One of the five books in the superb Battleground series devoted to Operation Market Garden, focusing on the very broad and difficult sector allocated to the 82nd Airborne Division. The chapters describe the key areas from South to North, including Grave Bridge, the bridges over the Maas-Waal Canal, the Groesbeek Heights, Nijmegen, and many more besides. As with all books in this series, a considerable number of maps, photographs and first-hand accounts have been packed into a deceptively small space, and the concise narrative manages to go into a level of detail which makes this a solid historical study rather than just a battlefield guide. A fine tribute to the "All American" 82nd, a Division which General Dempsey of the 2nd British Army described as the finest in the world at that time.

Pegasus Archive, Mark Hickman

In this splendid DVD, historians walk the ground and explain each phrase of the battle as it unfolded, from the landings on the Groesbeek Heights and the successful capture of Grave Bridge to the struggle by the Americans and the Grenadier Guards to secure Nijmegen, culminating in the famous assault crossing of the River Waal by the 3rd Battalion 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment; an action which was universally acclaimed by observers as the most remarkable and courageous that they has witnessed. Highly recommended.

Pegasus Archive

This film details the epic tasks faced in the battles to seize the two bridges over Europe's largest waterways; the Maas and Waal rivers of Nijmegen.
The mistakes that were made included denying the 82nd Airborne the coup de main attacks to seize the bridges. Grave bridge was captured but confusion in orders and delays meant that the sparsely defended bridge at Nijmegen was only attacked after the Germans had been given the opportunity to reinforce their troops there, leading to an epic and tragic battle.

Army Rumour Service Website, John Corr