Britain's Worst Airborne Disaster: Battle of Arnhem | Animated History 

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"Out of ammunition, God save the king" You can't fit so much desperation and bravery to one sentence as they did with this one.

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I love how brits even when their command failed them they still shouted "God save the King".

Frost sounds like the ultimate on-field commander, staying cool even when things seem absolutely hopeless and accomplishing as much of his objective as he possibly can while keeping his troops morale high by giving the Germans no mental ground. Great vid! Keep it up!

'We haven't the facilities to take you all prisoner!"

A big salute and thank you to the British🇬🇧 and Polish🇵🇱 soldiers who fought and died in this battle.

Monty be like: Well I don't see how as the overall operational comander I could be responsible for this.

I always thought we tried to go a bridge too far

9th SS Panzer Division-"Ah some rest and relaxation in quiet Arnhem after fighting some fierce battles in Normandy. Hey, what is that noise it sounds like airplanes?"

What always blows my mind about this disaster was how close it came to being a successful operation despite every conceivable thing going wrong.

German SS panzerdivision: "We have thee zurrounded!" British paratroopers: "We accept your surrender!"

bro the artist are enslaved rn drawing so quickly

Polish soldiers: help allies evacuate and fight bravely. British: I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that.

"I took 10,000 men into Arnhem. I've come out with less than two. I don't feel much like sleeping." -Maj. General Roy Urqhart, A Bridge Too Far. Best quote from the movie to sum up this disaster

Despite this defeat there can be no doubt that the Para's mounted an excellent defence and fought like they were holding the Alamo. They even won the respect of the German commander....who stated "In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen men fight so hard." Wilhelm Bittrich Commenting on the British Paratroopers at Arnhem (September 1944). Quoted in "Hitler's Generals" - Page 327 - by Correlli Barnett - History - 2003

“Along Highway 69” Me: Haha yes highway to hell indeed

Although Arnhem was badly damaged it is nicely rebuilt these days. Great video!

Blaming gen. Sosabowski by Montgomery was one of the most disgraceful acts of IIWW. It was caused mainly by the fact the Polish general was criticizing Monty's plan from the very beginning, assessing it - accurately - as suicidal. This is well depicted in a classic movie, "One bridge too far", where gen. Sosabowski was played by Gene Hackman. The Poles were basically dropped at the heads of the enemy and decimated. Sosabowski stayed in England after the war to avoid death from the communists hands and worked till his death as a... factory worker. Monty blamed him even though just weeks earlier he praised him. For me it's one of the saddest stories of IIWW.

"Bloop!" -PIAT, probably

“Highway 69” Nice.

I am an American of Polish 🇵🇱, Dutch and English origins and I have been to Arnhem and boy it hit me when I saw the fallen soldiers grave stones of their fellow countries.

Playing the arnhem map on post scriptum is really like the real thing

My grandfather was at Arnhem in 1 para,1st parachute brigade,1st airborne Division I am so proud of him🇬🇧

In the Netherlands we have a bridge in Arnhem named The John Frostbridge in honor of him and his man.

"Just making sure whose side you're on.," General Sosabowski to a RAF briefing officer after seeing their drop zones would be nearly eight miles from the bridge. (A Bridge Too Far)

Brits: underestimate the German positions in Netherlands Germans: it's payback for Normandy...

Very, very well done! This disaster was a classic Monty screw up, down to pinning it on the Polish Colonel, who did his job correctly and courageously. Those British paratroopers who fought to the bitter end were real heroes. Again, great job telling their story. Please keep the outstanding videos coming and God bless you, my friend!

My grandfather fought and was captured in Arnhem. He never really like to talk about it. It wasn't until I was older, I could understand why...

Don't forget Gavin of the 82nd Airborne as well folks, he also had a role to play in the failure, like being worried of hundreds of non existent tanks in the woods.

Good Job for uploading 2 videos in 24 hours. That’s awesome, keep up the great work

I read that one German soldier wrote in his diary that the British paratroopers fought so fiercely and were so stubborn to give in that the fighting in Arnhem reminded him of the Battle of Stalingrad.

Watched this movie on Netflix amazing how these men held out even when all of command failed them. One of my favorite quotes from band of brothers is "Were Paratroopers were supposed to be surrounded"

Another episode of the show “smack a pole”, presented by...basically anyone who was in ww2

My father joined the British Army in India and fought in North Africa as a radio operator in the RA (he was angloindian). He volunteered for the Paratroops and trained in England (the camp was in Kibworth in Leicestershire where he met my mother). He was one of the men who swam the Rhine to get back. On his return he was returned to the RA. He was a good man but suffered what we now know as PTSD. This was one of the most ill concieved operations of the war.

In 1978, I discovered Cornelius Ryan’s book, “A Bridge Too Far” in my high school library and have been fascinated with WW2 history ever since. Y’all did a great job on this video. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

My great grandfather was here as a german combat medic. He never liked talking about it. All he mentioned was about them loading the british bodies onto the trucks after the battle for burial. So sad.

“We haven’t the proper facilities to take you all prisoner! Sorry!” “What!?” “We’d like to, but we can’t accept your surrender!”

I love feeding off the knowledge you give me. The animations are so fun and great. I love seeing all of your uploads. History is my Favorite subject to learn about. I am so happy that there is a community out here that loves to learn about these things. I hope you and your team only the best.

Post Scriptum players: "Hey I know that house! Thats where I quick scoped Hanz and ez gg knife killed Franz!

“The war will be over before christmas” - but I never say which year

Please remember that Montgomery was given the go ahead for this based on massive supply and logistical support which included halting Patton. Patton went behind Montgomerys and Eisenhowers back and took it anyway meaning the flanking VIII and XII corps never got their supplies, and German reinforcements went in virtually unmolested. Patton got halted at Metz anyway and as a result thousands died and the war was extended for nothing. Unpopular and wilfully forgotten fact in the United States but true nonetheless.

Just seeing how much the British payed for Dutch independence and freedom and how brave these soldiers were. God bless Britain, love from the Netherlands 🇳🇱❤️🇬🇧

I love how you started including the patches for the units. Adds a little bit of extra knowledge and history to the already great video.

My great grandfather was in the second battalion and new lieutenant frost very well, he lived to tell the tales until 2008 when he died of old age. RIP to all the heroes that died in arnhem…

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The quality of these videos is quite impressive. I'm actually learning history and being entertained at the same time.

I really enjoy the little improvements that the team has made the visual production of these videos. Keep up the great work.

REALLY digging how you overlay animations on each other (explosions, tanks, rifles firing, etc.).

"We don't have the proper facilities to take you all prisoner"

11:07 Sosabowski was a Major General at this time. Three stars and two lines on his shoulders and beret are the symbols of the rank of Colonel. The symbols of the Major General in the Polish Armed Forces are the "wężyk generalski" or "general's wavy line", and one star. Of course I know that is an actual photo of him being a Colonel. Just a little detail. Great video as always. :)

Best History channel and the artwork is truly great. Props as always to all involved.

The artwork on these videos is incredible. Keep up the great content.

The Animations have evolved greatly in this channel. Congratulations, Armchair Historian. Cheers from Mexico! 🇲🇽

Ever since I watched A Bridge To Far, I will never think of ww2 again, I used to think that the Allies in WW2 had always made the best decisions. I also remember that scene that he used in the beginning from the movie.

Is this like the movie " a bridge too far"?

Love you pumping out videos!

Last time I was this early history didn't exist yet

My grandpa told me that his farther who was a Dutch resistance member who always came close to death. He Was a Fireman for Arnhem and was right in the center of it. Here is a little back story. My grandpa’s farther used to live on the coast of the Netherlands. When the Netherlands was invaded. he had to move house’s because when Normandy was about to happen and they (Germans) thought that the Allie’s would land in the Netherlands so they Flattened the house’s along the coast him included. So he moved to Arnhem, when he realised that if you did not work for the Police, fireman, ect (I forgot what he told me) you would go work in Germany in the work force. his father knew that he must join one of those. So he join the fireman, as I told you before. And as you know after a while Arnhem was invaded in operation market garden. And he was in the center, (like I told you before) and oh boy! He had lots of works to do. Allied bombing destroyed his house so he usually sleep in the fire station. Everyday after he got rid of one fire because of Allied bombing the radio would say after he put out one “go to (this street) there is a house of fire there” So that’s it (New story appearing!) my Oma (who is just short for great grandma) she lived through WWII and was 5 when it ended say’s she saw Panzers (Panzer VI’s, Half tracks, she say’s she may of saw a tiger but she can’t remember that one) rolling through her street. She says that she lost lot’s of friends in school from allied bombing or anything else there was one part where her neighbouring village was on fire and she had her best friend in there and as you guess....ded. I’m sorry for making you reading this.

He did an episode on Market Garden last year if I recall correctly, but I'm happy to see a brand new version with updated visuals. This is the kind of dedication that makes this channel and others of its ilk so damn great.

so many videos coming out recently, good job

An amazing story about incredibly brave men. A Bridge Too Far is my favourite film.

6:59 correction 6 pounder. The shells weigh 6 pounds not the gun.

Really like these videos, the high quality animation makes it even better

I am glad you revisited Operation Market Garden once more and with more detail in its battles. Thank you Griffin.

The art is just amazing

0:25 that bridge and the form the truck is positioned, kind of reminds me of... Hmmm...

It's great being from Arnhem, and knowing the area by heart. I imagine what it would be like from this information, and with the animations I can paint a pretty cool picture of how it all went.

Loving all the new uploads!!!!

I LOVE THIS CHANNEL AND I LOVE GRIFF! YOU DA BEST! MAY GOD BE WITH YOU PEOPLE AND GRiFF!

I remember talking to a former Para, Sid from Northern Ireland who was in that operation.

My compliments for the detail of the video guys. I lived 100 meters from the bridge and know the area very will and I must say, the detailing you guys did (maps, building structures etc.) are almost perfect. Well done!

Many thanks for the effort you put into your videos !

Last time I was this early it was the battle of Arnhem

"I always thought we were going a bridge too far"

Amazing video m8. I find this topic fascinating I would love to see more videos like this.

Love the animations man!

I notice you were able to use the German swastikas in this video, did RU-vid finally give you a break??

Man Griffin you spitin fire lately ons video after another, Loving the big amount of content lately.

You Are pumping out content Like crazy Keep going

It feels surreal, living close to Arnhem in Oosterbeek knowing the history that happened. What a video! Thanks for doing this.

I live in the southern part of the Netherlands. The families of both my parents got liberated rather early. Because Market Garden failed, the Allied advance slowed down significantly (also because the port of Antwerp couldn't immediately be used). In the western part of the Netherlands there was a strike, and the Germans countered this by stopping food transports. The main Allied advance was into Germany, to the north and to the east, not to the west. In May of 1945 the Germans still controlled large areas in the west and in the north of the Netherlands. But during the winter of 1944-1945 tens of thousands civilians died of starvation. This was called the hongerwinter - the hunger winter.

Love the soundtrack to the film

Cool how you made another episode out of this, and it seems you had a Dutch person help you with pronunciation of the names, well done!

Good video keep up the good work

Ah one of the most ambitious, STUPID plans ever made in ww2.Remember , "No battle plan ever survives contact with the enemy", and they thought of a 1000 moving parts plan and just hoped it would all go 100% according to plan...And those brave brave soldiers still fought hard for it.So we could have Monty blame the Poles, and after the war joke about the deaths of his men...

Robert Cain won his VC at at Arnhem, his story is worthy of individual note as an intsance of unparalleled bravery and heroism and well worth looking up for yourself. Jeremy Clarkson did a fantastic Documentary of his story.

The quality is getting crazier and crazyer

That battle would make for a hell of a movie

Amazing video! But a small addition. It wasn't just the 9th ss panzerdivision, the British were facing. The 10th ss panzerdivision Frundsberg also played a huge role in the battle.

when in doubt, blame the poles :V

Bruh. It's been a day, new video?! I love ur team's commitment

I frickin love your channel man

3:20 Nice m8.

Love this movie so much

NEW SUB I used to go to 10th Parachute army cadets when I was at school in Aldershot, the home of the 1 and 2 Para! I adored it, did a weekend training as a 16 year old at 1 Para, the assault course was the hardest thing Ive ever done in my life by far!!!!! Every year cadets all over England could do a 25km march in Arnhem and Oosterbeek in remembrance of those that fell in the battle of Arnhem! Ive seen the bullet damage on the bridges, so many Paras died trying to take that bridge

The back to back videos were not expected

I see market garden, I click like. I am fascinated by this battle.

3:21 The Dutch are good at naming their highways

Great video. Well done