Operation Market Garden 1944 RAW British footage - Reel 1
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Episode 178
Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation during the Second World War fought in the German-occupied Netherlands from 17 to 27 September 1944. Its objective was to create a 64 mi (103 km) salient into German territory with a bridgehead over the River Rhine, creating an Allied invasion route into northern Germany. This was to be achieved by two sub-operations: seizing nine bridges with combined U.S. and British airborne forces (Market) followed by land forces swiftly following over the bridges (Garden).
The airborne operation was planned and undertaken by the First Allied Airborne Army with the land operation by XXX Corps of the British Second Army. It was the largest airborne operation of the war up to that point.
Although the operation succeeded in liberating the Dutch cities of Eindhoven and Nijmegen along with many towns, and limited V-2 rocket launching sites, it failed to secure a bridgehead over the Rhine, with the advance being halted at the river.
Geography
A World War II military operation fought in the Netherlands from Sept. 17 to 25, 1944. Highway 69 (later nicknamed "Hell's Highway") leading through the planned route was two lanes wide, partly raised above a surrounding flat terrain of polder or floodplain. The ground on either side of the highway was in places too soft to support tactical vehicle movement and there were numerous dikes and drainage ditches. Dikes tended to be topped by trees or large bushes, and roads and paths were lined with trees. In early autumn this meant that observation would be seriously restricted.
There were six major water obstacles between the XXX Corps' jumping-off point and the objective of the north bank of the Nederrijn: the Wilhelmina Canal at Son en Breugel 100 feet (30 m) wide; the Zuid-Willems Canal at Veghel 80 feet (20 m); the Maas River at Grave 800 feet (240 m); the Maas-Waal Canal 200 feet (60 m); the Waal River at Nijmegen 850 feet (260 m); and the Nederrijn at Arnhem 300 feet (90 m). Plans were made to seize bridges across all these obstacles nearly simultaneously - any failure to do so could result in serious delay or even defeat. In case bridges were demolished by the Germans, XXX Corps had plans to rebuild them. To this end, a vast quantity of bridging material was collected, along with 2,300 vehicles to carry it and 9,000 engineers to assemble it.
Although the area is generally flat and open with less than 30 feet (9 m) of variation in altitude, Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks, commander of XXX Corps recalled that "The country was wooded and rather marshy which made any outflanking operation impossible."[13] There were two important hill areas, 300 feet (90 m) high, that represented some of the highest ground in the Netherlands; one north and west of Arnhem and one in the 82nd Airborne Division's zone, the Groesbeek ridge. Seizure and defence of this elevated terrain was considered to be vital to holding the highway bridges.
If these guys could see us now!
Thanks for sharing. It really brings it home that these were real people, real men and women living through what we consider historical events.
Thanks again!
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They'd roll in their graves
Yes, the raw material is interesting
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Another outstanding clip. First Class!
Thanks Juergen
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OK so this is kind of a new format for your YT channel but I have to say i love it!!! This is more like the amazing raw footage that you post on your Patreon site that I look forward to seeing every time you put it out. I am a huge fan of the first hand accounts of combat but adding in the raw never before seen (by me) footage on this platform gives it a little more variety. And I have to say that it is literally captivating to watch!
Yes and no Ian. I want to produce more ambitious productions that last 15, 20 or 30 min long but of course they take a long time to create. If I put out some raw material which takes much less time to process I can still keep up my upload frequency. This was a test and it seems that people also like it. I've got another 8 reels or so from this collection and then maybe 20 (?) from private break out of Normandy reels. What do you think?
@@M1945 OH man that sounds like a great plan! I would love to see the longer productions as I always want to see more when you are covering the personal accounts. The raw films are so amazing as there are so many little details that have been left out of the main stream documentary films that you can catch a glimpse of. I think you have a great plan.
@@M1945I agree the raw footage has great interest too
My grandpa was @ Nimwjegan w/ 508 PIR 82nd A/B Division . He was a medic w/ capt.s rank and carried a .30;cal. Carbine ; optional for medics in Parachute , or Special op units .
How do you aim? Are they just sending shells hoping they hit something?
I should imagine it's abit like ground mount gpmg map predictions, that's how we did it when I was in fire sapport group ,
Get given a distance and location then you sort out you elevation and directions, using a map
Then obviously depending where rounds land and fire for effect
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Dropped right in the middle of 2 German Panzer Divisions, both of them, SS.....was it 9th, 10th SS Panzer Divisions which were the last of the German SS Divisions of old
Yes it was, although they were quite depleted divisions, they were in rest and refit, although still quite a formidable fighting force
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One of the most chilling scenes in the film......
Para -"I was surprised to see Bittrich's Panzer troops here Sir"
Frost -well, you didn't believe that stuff about old men on bicycles?"
The lack of dental care on most of the British soldiers is terrible. All those rotting teeth! And at 9:10 in this video, I do not understand why the British soldiers are picking through a pile of Enfield rifles?
Exactly what I was wondering too!
They are recovering the ammunition.
They kept the dental care simple in those days... a set of pliers and some booze
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Polish soldiers
Yawn..
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This happend very close to where I live. Been to the Arnhem dorpzone MANY times.
I'd love to visit myself
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Man, that 7.2" howitzer had a serious kick to it. I can only imagine the deafening sound it produced when the ol laynard was pulled! Thanks for sharing this footage, very interesting stuff.
Right on!
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Episode 178
As a former artillerie mann myself, that was hard to watch their laborious operation.
You're amazing. Great content all the time every time.😊
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Polish and British paratroopers
Im pretty sure my old pal and Neighbour is in that group shot towards the end of the clip .Not 100% Certain but i know a face now sadly passed away some years now may He and all his Old Pals Rest in Peace !..cheers for showing us all this lets see more!😆
Oh, that's really interesting Daniel. Yes RIP to your friend
That curved recoil ramp for wheels has to be one of the most idiotic artillary gear designs I've seen......video footage however is very good....thanks....
Fascinating footage; they were such brave and well-motivated men. Sadly, There was very little chance that Montgomery's; Operation Market Garden would succeed; it was over-complicated, the timing had to be nearly perfect, and there was very little chance the desired objectives could have been captured in the allotted timeline; OMG was sheer folly.
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Please stay with the Eastern Front in your videos.
Please don't complain for no reason
I do like the Eastern Front, but can't promise to only cover it. Thanks for your passion
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Fascinating, where do you get these gems,looking forward to return of Kurt and Surgeons memoirs sound very interesting,As ever thanks M45:-)
Glad you enjoyed it
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@@M1945 Thanks for reminding me,can't believe I missed it.
I see knowing wrong on this raw footage, post more if you want and the new series on a German surgeon sounds good as getting back to the one on Kurt
Will do Craig, thanks
A really fantastic video. Amazing thank you for all your hard work. I truly appreciate it
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Smell the antique ish , smell ,
Wow loving this thank you for what you do fred
My pleasure. New vid coming out tomorrow!
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That is some really interesting footage! Please keep doing what you're doing.
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Operation stockholm syndrome
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Thank you for saving this piece of history.
8:00 British Para survivors who made it back across the Rhine and have not yet had time to clean up. The expressions of trauma fresh. A black and white film was made shortly after the war with many Market Garden veterans back among the actual battle damaged bridges, buildings and tanks. Likely they needed the work and the seldom chance for a low paid working class Brit of those times for European travel.
Thanks for the added info. I've got more reels of this going up over the next weeks.
@@M1945 look like polish paratroopers
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The film to which you refer is called "Theirs is the Glory" and can be found on TH-cam.
A lady that watches history movies :)@@veronicabennett4359
Where you get such amazing footage is beyond me, but thank you 🙏
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"How the hell do they expect us to keep schedule on a road like this?"
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What great mighty gun! What's the calibre?
That I don't know
The Gun I believe is a BL 7.2-inch Howitzer.
The calibre of the piece is a whopping 182.9 mm.
Actually much larger then what I had at first recalled.
@@Snipar_Skelling Suitable main armament for a Heavy Cruiser. Whopping indeed. In WW2 that was HEAVY artillery.
Awesome to watch the whole narration free clip!!!.
You like it better raw like this?
@@M1945 I think at the end of the day its all about the raw footage for me but that only is my opinion,im sure other followers of this channel enjoy your narration also,cheers for putting this clip together.
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No way they parachuted that howitzer in
Yes, seems unlikely
This unit would have been attached to 30 corps.
Providing fire support to the airborne forces at arnhem.
The biggest artillery piece the brits had at arnhem was the 17 pounder anti tank gun.
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@@pauldurkee4764 yes, there were several 17pdrs, plenty of 6pdrs, the 75mm howitzers, and even a couple of 20mm Polsten AAA guns
The Brits. " We have a gun." The Russians. " We have miles of them." Then show miles of them.
Thanks for sharing. 👍
Thank you too
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La grey anglo - americana entro, inteligentemente, tan tarde como pudo en escena. El enemigo casi siempre combatió en condiciones de inferioridad . El hueso le tocó a la URSS.
The British were in the war from the beginning after the Nazis and their Soviet allies jointly invaded Poland to kick it off. The Soviets didn’t start fighting the Germans until their former friends invaded nearly two years later.
@@Chris-7367 la “Drole de Guerre” y la huida en Dunkerque, dejó bastante claro en qué consistía el elan de la Grand Armée y la tropa expedicionaria británica, a partir de entonces todo consistió en bombardear ciudades alemanas. El hecho de que dictaduras totalitarias se pongan de acuerdo durante un tiempo y luego se ataquen no es nada extraño. Stalin se desgañitaba pidiendo un segundo frente, por la despiadado ataque que Rusia estaba sufriendo. Inteligentemente la pérfida Albión dejaba que se desangraran con placer ambos contendientes. Las batallas aéreas y navales son una cosa y otra cosa muy diferente es ganar suelo derramando sangre eso es lo que hicieron los rusos. La ascensión angloamericana por la península itálica fue lenta y penosa y hacía presagiar grandes dificultadles, la solución estaba en manos del carnicero Harris y la mentalidad de Eisenhower.