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A sketch map showing the ground at the bridgehead.<br />
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The amazing story of the first 'Bridge Too Far' is told in a new book which commemorates the 75th anniversary of a remarkable, little known World War Two offensive.<br />
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The heroism of the British paratroopers defending Arnhem bridge during Operation Market Garden in September 1944 has emerged into folklore and was immortalised in the 1977 film A Bridge Too Far.<br />
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Yet, many of the same protagonists took part in another epic struggle with their German foes over a bridge in Sicily one year earlier during the Allied invasion of the island.<br />
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Former paratrooper Mark Salinger has extensively researched the Battle of Primosole Bridge, a hellish three day combat which lasted from July 13-16, 1943, for his new book, The First Bridge Too Far.