(6/11) Battlefield II Operation Market Garden World War II

World War II Second World War Videos This episode tells the tragic story of the “bridge too far” and the ill-fated Operation Market Garden–the Allied operation that was supposed to end World War II in 1944. Montgomery’s rather fanciful conclusion that Market Garden was “90% successful” was hardly supported by the facts. The operation was an unmitigated failure. This episode, from the landmark television series Battlefield, features fascinating archive footage from all over the world. The …

World War II Nazi footage StG44 in the Ardennes

Stg 44 in action.

World War II Nazi footage StG44 in the Ardennes

Stg 44 in action.

(1/5) Dangerous Missions – Eben Emael – World War II

At the outbreak of World War II, Fort Eben Emael in Belgium was the strongest fortress in the world, and it lay exactly across the German invasion route of Belgium and France. The forts elimination was essential for the success of Hitlers invasion of the West. Deemed impregnable to conventional attack, Hitler himself suggested the means for its capture with the first glider-borne assault in military history. On 10 May 1940, ten gliders carrying just 77 paratroopers landed on top of the fort …

world war two footage in color

world war two footage in color

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