Arnhem: the Battle for the Bridges, 1944

In a talk from our 2019 History Weekend in Winchester, Antony Beevor tells the story of Operation Market Garden

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Published: October 3, 2020 at 12:15 pm

In a talk that he delivered at our 2019 BBC History Magazine History Weekend in Winchester, bestselling military historian Antony Beevor tells the story of Operation Market Garden – the 1944 Allied plan to jump the Rhine that ended in failure

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Read more from Antony Beevor on why Operation Market Garden, the Allies’ battle for Arnhem, was a disaster in the planning

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