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fatigue,” that is, without weapons or equipment; the parachutes used are of a type
not available in 1944; the 2nd SS Panzer Corps is referred to as the 2nd SS Panzer
Division, etc. (Murray, 2013, pp. 14–18). Curiously, Market Garden’s architect, Field
Marshall Montgomery, is not depicted in the film, though he is quoted by Lt. Gen.
Browning as judging Market Garden “90 percent successful”— a patently ridicu lous
claim. Browning’s statement about “a bridge too far” was actually made during the
planning stages, not after the battle, as depicted in the film.