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Il y a 2 jours · A Bridge Too Far is a 1977 epic war film directed by Richard Attenborough. It depicts Operation Market Garden, a failed Allied operation in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II; the film's screenplay, by William Goldman, is based on a book of the same title by historian Cornelius Ryan. [5] .
Il y a 3 jours · Two lone Luftwaffe pilots strafe the beaches before flying away. The U.S. Provisional Ranger Group conducts an assault on the artillery at Pointe du Hoc, only to discover the guns are not functional. Free French Forces destroy a German stronghold in Ouistreham.
13 juil. 2024 · In het leger worden rekruten getraind om zich bij de Parachute-troepen te voegen, waaronder een arrogante voetballer, een grote lafaard en een kolonelszoon. Wanneer tijdens een oefening iemands parachute niet opengaat, riskeert de lafaard zijn leven door de jongen te redden.
1 juil. 2024 · They parachute into Normandy on D-Day and fight their way through Europe, in Operation Market Garden, surrounded at Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge and find themselves capturing...
Il y a 1 jour · In the rear, the 156th Parachute Battalion fought off numerous enemy attacks before counter-attacking; the Germans did not know they were fighting men who were in full retreat. The battalion, down to 150 men, mounted a bayonet charge to capture a hollow in the ground in the woods where they were pinned down by enemy attacks for the next eight ...
12 juil. 2024 · The character of Colonel Kurtz in the Vietnam War film epic Apocalypse Now is reportedly the cinematic depiction of a real CIA agent and a trained killer. His name was Anthony Poshepny, but he was better known as Tony Poe. Poe was a heavy drinker, a stocky former Marine sergeant with the elite Parachute Battalion, and a CIA paramilitary agent.
16 juil. 2024 · Ed Marshall last jumped nearly 80 years ago while training as a paratrooper. On July 12, the 100-year-old leapt from a plane from an altitude of about 3,810 metres over Cayuga, Ont., for a good...
