QChicago Opening Happened When?
AThe Chicago opening of Joseph E. Levine's film, A Bridge Too Far, occurred on Wednesday, June 15, 1977, at the Woods theatre in the Loop, and nine other area theatres; an ad reads: "Out of the sky comes the screen's most incredible spectacle of men and war!" The film was rated PG
QDoes that dreadful road still exist?
AThe answer is 'sort of'.The route taken by 30 Corps as they tried to get from Eindhoven to Arnhem via the bridges is still there but there are a couple of places where you have to use an OS map and drive across a few fields to keep true to the task.
QIf the Allies are so close at the end why don't they just keep going and take the Arnhem bridge?
AAt the end of the film the German's have the bridge and will just destroy it if they try. Whilst it has been largely regarded as a defeat the Allies have actually liberated vast swathes of Holland and inflicted grevious losses on the Germans. However without the bridge at Arnhem they cannot cross the River Rhine into Germany's industrial heartland of the Rhur which would allow them to destroy the German's ability to make weapons and end the war within a few months. Monty's assessment that Operation Market Garden was overwhelmingly 90% successful is correct but without the bridge at Arnhem they cannot achieve their ultimate objective.
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