10 films recounting the history of WWII

Still from A Bridge Too Far. [Photo/Mtime]

A Bridge Too Far (1977)

The film tells the story of the failure of Operation Market Garden near the end of WWII.

By then, the Germans had lost most of France and the Allied forces decided to deliver a knockout blow.

The Allies attempted to break through German lines and seize several bridges in the occupied Netherlands with the objective of outflanking German defenses in order to end the war by Christmas 1944.

Waves of paratroopers landed in the Netherlands during Operation Market Garden in Sept 1944, but failed to take key positions until the arrival of reinforcements.

The failure of the operation ended Allied expectation of ending the war by that Christmas.