A Bridge Too Far (1977)

In September 1944. flush with success after the Normandy Invasion, the Allies confidently launched Operation Market Garden, a wild scheme intended to put an early end to the Second World War by invading Germany and smashing the Reich's war plans. However, a combination of battlefield politics, faulty intelligence, bad luck and worse weather led to disaster. An epic retelling of World War II's most tragic blunder, A Bridge Too Far meticulously depicts the ambitious plan which resulted in more Allied casualties chuan the entire Normandy landing Painstakingly recreated on actual battlefield locations and beating a remarkable all-star cast, A Bridge Too For accurately recaptures the monumental scope, excitement and danger behind one of the biggest military gambles in history.