Het loopt tegen het einde van de Tweede Wereldoorlog. De Duitsers hebben het grootste deel van Frankrijk verloren en de geallieerde troepen besluiten hen de beslissende slag toe te dienen. Het plan is duizenden soldaten te droppen achter de linies in Nederland en daar een paar sleutelposten vast te houden, tot er versterking aankomt. De belangrijkste post is de brug bij Arnhem; wanneer deze is veroverd, ligt de route naar het westen van Duitsland open.

Screen superstars Clark Gable ("Gone With The Wind," "It Happened One Night") and sultry bombshell Lana Turner ("Peyton Place," "The Postman Always Rings Twice") team-up in this intriguing WWII drama. Suspected of being a Nazi spy, Dutch-resistance member Turner is given a last chance mission to redeem herself. Gable is an intelligence agent of the exiled Dutch government, who falls in love with her. Co-starring Victor Mature ("My Darling Clementine") and Oscar-nominee Louis Calhern ("The Asphalt Jungle").

September 1944. De Slag om Arnhem was een van de meest gedurfde maar uiteindelijk controversiële veldslagen uit de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Luchtlandingsdroppings in Nederland moesten belangrijke bruggen veiligstellen op de route die zou worden ingenomen door grondtroepen die zich haastten om voet aan de grond te krijgen over de Rijn. Als het was gelukt, had het de oorlog tegen Kerstmis 1944 kunnen beëindigen.

Jumping in to Drop Zones eight to ten miles from Arnhem on the second day of Operation Market Garden was always going to be difficult for Brigadier “Shan” Hackett's 4th British Parachute Brigade. With little information on how 1 Para Brigade's battle went the day before or what faced them on the ground the stage was set for an epic battle. John Waddy, v company commander in 156 Para Battalion and a team of Arnhem experts cover the ground where 4 Para Brigade fought with 9 SS Pz Div in the woods to the west of Arnhem in what was to be an unequal but heroic battle; the result of a flawed concept and plan.Driven back the Brigade was withdrawing across LZ P when the Polish heavy lift gliders swept in to cause. Captain Quirepel was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross for his action in helping stem the enemy advance long enough for the Paratroopers to escape across the railway embankment by nightfall.

The Battle of Arnhem, fought in the early autumn of 1944, remains without a doubt the most hotly debated battle of the North West European Campaign, both then and now. From its inception in the sixteen cancelled airborne operations during August, we will chart the problems, many of which were ignored by men desperate to get into battle, the compromises and mistakes that pitched lightly armed and ill equipped paratroopers and glider infantry into an unequal struggle against an SS panzer troops. We follow the eight mile route that 2 Para took to reach the bridge at Arnhem, slipping through the German defences.In Part 2, a separate film we look at their epic battle.

Following on from the story of Hell's Highway, the series reaches the battle to seize the great Bridges over two of Europe's largest water ways; the Maas and the Waal at Nijmegen. Here the 82nd US airborne were, as elsewhere, denied coup de main attacks to seize the bridges by the air commanders. While the Grave Bridge was captured, confusion in US orders meant that the barely defended bridge in Nijmegen was only attacked when the Germans had taken the opportunity to reinforce the garrison. The resulting battle to regain control of the situation is an epic of Anglo-American military history. This programme tells the story of the amazing courage of the American and British soldiers who won this battle against desperate odds.

With 2 Para isolated at the Arnhem Bridge and both 1 and 4 Para Brigades thwarted in their attempts to fight their way into Arnhem and falling back, what became the Oosterbeek Perimeter started to form around Divisional HQ at the Hartenstein Hotel. Beaten but not defeated, the remnants of 1st Airborne Division fought a grim battle with the SS supported by reinforcements and armour rushed to Oosterbeek from all over the West. Veterans and experienced battlefield guides vividly relate their experiences and take the viewer to the scene of the action. The seven days of grim and bloody fighting in the Oosterbeek Perimeter was amongst the hardest fought of all the battles in the West. It was one that the SS veterans of the Eastern Front in the Hohenstaufen Division christened the Hexenkessel or “Witches Cauldron”. All the while the the airborne soldiers were waiting for XXX Corps to arrive from the south, with the enemy pressing ever closer.

Hard Bass is one of the main hardstyle events in the Netherlands. Last February b2s organized already the 4th edition in the Gelredome and again masterful images are shot. Experience this fantastic night again on DVD or Blu-ray ( the two discs contain the same content) In full HD. All the highlights from the spectacular shows and performances of the sixteen top DJ's divided into four teams: Yellow, Red, Green and Blue are stipulated. The best tracks and mixes of artists such as; Headhunterz, Zatox B-Front, Wildtstylez, Brennan Heart and many others will pass by. This is a real must have for anyone who has been present on 11th of February 2012 or just want to feel the vibe of this amazing event