Revisiting The Locations Of Operation Market Garden

[@hughmnyks]

Thank-you so much much for this excellent little documentary. My uncle, Pte. Hugh C. Matthews, a radio operator of the 3rd Battalion, was shot in the foot near the bridge while out and about bringing wounded colleagues to safety. His chap he shared his radio with, Jim Ward, wrote that Hugh had crashed into his chute on the way down. Hugh was taken prisoner (Stalag IV D, REI 113) and gangrene eventually got his foot. He died in hospital in Wittenberg, Germany in January 1945, aged 22. May he and his fellow soldiers never be forgotten.

[@joepalooka2145]

Anyone who has ever visited Arnhem and Oosterbeek and Eindhoven and the places where the battle happened, knows how moving it is to imagine the terrible death and suffering that took place there in 1944. The incredible courage, heroism, and sacrifice of those who fought and died to give us the freedoms we enjoy today, must never be forgotten. The people of Holland will always keep their memory alive.

[@gh87716]

BS. The British Zionists were helping the commies take over half of Europe.

[@OldWolflad]

Thank you for this, my uncle always felt so guilty about the mess that was left in Arnhem, and for the fact that we lost and left the wonderful Dutch civilians to the Germans. After the war, he said about the first rememberance, the British tried to do it quietly as they didn't expect the Dutch to welcome them. But it moved him to tears every time he thought of the wonderful welcome they still got form the Dutch.

[@dagger6467]

My Grandfather was Crew Chief on a C-47 "The Yvette of Boston" for 46 Group IX Troop Carrier Command. He flew 4 missions during the operation.

[@grisjag.6944]

I 'm living in these cities for most part of my life. I have always had a weak spot for these Airbornes and often visit the graveyard to show my respect.

[@spinaway]

Thankyou.

[@crafter170]

That's nice .Really nice. X

[@sonsofthesilentage994]

Bless you

[@williamsoileau1802]

Very well done indeed, gotta say I love that MB of yours, I have a 1943 gun jeep, anyways an uncle of mine, SGM Ray Davis, all airborne, all 3 wars, WW2, KOREAN War and Vietnam was first in 82d., Sicily and Salerno then 101 D Day, Holland, the bulge then into Germany. He made 98 then passed away, humble, quite, loved his gardening and yardwork, never told anyone no, he inspired me to join the service, I saw him in his Class As, look the fruit salad, hash marks and overseas stripes but it was his jumps boots, high gloss. Thank you for what you do in keeping him alive along with all the others and family members. Because of you they'll not ever die.

[@MrLongbow1415]

As Brit, big thanks to the Dutch. lovely people. Massive love from England. x

[@QueenCoreen1]

My mother, Jantje Brink, lived in Wolfheze. She was 17 years old in 1944. She was working at the school for the blind on September 17, 1944. I love having a more visual depiction of all the things she has shared with all of our family. My Uncle was the town clerk of Oosterbeek for many years.

[@4700_Dk]

Greetings from Denmark 🇩🇰, Thank you for keeping the memory alive.

[@adamedwards1937]

Visited the museum last June, very moving. This documentary is in of itself now an historical artifact as to how the museum was prevously laid out.

[@mikkoveijalainen7430]

I'm going to Arnhem in August. The Airborne Museum is on my to do -list.

[@Somerset_Rockape]

Here on Arnhem for the 75th anniversary, and I FOUND THE TREE at 31.00. Made my weekend!

[@davidhowe6693]

hi fantastic video, I love theirs is the glory, a great film and a great tribute to the brave soldiers british , polish and the brave dutch civilians who fought and died in that desperate battle. very interesting to see the places where it was film and I love the stories from the young boys who were there when it was beening filmed exspecially the story about the young boy playing football near the minefield , well done great video

[@pinz2022]

I remember touring the battlefield in 1979 on summer vacay (we were stationed in Bonn at the time). Awesome.

[@smudge4071]

Thank You. We Will Remember Them.

[@raymondbristow4007]

I visited Arnhem in 1994 with the Hull branch of the Airborne Forces Association so I had several guides who veterans of the Battle. One particular friend, Ron, a Veteran was proud to point out his Gun, (Artillery piece) identified by battle damage, that is one of the two outside of the museum. In the film, the correspondent said, "If a man tells you he fought at Arnhem, take off your hat and buy him a drink." Well, I took Ron and his wife out to dinner in Arnhem. Still serving, I had the opportunity to Jump in on that anniversary, but I opted to travel with the veterans instead. Rons Grandson was in the same Class at primary school as my daughter.

[@lawrencemyers3623]

Excellent little documentary. Thanks for posting.

[@BruceK10032]

For all those who are interested, I highly recommend the Antony Beevor book on the "Battle of Arnhem." "A Bridge Too Far" is all very well, but the Beevor book is more recent, represents a lot of additional research, and has a lot of detail that the Ryan book doesn't have. And Beevor tells the story very well. And it pays a lot of attention to the horrors that the civilians went through.

[@frankvandergoes298]

Two very good books are It Never Snows in September and Kampfraum Arnhiem, lots of photos and very accurate.

[@BruceK10032]

@@frankvandergoes298 Thanks! I'll have to check those out.

[@thevillaaston7811]

Its all been done, long before Antony Beevor put digits to a keyboard, mainly done by people who were actually there.

[@lawrencemyers3623]

You might want to add Middlebrook's "Arnhem 1944" which covers every phase of the battle in great detail with many first hand accounts.

[@arriviste2020]

Excellent presentation by a very charming and attractive young lady. There were a lot of 'Par's" that expressed remorse at the carnage and damage done to the city of Arnhem and it was very magnanimous of the Dutch people to forgive the disaster. One has to love the 'cloggies':;)

[@pinz2022]

arriviste2020 The worst part is what happened later. The Germans took their revenge on the Dutch civilians by restricting their food supply. The "Hunger Winter" of 1944-45 did not just happen. It was made to happen on purpose.

[@arriviste2020]

pinz2022 I concur with your statement. WW2 is littered with atrocities committed by all and sundry. Nothing limits the scourge of man's inhumanity to man.

[@tomthx5804]

And most of that "littering" by far, was done by the Germans, the Russians and the Japanese. By far.

[@bigwoody4704]

Very nice presentation done by a lovely lady

[@CharlesvanDijk-ir6bl]

@@pinz2022 Properly translated, it is called the Famine Winter, Hunger Winter is a literal translation from Dutch . Without railways you can't get supplies to the city that's because Wilhelmina called for a railway strike from the safety of London. Blamed therefore the Royal Family. I spoke Dutch for 15 years and English for 54 years before you jump on your high horse.

[@kevindaniel7333]

Very well done! Enjoyed it immensely, thank you!

[@howgoodwasthat]

Fantastic video, I once met the late Henry Venes, 1st Airborne Recce Squadron,in London, thank-you

[@10HERBERT]

great film love that it has English sub tiles, i would love to own that jeep.

[@EasyTiger700]

A wonderful tribute. 🙏

[@markcantemail8018]

Very Nice Documentary ,Thank you .

[@augustuscaesar4976]

I very much enjoyed watching this documentary, well made and very interesting. I was going to visit Arnhem, this year . I guess, it'll be 2021 because of "Covid-19". Thanks for the subtitles in English..... pretty woman, by the way.

[@h.p.sligte2416]

Of course. She’s Dutch.

[@florislok]

Goed gedaan deze docu, geen stomme fouten zoals je weleen ziet. En die meid in de Jeep doet het ook leuk.

[@paulolodicora4471]

Very nice documentary!

[@remc70]

Wow nicely done!

[@1946supermotomc]

thanks enjoyed greatly well done!

[@adhart995]

Thanks for that. Very interesting!

[@justfrank3135]

Angelique Krüger from TV Gelderland (and freelance chairman of the day) made a terrific documentary. Cool the way she drives this old military Jeep from the war. The Renkum area is well known to me. Born and grown up in Oosterbeek I've heard many stories about the war from my parents and grandparents. The road at the Westerbouwing is well known to me, as school-going child I've cycled this hill a lot. Oosterbeek Laag is a very beautiful area to recreate, a lot of history going on there. I've moved from the municipality of Renkum, but I will always love my birthplace and do pay respect to our liberators, because they gave us our contemporary freedom. Lest we never forget...

[@Mulberry2000]

i stay a night in oosterbek in the early 90s lovely place. Also visited arnhiem a couple of times.

[@WhiteCamry]

The Land Rover @ 9:24 makes a nice counterpoint to the Jeep.

[@tmac8892]

glad meg ryan is still getting work

[@pac401]

And her dialect is perfect

[@arkansaswookie]

That's her sister Peg.

[@Bruce-1956]

and she speaks fluent Dutch.

[@fryfrysk]

@@Bruce-1956 .....and frysian as well !

[@crafter170]

I was over in Arnhem in July for a look at the bridge .My old mum told me the story of my old uncle Duncan who was a Scottish paratrooper .He jumped and got stuck in a tree .She said it wasn't actually a very big tree . He slashed his hand open on the way in .He explained to her that the machine gun bullets were breaking branches off around him and he was absolutely terrified and it was nothing like the glorified Hollywood movies.

[@christopherk3641]

Narrator is amazing!

[@taskmaster83]

i just returned from Arnhem, saw the movie, Theirs is the Glory and thought this was excellent. Cute Dutch girl and willys jeep, what's not to like?

[@glennwhittaker197]

THANK YOU! 🇬🇧🙏🏻🇱🇺😌

[@paultzacos7470]

Very interesting - thank you

[@PathfinderHistory]

I think I’m in love with the presenter.

[@paulw176]

Superb.

[@filmic1]

Thank you!

[@bugs5644]

im curious about that steering wheel on the jeep. i restore ww2 vehicles and never saw one.

[@Tributevideo]

The center part is a spinner for quick release of the steering wheel

[@scoobydont5981]

My father was there in 44. p. i. a. t. In South staffs

[@BruceK10032]

Wow! They had a rough time!

[@BruceK10032]

Well done!

[@davidbenner2289]

I took a walking tour of the area 29 and 30 years after the fact. The 4-Days March around Nijmegan. Thirty-five kilometers a day. First year in a small tent, next year in a pension. I should have found a Dutch girl to marry. Alas. I should visit again. Seventy seven years since the battle, now. I can cheer the Marchers on. Eat the food. Tour the sights.

[@Dog.soldier1950]

This film would be impossible today. Someone that age wouldn’t know how to use a clutch

[@billevans7936]

Cool video.....!!

[@johnharris7353]

Fantastic lovely Dutch people. They suffered greatly.

[@donathandorko]

Dank u wel

[@eriknieuwenhuijzen4072]

gaaf man!! waauw!.. waar kun je die plaatsen opzoeken? bijv de huizen waar iets is gebeurd in ww2?

[@Waynestock100]

Misschien is hier iets te vinden: liberationtour.nl/

[@ligamatic]

fantastic thank you, can anyone help out on a question please, my grandad was a paratrooper Sgt Austin Ronald Francis, he is buried in the Oosterbeek war cemetery. we were told he was taken mortally wounded to the Hartenstein hotel but no where can i trace this being used for nursing wounded as it was used as headquarters. can anyone throw some light on this please?

[@AudieHolland]

My apologies for not having better info but as the movie "A Bridge Too Far" depicts, the wounded paratroopers around Oosterbeek were sent to Kate ter Horst's house. I have read that for the movie, they used the original Hartenstein Hotel to stand in for Kate ter Horst's original house (which was ruined during the battle). But after doing some comparison, they don't look like the same building. They are of similar size but the front side is distinctly different and I'd think that for the movie they simply built a mock-up for the house that could be 'demolished' as the battle progressed. Interior shots of course are most times done in a studio's sound stage.

[@marysebeumer3389]

Are you sure it was Hartenstein? I am from Oosterbeek and there was another hotel, hotel de Tafelberg, and that place was used as hospital.

[@jessedetermeijer4895]

There are some possibilities. Since the paratroopers were trapped and made a perimeter it's is difficult to move from place to place. Hartenstein is more then 500 meters away from the main emergency hospital so it wouldn't make sense to move a mortally wounded man such a distance when there is so much danger. A other reason is that he was that his battalion. The 10th Para defended the ground directly east of hartenstein.

[@helpfulsoul8437]

From Commonwealth war graves site: 6349511 Sjt Austin Ronald Francis was initially buried at Renkum common cemetery (before being reinterred at Oosterbeek cemetery in Aug 45) was killed in action between 18-25 sep 44 and was 10 Para Battalion.link - www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2644648/AUSTIN%20RONALD%20FRANCIS/#&gid=2&pid=3

[@boefje1971]

Thnx voor deze video o/

[@pablo1958able]

Bad luck and bad weather were the not too good factors for operation Market Garden. Sad! and I hope these brave soldiers are in paradise with Mr Jesucrist. wh

[@randhalljoss6762]

nice presentation,i got also few jeeps (42 gpw),so lets go for a ride any time you wont

[@bobkohl6779]

I restored a 44 GPW in the late 70s

[@jgkrus]

Who us the narrator?

[@fryfrysk]

The narrator is called Angelique Kruger and she is a television talkshow host as wel as documentary maker since 1997 , working for the regional broadcasting , called "omroep Gelderland ".

[@jgkrus]

@@fryfrysk This was very well done and a different view of Market Garden. I loved the personal aspects and viewpoints that the Miss Kruger and the people she interviewed give in this documentary. I hope someday I can visit the region that Operation Market Garden took place. It looks LOVELY!!!

[@pinz2022]

Is that old thing street legal?

[@itzevan2477]

+pinz2022 there is a guy here in the town i live in, and he collects allot of WW2 US vehicles, I often see him drive around in a WW2 Jeep, but about what u said, I don't think it's legal on highways or big cities

[@fryfrysk]

Yes, it is although it is an old one. It has an official license platenumber AH-93-99 in blue with white letters.This is significant for oldtimers, as new plates are yellow with black lettering. This car is today still active registered at the RDW, the Dutch Motoring Board.and had its first allowance on dutch roads in 1957. It could be older, but was then imported .At the time of the making of this documentary, it had even a valid MOT. All technical information concerning cars ,based on numberplates, is public and can be viewed on www.rdw.nl

[@glblb3030]

nice video,,,,

[@9traktor]

Listen to the other side: a lot of Dutch people collaborated with the Germans and gave informations to the tried and tested SS-troops near Arnhem. Therefore Market Garden became a disaster...

[@CharlesvanDijk-ir6bl]

Snotneus translated as pitiful urchins. Yes street urchins zijn straat jongens.

[@cesellhall719]

Funk me up baby !!!!

[@lhaviland8602]

Who else was really worried when they heard that porno music at the beginning?

[@dickvansteijn4115]

Cumbersome camera compared to the Germans

[@pinz2022]

17:09 Dafuq?! British troops driving American trucks and a captured German Panzer?

[@HighVoltagedtg]

pinz2022 Captured France Army Bike^^

[@tommikka]

That is footage from the making of the film and not during the war. They are moving the tank/panzer to or from a scene location However during the war American vehicles were sent to Britain as part of lend lease. In the battles from D Day onwards British troops were often using ‘American’ vehicles

[@timorvet1]

The M-19 Diamond T Tank Transporter was used by all allied armies during the war, and into the postwar period. The Star on the side of the vehicle was employed on all Allied vehicles from 1944 onward. As an identification marking in white and in a white circle on top for allied aircraft to recognize from above. Unit markings on the front and rear would normally denote which Army it belonged too.

[@sonsofthesilentage994]

Lovely woman

[@davidmacdonald3103]

Ajb niet Engels !

[@davidscott2821]

Nice looking woman...jus sayin

[@vojislavdragic5090]

i'd be pissed if i was farmer ,owner of those future crops you're destroying :))

[@olivedrabgarage6243]

Who is the presenter?

[@ligamatic]

fantastic thank you, can anyone help out on a question please, my grandad was a paratrooper Sgt Austin Ronald Francis, he is buried in the Oosterbeek war cemetery. we were told he was taken mortally wounded to the Hartenstein hotel but no where can i trace this being used for nursing wounded as it was used as headquarters. can anyone throw some light on this please?

[@Surv1ve_Thrive]

The other hotel? Hotel Tafelberg. Is nearby. There was fighting in around Hartenstein Hotel too so either is technically possible. You could always try Parachute Regiment sources, many people are keen to help. I imagine your relative did suffer. We won't forget them. The Netherlands is a great country and many there won't forget him either.

[@mees_de_vries]

You have two quite similar buildings both called ‘hartenstein’, one is the museum but the other one played a role too in the operation