A Bridge Too Far

Operation Market Garden imagines 35,000 men being flown 300 miles from air bases in England and dropped behind enemy lines in the Netherlands. Two divisions of US paratroopers are responsible for securing the road and bridges as far as Nijmegen. A British division, the 1st Airborne, under Major-General Roy Urquhart, is to land near Arnhem and hold both sides of the bridge there. Some of the British top brass are surprised they are going to attempt a landing so far from the bridge.