3 real historical locations · Netherlands
Richard Attenborough's epic account of Operation Market Garden in September 1944 — the ambitious Allied plan to seize key Dutch bridges and outflank the German line. Despite stunning early successes, the operation collapsed at Arnhem, where British paratroopers were overrun waiting for armour that never arrived.
CinemaMapped has mapped 3 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning Netherlands.
Operation Market Garden — British paratroopers hold the Arnhem bridge against overwhelming German armour. September 1944.
Lt. Col. John Frost's 2nd Battalion held the north end of Arnhem Bridge for four days with dwindling ammunition and no relief coming. Of 10,000 British airborne troops who landed at Arnhem, only 2,163 returned across ...
View location →The assault crossing of the Waal River at Nijmegen by American paratroopers under heavy fire.
On September 20, 1944, the 504th Parachute Infantry crossed the 400-metre wide Waal River in flimsy canvas boats under withering fire. Of 260 men who crossed, 48 were killed and 200 wounded — yet they secured the far ...
View location →The 101st Airborne's first objective — securing Eindhoven and its bridges so XXX Corps can advance north toward Arnhem.
Eindhoven was liberated September 18, 1944. The celebration turned to tragedy the same evening when a Luftwaffe bombing raid killed 227 Dutch civilians. The route from Eindhoven north to Arnhem — 'Hell's Highway' — wa...
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