Solid antiwar fare toward the end of the antiwar movement

Rating: 7/10 (24 March 2009)

A Bridge Too Far is about a later operation in the war where Field Marshal Montgomery has convinced Supreme Allied Commander Eisenhower of his plan Market Garden. According to the Wikipedia article, This was the largest aerial operation of all time, where waves of paratroopers were dropped in the Netherlands to try to secure several bridges for a northern invasion into Germany. The movie, and presumably the book it was based on, makes it clear that the field general in charge ignored important intelligence information that would have counterindicated the operation.
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