Battlefield Operation Market Garden (Season 5, Episode 5)
TV Episode | Documentary, History, War

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Battlefield

Operation Market Garden (Season 5, Episode 5)

TV Episode | Documentary, History, War

Operation Market Garden was an attempt by the allies to use airborne units to seize key bridges and short-cut the slog into northern Germany thereby shortening the war. This is a look at the plan, the leaders and the equipment involved.

Directors

Andrew Aitken (as Andy Aitken) | Dave Flitton | James Wignall

Writers

Andrew Aitken (as Andy Aitken) | Dave Flitton | James Wignall

Producers

Gavin Bott | Ken Maliphant | David McWhinnie | David Rozalla

Editors

Harry Green | Matthew Hale (as Matt Hale)

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Edit Released

Updated Dec 31, 2001

Release date

2001 (United Kingdom)

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22 cast members

Name	Known for
Jonathan Booth Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Fur Fighters: Viggo's Revenge (2001)
Wilhelm Bittrich Self - German General (archive footage) Self - German General (archive footage) See fewer
Omar N. Bradley Self - U.S. General (archive footage) Self - U.S. General (archive footage) See fewer	Patton (1970)
Lewis H. Brereton Self - Lieutenant General, U.S Army (archive footage) Self - Lieutenant General, U.S Army (archive footage) See fewer
Frederick Browning Self - Lieutenant General, British Army (archive footage) Self - Lieutenant General, British Army (archive footage) See fewer
Winston Churchill Self - Prime Minister of Great Britain (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister of Great Britain (archive footage) See fewer	Matinee Theatre (1955)
Charles de Gaulle Self - French General (archive footage) Self - French General (archive footage) See fewer	Une mauvaise rencontre (1981)
Dwight D. Eisenhower Self - U.S. General (archive footage) Self - U.S. General (archive footage) See fewer	Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps (1945)
John Frost Self - Lieutenant Colonel, British Army (archive footage) Self - Lieutenant Colonel, British Army (archive footage) See fewer	A Bridge Too Far (1977)
James M. Gavin Self - Brigadier General, U.S. Army (archive footage) Self - Brigadier General, U.S. Army (archive footage) See fewer	The Longest Day (1962)
Hermann Göring Self - German Field Marshal (archive footage) Self - German Field Marshal (archive footage) See fewer	Wunder des Fliegens: Der Film eines deutschen Fliegers (1935)
Heinrich Himmler Self - Reichsführer of the SS (archive footage) Self - Reichsführer of the SS (archive footage) See fewer	Nuremberg (1948)
Adolf Hitler Self - Führer of Germany (archive footage) Self - Führer of Germany (archive footage) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Brian Horrocks Self - British General (archive footage) Self - British General (archive footage) See fewer	A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Walter Model Self - German Field Marshal (archive footage) Self - German Field Marshal (archive footage) See fewer
Bernard L. Montgomery Self - British Field Marshal (archive footage) Self - British Field Marshal (archive footage) See fewer	Victory at Sea (1952)
George S. Patton Self - U.S. General (archive footage) Self - U.S. General (archive footage) See fewer	Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps (1945)
Stanislaw Sosabowski Self - Major General, Polish Independent Brigade (archive footage) Self - Major General, Polish Independent Brigade (archive footage) See fewer
Kurt Student Self - German General (archive footage) Self - German General (archive footage) See fewer
Maxwell Taylor Self - Major General, U.S. Army (archive footage) Self - Major General, U.S. Army (archive footage) See fewer	Issues and Answers (1960)
Roy Urquhart Self - Major General, British Army (archive footage) Self - Major General, British Army (archive footage) See fewer	A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Gerd von Rundstedt Self - German Field Marshal (archive footage) Self - German Field Marshal (archive footage) See fewer