StudSupreme10 ай бұрын
You'd think somebody would have fired Monty well before this. His incompetence is legendary in the history of warfare.
@ObviousTroll69-i6k7 ай бұрын
Monty was a good general actually
@georice816 ай бұрын
@@ObviousTroll69-i6k I agree. Patton and Bradley were better but this doesn't mean that Montgomery was a bad one. He took a risk and it failed. While Patton came from the USA where the exercise grounds were huge and a large scale sweep using armored vehicles was the norm, Montgomery didn't have that. So Patton was way ahead of Monty in understanding large scale armored warfare. Instead, Monty developed a great expertise in set piece battles. This was his strength.
@ObviousTroll69-i6k6 ай бұрын
@@georice81 Hurtgen Forest and Metz? Patton and Bradley throwing thousands of lives away for small gains.
@georice816 ай бұрын
Patton's third Army had the lowest casualties of any American Army in WWII. Patton was ordered to take Metz. He instead wanted to bypass it. Eisenhower ordered the taking of the Hurtgen forest. Hodges was the First Army commander in charge of that. Montgomery was a better general than both Eisenhower and Hodges.
@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-4 ай бұрын
@@georice81 Montgomerys corps commanders Richard O Connor and Brian Horrocks understood armoured warfare though 😉
@shanemcqueen61293 жыл бұрын
The Allies will never get this right .
@markwoldin1623 жыл бұрын
I would follow Fox to my death.
@JohnnyZenith15 жыл бұрын
Can any American tell me what they think of the British in this film? I want to know for my essay. Thankyou :)
@williamvalentino28955 жыл бұрын
I was a us army paratrooper 79-88 having trained with Brits this portrays the Brits accurately the good n the bad either way they never do anything half assed
@swspartanhwk12 жыл бұрын
they arnt operational but guess what they where
@OneBigRetard16 жыл бұрын
Er... Try 2003.
@SUPERSIXTH14 жыл бұрын
@HenryvKeiper Nice one
@armandogonzales93042 жыл бұрын
Go Airborne...If you Dare!
@HenryvKeiper15 жыл бұрын
He'd be using YOUR MOM, foo'!
@hugh022115 жыл бұрын
...& Mr Brownlow in Oliver Twist(BBC, 2007). ^^
@eugenemurray29405 жыл бұрын
Better than Henry V.
@musicologo1able6 жыл бұрын
he pronounces "gentleman" instead of "gentlemen"!!...otherwise his accent is good!!
@jamescollinson21795 жыл бұрын
He doesn't have an accent, he's British. Did you think he was American?
@Frankie-O4 жыл бұрын
There is a way of saying sit down: AT EASE.
@Rocky-xx2zg11 ай бұрын
The Movie recently played on TCM. I have to wonder, Why did Eisenhower ever approve of that plan. He knew that Montgomery was a dud.
@ObviousTroll69-i6k7 ай бұрын
Montgomery didn’t plan market garden
@Rocky-xx2zg7 ай бұрын
He backed it to the hilt!!! Bad General, bad person,!! @@ObviousTroll69-i6k
@swspartanhwk11 жыл бұрын
yes but you see patton would probably not have done something like market garden. he would of for sure not let infantry be away from the tanks .. witch is funny cuase the british tanks wouldnt move up with out infantry even though they had the airborne where american probably would of.. patton would of had a better plan i mean seriously just look at all his battles and plans they where great success.. i would take patton over mont any day. yes the allies gave there all and i thank them
@stewartnicol30287 жыл бұрын
Matthew Berg Patton was a cunt who sacrificed his soldiers to try to free his son-in-law from a POW Camp.
@Lullaby4547 жыл бұрын
The reason the British tanks didn't move up from Nijmegen to Arnhem was because the British infantry and American paratroopers were still fighting hard in Nijmegen. If the British XXX Corps tried to move to Arnhem they would have been swamped and knocked out before they got near Frost at Arnhem bridge.
@stuartwhigham71466 жыл бұрын
Matthew Berg Except it was Montgomery who planned D-Day. As for Market Garden, it failed due to the failure of 82nd Airborne to take the bridge at Nijmegen on the 1st Day. When it was only guarded by a handful of men. By the time they thought to do it, the SS had arrived. But apparently this is Montgomery’s fault, go figure.
@davidanthony82906 жыл бұрын
Stuart, quite right! Something not shown in the film and not pointed out in most books on the subject. The 82nd failed in their objective to take the Nijmegen bridge and as a consequence XXX corps had to capture the bridge with the help of the 82nd river crossing. The British tanks where across the bridge before Cook reached the North end of the bridge which is not what is portrayed in the film. This delay was the primary reason why MG failed.
@140679135 жыл бұрын
Yes!!! Absolutely correct. The 3 (III, Trois, Tre, Drei) tanks that survived the crossing were supposed to advance 8 miles, unsupported and take on 2 SS Divisions - without Errol Flynn or John Wayne!!! Why neither Gavin or Browning have the nous to capture the bridge, as planned, is beyond me. But it's easy to blame Montgomery isn't it - it also feeds prejudice.@@stuartwhigham7146
@regularchickens16 жыл бұрын
...and a stiff upper lip!
@alvindurochermtl15 жыл бұрын
To be fair no other British officers spoke out casue no one wanted to "rock the boat"
@swspartanhwk12 жыл бұрын
else .. montgomery said it was cuase he didnt get support and supplies when he got all the support and supplies he wasnt man enough to except the blame. all he cared about inmy opinion was beating patton who was better and has proven to be better none of pattons planes failed like. i also lvoe how it was only the americans who actualy did there jobs right in operation market garden. oh and also when the british foudn out there where german tanks there before they dropped they said oh dont worry
@paddy8644 ай бұрын
Garbage. Monty WAS NOT IN COMMAND OF MARKET GARDEN, he said no such thing, he did not consider himself in competition with (the over-rated, under achieving, blow-hard) Patton, whose plans, such as they were, usually failed, See Metz and Operation Baum for example. The operation failed for one reason above all others, the failure to take the Nijmegen Bridge "with thunderclap surprise" on the first day of the Operation as ordered. That failure was the fault of one man, James Gavin, commander of 82Nd AB Division. He was still sitting and looking at the bridge 48hrs later when XXX Corps arrived, eight hours ahead of schedule and expecting to roll straight across it and on to Arnhem. Instead they had to waste another 24 hrs helping the 82nd to take the bridge which had been reinforced by then. Basically, you don't know what you're talking about.
@realistic.optimist3 жыл бұрын
Ah the English arrogance
@darthmike48459 ай бұрын
Great movie
@Frankie-O26 күн бұрын
Richard Attenborough directed such a great movie, spared no expense.