Operation Market Garden: Arnhem - Battle for the Oosterbeek Perimeter (2012)
Operation Market Garden: Arnhem - Battle for the Oosterbeek Perimeter (2012)
With 2 Para isolated at the Arnhem Bridge and both 1 and 4 Para Brigades thwarted in their attempts to fight their way into Arnhem and falling back, what became the Oosterbeek Perimeter started to form around Divisional HQ at the Hartenstein Hotel. Beaten but not defeated, the remnants of 1st Airborne Division fought a grim battle with the SS supported by reinforcements and armour rushed to Oosterbeek from all over the West. Veterans and experienced battlefield guides vividly relate their experiences and take the viewer to the scene of the action. The seven days of grim and bloody fighting in the Oosterbeek Perimeter was amongst the hardest fought of all the battles in the West. It was one that the SS veterans of the Eastern Front in the Hohenstaufen Division christened the Hexenkessel or “Witches Cauldron”. All the while the the airborne soldiers were waiting for XXX Corps to arrive from the south, with the enemy pressing ever closer.

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Bob Hilton Bob Hilton As: Presenter
Andy Johnson Andy Johnson As: Presenter
Mike Peters Mike Peters As: Presenter
Jo Hook Jo Hook As: Presenter
Richard Hone Richard Hone As: Presenter
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With 2 Para isolated at the Arnhem Bridge and both 1 and 4 Para Brigades thwarted in their attempts to fight their way into Arnhem and falling back, what became the Oosterbeek Perimeter started to form around Divisional HQ at the Hartenstein Hotel. Beaten but not defeated, the remnants of 1st Airborne Division fought a grim battle with the SS supported by reinforcements and armour rushed to Oosterbeek from all over the West. Veterans and experienced battlefield guides vividly relate their experiences and take the viewer to the scene of the action. The seven days of grim and bloody fighting in the Oosterbeek Perimeter was amongst the hardest fought of all the battles in the West. It was one that the SS veterans of the Eastern Front in the Hohenstaufen Division christened the Hexenkessel or “Witches Cauldron”. All the while the the airborne soldiers were waiting for XXX Corps to arrive from the south, with the enemy pressing ever closer.


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Genres: Documentary, History, War

Language: English

Release Date: 14 December 2012

Country: GB

Runtime: 80m

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Company: BHTV

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Cast

Bob Hilton

Bob Hilton

Presenter

Andy Johnson

Andy Johnson

Presenter

Mike Peters

Mike Peters

Presenter

Jo Hook

Jo Hook

Presenter

Richard Hone

Richard Hone

Presenter

Robert Voskuil

Robert Voskuil

Presenter

Tim Saunders

Tim Saunders

Presenter

Andrew Duff

Andrew Duff

Presenter

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Andrew Duff

Andrew Duff

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