歐戰尾聲，盟軍上下逐漸瀰漫著樂觀的情緒。為了提前結束戰爭，各地盟軍將領認為只要一番猛攻，便可提早直搗柏林結束戰爭。於是輕率地將大批傘兵空投在德軍營地背後，去攻佔阿納姆的那座橫跨萊茵河的大橋。不料遭遇德軍的頑強抵抗，盟軍付出了傷亡慘重的代價。這場堪稱二戰中最具戲劇性的戰役，終以盟軍的慘痛失敗而告終。由奧斯卡金像獎得獎導演理查德·阿滕伯勒執導的戰爭巨片《奪橋遺恨》，根據科尼利厄斯·瑞恩的同名小說改編而成。影片表現和謳歌了盟軍在二戰中浴血奮戰的鬥爭精神，被譽為電影史上的超級戰爭巨片。本片的明星陣容空前強大，聚集了諸如詹姆斯·卡恩、邁克爾·凱恩、肖恩·康納利、羅伯特·雷德福、安東尼·霍普金斯等數國的數十位明星。本片榮獲1978年第31屆英國電影和電視藝術學院獎最佳攝影、最佳男配角、最佳原聲等多項大獎與提名。
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. The Battle of Arnhem was one of the most audacious but ultimately controversial battles of the Second World War. Airborne drops in Holland were to secure important bridges on the route to be taken by ground forces racing to gain a foothold across the Rhine. Had it succeeded it might have ended the war by Christmas 1944.
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.
On February 11th 2012, b2s organized the 4th edition of Hard Bass, one of the main hardstyle events in the Netherlands. Experience all the highlights from the spectacular shows and performances of the sixteen top DJ's divided into four teams: Yellow, Red, Green and Blue. This is a real must have for anyone who has been present on or just want to feel the vibe of this amazing event.