A Bridge Too Far
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Ianded on the northern
coast of France.

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By July they were able
to begin their own offensive.

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By August, Paris was liberated.
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Everywhere the Germans retreated.
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But with the Allied victories
came problems.

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Supplies still had to be driven
from Normandy, over 400 miles away...

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and became dangerously short.
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The Allied advance
began to come to a halt.

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Another problem
facing Eisenhower was this:

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his two most famous generals--
Patton, who was in the south...

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and Montgomery in the north--
disliked each other intensely.

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The longstanding rivalry
had never been more fierce.

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There simply were not
enough supplies for both armies.

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Each wanted to be the one
to defeat the Germans.

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Each wanted to beat
the other to Berlin.

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In September, 1944...
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Montgomery devised
a new and spectacular plan...

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given the code name
"Market Garden."

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Eisenhower, under great pressure
from his superiors...

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finally sided with Montgomery...
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and Operation Market Garden
became a reality.

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The plan, like so many plans
in so many wars before it...

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was meant to end
the fighting by Christmas...

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and bring the boys back home.

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