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A Bridge Too Far (film)

Index A Bridge Too Far (film)

A Bridge Too Far is a 1977 epic war film based on the 1974 book of the same name by Cornelius Ryan, adapted by William Goldman. [1]

188 relations: A Bridge Too Far (book), Aérospatiale Alouette II, Adventures in the Screen Trade, Aerial reconnaissance, After the Battle, Air Djibouti, Air International, Airspeed Horsa, Allies of World War II, Alun Armstrong, Anthony Deane-Drummond, Anthony Hopkins, Antony Gibbs, Army Group B, Arnhem, Arthur Hill (actor), Assault boat, Auster, Bailey bridge, Batman (military), Ben Cross, Bernard Montgomery, Box Office Mojo, Brian Horrocks, Brian Urquhart, Brigadeführer, Brigadier, Brigadier general, British Army, Captain (armed forces), Cessna 172, Christopher Good, Colonel, Commanding officer, Cornelius Ryan, Coronet Books, Corporal, David Auker, Denholm Elliott, Deventer, Digby Tatham-Warter, Dirk Bogarde, Djibouti, Donald Douglas (Scottish actor), Donald Pickering, Douglas C-47 Skytrain, Douglas DC-3, Dunstable, Dutch resistance, Edward Fox (actor), ..., Elliott Gould, England, English language, Ensemble cast, Epic film, Erik Chitty, Field marshal, Finnish Air Force, First Allied Airborne Army, Frank Grimes, Fred Williams (actor), Frederick Browning, French Somaliland, Garrick Hagon, Günther Blumentritt, Gene Hackman, General of the Infantry (Germany), Generalfeldmarschall, Geoffrey Unsworth, George Innes, Gerald Lathbury, Gerald Sim, Gerd von Rundstedt, German Army (Wehrmacht), Giles Vandeleur, Grave, Netherlands, Grenadier Guards, Guards Armoured Division, Hamish Hamilton, Hans von Borsody, Hardy Krüger, Hartmut Becker, Hauptsturmführer, Headquarters, Heinz Harmel, Hertfordshire, Hitler Youth, I Airborne Corps (United Kingdom), II SS Panzer Corps, IJssel, Irish Guards, James Caan, James Cleminson, James M. Gavin, James Megellas, Jeep, Jeremy Kemp, Joe Vandeleur, John Addison, John Frost (British Army officer), John Ratzenberger, John Stride, Joseph E. Levine, Julian Cook, Kate ter Horst, Keith Drinkel, Laurence Olivier, LET L-13 Blaník, Lex van Delden (actor), Lieutenant colonel, Lieutenant general, List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (G), Liv Ullmann, London Gliding Club, Luger pistol, LUMIERE, M1911 pistol, Major, Major general, Maximilian Schell, Maxwell D. Taylor, Michael Byrne (actor), Michael Caine, Michael Graham Cox, Moor Park (house), Nazi Germany, Neil Williams (pilot), Netherlands, Nicholas Campbell, Nijmegen, Nijmegen railway bridge, North American T-6 Texan, OB West, Obergruppenführer, Oberscharführer, Operation Market Garden, Panzer, Paul Copley, Paul Maxwell, Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, Peter Faber (actor), Piper PA-23, Poland, Polish Armed Forces, Portuguese Air Force, Private (rank), Rhine, Richard Attenborough, Robert Redford, Robert Sink, Rotten Tomatoes, Roy Urquhart, Royal Air Force, Royal Danish Air Force, Royal Netherlands Air Force, Royal Netherlands Army, Ryan O'Neal, Schutzstaffel, Sean Connery, Second Army (United Kingdom), Second-in-command, Son, North Brabant, Staff sergeant, Stanisław Sosabowski, Stephen Moore (actor), Supermarine Spitfire, Theirs Is the Glory, United Artists, United States, United States Army, Walter Kohut, Walter Model, War film, Wilhelm Bittrich, William Goldman, Wolfgang Preiss, World War II, XXX Corps (United Kingdom), Zutphen, 101st Airborne Division, 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg, 1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom), 1st Independent Parachute Brigade (Poland), 1st Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom), 502nd Infantry Regiment (United States), 504th Infantry Regiment (United States), 506th Infantry Regiment (United States), 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen. Expand index (138 more) »

A Bridge Too Far (book)

Cornelius Ryan's A Bridge Too Far gives an account of Operation Market Garden, a failed Allied attempt to break through German lines at Arnhem in the occupied Netherlands during World War II.

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Aérospatiale Alouette II

The Aérospatiale Alouette II (Lark) is a French light helicopter originally manufactured by Sud Aviation and later Aérospatiale.

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Adventures in the Screen Trade

Adventures in the Screen Trade is a book about Hollywood written in 1983 by American novelist and screenwriter William Goldman.

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Aerial reconnaissance

Aerial reconnaissance is reconnaissance for a military or strategic purpose that is conducted using reconnaissance aircraft.

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After the Battle

After the Battle is a military history magazine published quarterly in the United Kingdom by Battle of Britain International Limited.

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Air Djibouti

Air Djibouti, also known as Red Sea Airlines, is the flag carrier of Djibouti.

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Air International

AIR International is a British aviation magazine covering current defence aerospace and civil aviation topics.

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Airspeed Horsa

The Airspeed AS.51 Horsa was a British troop-carrying glider used during the Second World War.

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Allies of World War II

The Allies of World War II, called the United Nations from the 1 January 1942 declaration, were the countries that together opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War (1939–1945).

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Alun Armstrong

Alan Armstrong (born 17 July 1946), known professionally as Alun Armstrong, is an English actor.

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Anthony Deane-Drummond

Major General Anthony John Deane-Drummond CB, DSO, MC & Bar (23 June 1917 - 4 December 2012) was an officer of the Royal Signals in the British Army, whose career was mostly spent with airborne forces.

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Anthony Hopkins

Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins (born 31 December 1937), better known as Anthony Hopkins, is a Welsh actor, widely considered to be one of the world's greatest living actors.

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Antony Gibbs

Antony Gibbs (sometimes credited as Tony Gibbs; 17 October 1925 – 26 February 2016) was an English film and television editor with more than 40 feature film credits.

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Army Group B

Army Group B (German: Heeresgruppe B) was the title of three German Army Groups that saw action during World War II.

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Arnhem

Arnhem (or; Arnheim, Frisian: Arnhim, South Guelderish: Èrnem) is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands.

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Arthur Hill (actor)

Arthur Edward Spence Hill (August 1, 1922 – October 22, 2006) was a Canadian actor best known for appearances in British and American theatre, films, and television.

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Assault boat

An Assault boat is a boat used for making a landing in combat.

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Auster

Auster Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer from 1938 to 1961.

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Bailey bridge

The Bailey bridge is a type of portable, pre-fabricated, truss bridge.

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Batman (military)

A batman is a soldier or airman assigned to a commissioned officer as a personal servant.

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Ben Cross

Ben Cross (born Harry Bernard Cross; 16 December 1947) is an English stage and film actor, best known for his portrayal of the British Olympic athlete Harold Abrahams in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire.

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Bernard Montgomery

Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, (17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976), nicknamed "Monty" and "The Spartan General", was a senior British Army officer who fought in both the First World War and the Second World War.

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Box Office Mojo

Founded in 1999, Box Office Mojo tracks box office revenue in a systematic, algorithmic way, and publishes the data on its website.

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Brian Horrocks

Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Gwynne Horrocks, (7 September 1895 – 4 January 1985) was a British Army officer, chiefly remembered as the commander of XXX Corps in Operation Market Garden and other operations during the Second World War.

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Brian Urquhart

Sir Brian Urquhart (born 28 February 1919) is a World War II veteran, author and a former Undersecretary-General of the United Nations.

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Brigadeführer

Brigadeführer ("brigade leader") was a paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) that was used between the years of 1932 to 1945.

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Brigadier

Brigadier is a military rank, the seniority of which depends on the country.

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Brigadier general

Brigadier general (Brig. Gen.) is a senior rank in the armed forces.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces.

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Captain (armed forces)

The army rank of captain (from the French capitaine) is a commissioned officer rank historically corresponding to the command of a company of soldiers.

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Cessna 172

The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is an American four-seat, single-engine, high wing, fixed-wing aircraft made by the Cessna Aircraft Company.

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Christopher Good

Christopher Good is an English actor best known for his work on television.

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Colonel

Colonel ("kernel", abbreviated Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank below the brigadier and general officer ranks.

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Commanding officer

The commanding officer (CO) or, if the incumbent is a general officer, commanding general (CG), is the officer in command of a military unit.

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Cornelius Ryan

Cornelius Ryan (5 June 1920 – 23 November 1974) was an Irish journalist and author mainly known for his writings on popular military history, especially his World War II books: ''The Longest Day: 6 June 1944 D-Day'' (1959), ''The Last Battle'' (1966), and ''A Bridge Too Far'' (1974).

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Coronet Books

Coronet Books was established in 1966 as the paperback imprint of Hodder & Stoughton.

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Corporal

Corporal is a military rank in use in some form by many militaries and by some police forces or other uniformed organizations.

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David Auker

David Auker is a British film and television actor.

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Denholm Elliott

Denholm Mitchell Elliott, CBE (31 May 1922 – 6 October 1992) was an English actor, with more than 120 film and television credits.

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Deventer

Deventer is a city and municipality in the Salland region of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands.

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Digby Tatham-Warter

Major Allison Digby Tatham-Warter DSO (21 May 1917 – 21 March 1993), also known as Digby Tatham-Warter or just Digby, was a British Army officer who fought in the Second World War.

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Dirk Bogarde

Sir Dirk Bogarde (born Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde; 28 March 1921 – 8 May 1999) was an English actor and writer.

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Djibouti

Djibouti (جيبوتي, Djibouti, Jabuuti, Gabuuti), officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country located in the Horn of Africa.

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Donald Douglas (Scottish actor)

Donald Douglas (born 7 March 1933) is a Scottish actor who has appeared in films and many well known television shows.

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Donald Pickering

Donald Ellis Pickering (15 November 1933 – 19 December 2009) was an English actor.

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Douglas C-47 Skytrain

The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (RAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner.

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Douglas DC-3

The Douglas DC-3 is a fixed-wing propeller-driven airliner with tailwheel-type landing gear.

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Dunstable

Dunstable is a market town and civil parish located in Bedfordshire, England.

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Dutch resistance

The Dutch resistance to the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands during World War II can be mainly characterized by its prominent non-violence, peaking at over 300,000 people in hiding in the autumn of 1944, tended to by some 60,000 to 200,000 illegal landlords and caretakers and tolerated knowingly by some one million people, including a few incidental individuals among German occupiers and military.

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Edward Fox (actor)

Edward Charles Morice Fox, (born 13 April 1937) is an English stage, film and television actor.

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Elliott Gould

Elliott Gould (born Elliott Goldstein; August 29, 1938) is an American actor.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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Ensemble cast

An ensemble cast is made up of cast members in which multiple principal actors and performers are assigned roughly equal amounts of importance and screen time in a dramatic production.

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Epic film

Epic films are a style of filmmaking with large scale, sweeping scope, and spectacle.

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Erik Chitty

Erik Chitty (8 July 1907 in Dover, Kent – 22 July 1977 Brent, Middlesex), was an English film and television actor.

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Field marshal

Field marshal (or field-marshal, abbreviated as FM) is a very senior military rank, ordinarily senior to the general officer ranks.

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Finnish Air Force

The Finnish Air Force (FAF or FiAF) (Ilmavoimat ("Air Forces"), Flygvapnet) ("Air Arm") is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces.

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First Allied Airborne Army

The First Allied Airborne Army was an Allied formation formed on 2 August 1944 by the order of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force.

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Frank Grimes

Frank Grimes (born 1947) is an Irish stage and screen actor.

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Fred Williams (actor)

Fred Williams (born Friedrich Wilhelm Löcherer; 9 February 1938) is a German actor.

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Frederick Browning

Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Arthur Montague "Boy" Browning, (20 December 1896 – 14 March 1965) was a senior officer of the British Army who has been called the "father of the British airborne forces".

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French Somaliland

French Somaliland (Côte française des Somalis, lit. "French Coast of the Somalis"; Dhulka Soomaaliyeed ee Faransiiska) was a French colony in the Horn of Africa.

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Garrick Hagon

Garrick Hagon (born 27 September 1939) is a British-born, Canadian film, stage, television and radio actor best known for his role as Biggs Darklighter in Star Wars: A New Hope.

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Günther Blumentritt

Günther Blumentritt (10 February 1892 – 12 October 1967) was an officer in World War I, who became a Staff Officer under the Weimar Republic and went on to serve as a general for Nazi Germany during World War II.

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Gene Hackman

Eugene Allen Hackman (born January 30, 1930) is a retired American actor and novelist.

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General of the Infantry (Germany)

General of the Infantry (General der Infanterie; short: General d. Inf.) is a former rank of German Ground forces (de: Heer).

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Generalfeldmarschall

Generalfeldmarschall (general field marshal, field marshal general, or field marshal;; abbreviated to Feldmarschall) was a rank in the armies of several German states and the Holy Roman Empire; in the Habsburg Monarchy, the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary, the rank Feldmarschall was used.

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Geoffrey Unsworth

Geoffrey Gilyard Unsworth, OBE, BSC (26 May 1914 – 28 October 1978) was a British cinematographer who worked on nearly 90 feature films spanning over more than 40 years.

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George Innes

George Innes (born 8 March 1938) is an English actor.

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Gerald Lathbury

General Sir Gerald William Lathbury, (14 July 1906 – 16 May 1978) was a senior British Army officer who fought during the Second World War, serving with distinction with the British Army's airborne forces, commanding the 1st Parachute Brigade in Sicily, Italy and Holland.

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Gerald Sim

Gerald Grant Sim (4 June 1925 – 11 December 2014) was an English television and film actor who is perhaps best known for playing the Rector in To the Manor Born.

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Gerd von Rundstedt

Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt (12 December 1875 – 24 February 1953) was a Field Marshal in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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German Army (Wehrmacht)

The German Army (Heer) was the land forces component of the Wehrmacht, the regular German Armed Forces, from 1935 until it was demobilized and later dissolved in August 1946.

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Giles Vandeleur

Lieutenant-Colonel Giles Alexander Meysey Vandeleur, DSO (2 September 1911 – 9 March 1978) was a British Army officer during the Second World War.

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Grave, Netherlands

Grave (formerly De Graaf) is a municipality in the Dutch province North Brabant.

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Grenadier Guards

The Grenadier Guards (GREN GDS) is an infantry regiment of the British Army.

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Guards Armoured Division

The Guards Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army during the Second World War.

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Hamish Hamilton

Hamish Hamilton Limited was a British book publishing house, founded in 1931 eponymously by the half-Scot half-American Jamie Hamilton (Hamish is the vocative form of the Gaelic 'Seumas', James the English form – which was also his given name, and Jamie the diminutive form).

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Hans von Borsody

Hans von Borsody (20 September 1929 – 4 November 2013) was a German film actor.

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Hardy Krüger

Hardy Krüger (born Franz Eberhard August Krüger; 12 April 1928) is a German actor who appeared in more than 60 films since 1944.

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Hartmut Becker

Hartmut Becker (born 6 May 1938 in Berlin) is a German actor.

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Hauptsturmführer

Hauptsturmführer ("head storm leader") was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was used in several Nazi organizations such as the SS, NSKK and the NSFK.

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Headquarters

Headquarters (commonly referred to as HQ or HD) is/are the locations where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are coordinated.

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Heinz Harmel

Heinz Harmel (29 June 1906 – 2 September 2000) was a German SS commander during the Nazi era.

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Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire (often abbreviated Herts) is a county in southern England, bordered by Bedfordshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Essex to the east, Buckinghamshire to the west and Greater London to the south.

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Hitler Youth

The Hitler Youth (German:, often abbreviated as HJ in German) was the youth organisation of the Nazi Party in Germany.

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I Airborne Corps (United Kingdom)

The I Airborne Corps was an airborne forces corps raised by the British Army during the Second World War.

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II SS Panzer Corps

The II SS Panzer Corps was a German Waffen-SS armoured corps which saw action on both the Eastern and Western Fronts during World War II.

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IJssel

The river IJssel (Iessel(t)), sometimes called Gelderse IJssel ("Gueldern IJssel") to avoid confusion with the Hollandse IJssel, is the branch of the Rhine in the Dutch provinces of Gelderland and Overijssel.

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Irish Guards

The Irish Guards (IG), part of the Guards Division, is one of the Foot Guards regiments of the British Army and, together with the Royal Irish Regiment, it is one of the two Irish infantry regiments in the British Army.

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James Caan

James Edmund Caan (born March 26, 1940) is an American actor.

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James Cleminson

Sir James Arnold Stacey Cleminson, KBE, MC (31 August 1921 – 14 September 2010) was a prominent British soldier and businessman, was decorated for his service during the Battle of Arnhem after fighting in the North African Campaign and escaping while a prisoner of war in the Italian Campaign during the Second World War.

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James M. Gavin

James Maurice "Jumpin' Jim" Gavin (March 22, 1907 – February 23, 1990) was a senior United States Army officer, with the rank of lieutenant general, who was the third Commanding General (CG) of the 82nd Airborne Division during World War II.

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James Megellas

James Megellas (born March 11, 1917) is a retired United States Army officer who commanded a platoon in Company "H" of the 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 82nd Airborne Division during World War II.

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Jeep

Jeep is a brand of American automobiles that is a division of FCA US LLC (formerly Chrysler Group, LLC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.

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Jeremy Kemp

Jeremy Kemp (born 3 February 1935) is an English actor.

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Joe Vandeleur

Brigadier John Ormsby Evelyn Vandeleur, DSO and Bar, ON (14 November 1903 – 4 August 1988), usually known as Joe Vandeleur from his initials, was an Anglo-Irish British Army officer who served in the Second World War.

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John Addison

John Mervyn Addison (16 March 19207 December 1998) was a British composer best known for his film scores.

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John Frost (British Army officer)

Major General John Dutton (Johnny) Frost CB, DSO & Bar, MC, DL (31 December 1912 – 21 May 1993) was an airborne officer of the British Army best known for being the leader of the small group of British airborne troops that actually arrived at Arnhem bridge during the Battle of Arnhem in Operation Market Garden, in World War II.

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John Ratzenberger

John Dezso Ratzenberger (born April 6, 1947) from Ratzenberger's official website is an American actor, voice actor, and entrepreneur.

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John Stride

John Edward Stride (11 July 1936 – 20 April 2018) was an English actor best known for his television work during the 1970s.

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Joseph E. Levine

Joseph Edward Levine (September 9, 1905 – July 31, 1987) was an American film producer.

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Julian Cook

Colonel Julian Aaron Cook (October 7, 1916 – June 19, 1990) was an officer of the United States Army who gained fame during World War II for his crossing of the Waal river during Operation Market Garden in September 1944.

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Kate ter Horst

Kate ter Horst MBE (born 6 July 1906, Amsterdam – 21 February 1992, Oosterbeek) was a Dutch full-time housewife and mother who tended wounded and dying Allied soldiers during the Battle of Arnhem.

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Keith Drinkel

Keith Drinkel (born 14 November 1944) is an English actor.

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Laurence Olivier

Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, (22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century.

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LET L-13 Blaník

The L-13 Blaník is a two-seater trainer glider produced by Let Kunovice since 1956.

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Lex van Delden (actor)

Alex (Lex) van Delden (21 June 1947 - 6 October 2010) was a Dutch actor and singer.

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Lieutenant colonel

Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.

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Lieutenant general

Lieutenant general, lieutenant-general and similar (abbrev Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries.

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List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (G)

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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Liv Ullmann

Liv Johanne Ullmann (born 16 December 1938) is a Norwegian actress and film director.

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London Gliding Club

The London Gliding Club (LGC) is a members' club whose airfield is located at the foot of the Dunstable Downs.

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Luger pistol

The Pistole Parabellum—or Parabellum-Pistole (Pistol Parabellum), commonly known in the United States as just Luger—is a toggle-locked recoil-operated semi-automatic pistol produced in several models and by several nations from 1898 to 1948.

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LUMIERE

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M1911 pistol

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Major

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Maxwell D. Taylor

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Michael Byrne (actor)

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Michael Caine

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Michael Graham Cox

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Moor Park (house)

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Nazi Germany

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Neil Williams (pilot)

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Netherlands

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Nicholas Campbell

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Nijmegen

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Nijmegen railway bridge

The Nijmegen railway bridge is a truss bridge spanning the River Waal, connecting the city of Nijmegen to the town of Lent in the Netherlands.

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North American T-6 Texan

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OB West

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Obergruppenführer

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Oberscharführer

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Operation Market Garden

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Panzer

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Paul Copley

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Paul Maxwell

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Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington

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Peter Faber (actor)

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Piper PA-23

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Poland

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Polish Armed Forces

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Portuguese Air Force

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Private (rank)

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Rhine

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Richard Attenborough

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Robert Redford

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Robert Sink

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Roy Urquhart

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Royal Air Force

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Royal Danish Air Force

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Royal Netherlands Air Force

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Royal Netherlands Army

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Ryan O'Neal

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Schutzstaffel

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Sean Connery

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Second Army (United Kingdom)

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Second-in-command

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Son, North Brabant

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Staff sergeant

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Stanisław Sosabowski

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Supermarine Spitfire

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Theirs Is the Glory

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United Artists

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United States Army

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Walter Kohut

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Walter Model

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War film

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Wilhelm Bittrich

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William Goldman

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Wolfgang Preiss

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World War II

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XXX Corps (United Kingdom)

XXX Corps (30 Corps) was a corps of the British Army during the Second World War.

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Zutphen

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101st Airborne Division

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10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg

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1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom)

The 1st Airborne Division was an airborne infantry division of the British Army during the Second World War.

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1st Independent Parachute Brigade (Poland)

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1st Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 1st Parachute Brigade was an airborne forces brigade formed by the British Army during the Second World War.

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502nd Infantry Regiment (United States)

The 502nd Infantry Regiment (502nd INF), previously titled the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment (502nd PIR), is an airborne infantry regiment of the United States Army.

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504th Infantry Regiment (United States)

The 504th Infantry Regiment, originally the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (504th PIR), is an airborne forces regiment of the United States Army, part of the 82nd Airborne Division, with a long and distinguished history.

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506th Infantry Regiment (United States)

The 506th Infantry Regiment, originally designated the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (506th PIR) during World War II, is an airborne light infantry regiment of the United States Army.

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9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen

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References

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