Operation Market Garden

[Kelly]

Watched 'A Bridge Too Far' today. Excellent movie. Which led me to this thread. A couple of good sites all about Operation Market Garden.

http://www.rememberseptember44.com/rs44.htm

http://www.marketgarden.com/2010/UK/frames.html

Market Garden, if successful, would've ended the War by Christmas 1944.

[Jim]

Nice sites Kelly, i have added these to my favs.. :)

[Dave]

...if successful...

Aye, big bloody if as it turned out. That great line from the Polish Brigadier (gene hackman) on having the operation explained to him by Monty (edward fox): "What about the Germans Sir?" lol.

Check out this short newsreel vid, from this very site's vid collection ! Upbeat or what ?! Talk about fiddling while Rome burns...

http://www.war44.com/forum/downloads.php?do=file&id=103

[Kelly]

Aye, big bloody if as it turned out. That great line from the Polish Brigadier (gene hackman) on having the operation explained to him by Monty (edward fox): "What about the Germans Sir?" lol.

Check out this short newsreel vid, from this very site's vid collection ! Upbeat or what ?! Talk about fiddling while Rome burns...

http://www.war44.com/forum/downloads.php?do=file&id=103

erm..... Lt. Gen. Brian Horrocks played by Edward Fox (sorry dave):p
Another great quote from the philosophical Polish General, Maj. General Stanislaw Sosabowski, :God bless Field Marshall Montgomery. as he prepared to jump from a plane.

Ps, that 'Nero' film is excellent.

[Kelly]

Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning: Only the weather can stop us now.
General Stanislaw Sosaboski: Weather. What of the Germans, General Browning. Don't you think that if we know Arnhem is so critical to their safety that they might know it too?
Lt. General Frederick Browning: See here, General Sosaboski, I should think you would have more faith in Field Marshal Montgomery's plan.
General Stanislaw Sosaboski: Faith? I will tell you how much faith I have. I am thinking of asking for a letter from you stating that I was ordered to go on this mission in case my men are massacred.
Lt. General Frederick Browning: I see... I do see. Do you wish such a letter?
General Stanislaw Sosaboski: No... In the case of massacre: what difference will it make?

This is the passage to which you refer me thinks, Dave

[Dave]

That's it Kelly! thanks, accurate as always.

I am just reading that Sosabowski was something of a figure of fun among the British, for the theatrical way he presented his concerns. After the fact of the failure, of course, it was plain that his reservations were well founded:

Browning, Urquhart (Sean Connery!-Ed.) , Hicks and several British battalion COs performed inadequately. After the Operation, Browning received one of the least deserved knighthoods awarded to a wartime general, and spitefully insisted on the sacking of Sosabowski.....

from Max Hastings, Armageddon, p67.

[Kelly]

Seen an old friend yesterday, told me about his Uncle. Allegedly, he was the 1st man on the ground at Arnhem....???He's currently researching him so as and when he has something solid, I'll ask him for permission to post it in here.

[Jim]

Sounds good Kelly, would love to see his work, please keep us posted..

[Dave]

Hey nice scoop Kelly, 'hope it comes off !

[Kelly]

UPDATE: My mate has said when he sorts it out, I can post the lot.:yeah: