Major-General John Dutton Frost, was an airborne officer of the British Army, best known for being the leader of the small group of British airborne troops that actually arrived at Arnhem bridge durin
Frost in 1942, wearing the uniform of his parent regiment, the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles).
The John Frost Bridge, as seen from the memorial.
A Bridge Too Far (film)
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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'
John Frost (British Army officer)
…remaining paratroopers had run out of ammunition. There were around one hundred paratroopers left. The Battle of Arnhem became infamous, with the film "A Bridge Too Far" (1977), directed by Richard Attenborough, being based on the bridge in Arnhem where most of the urban fighting took place, now known as the John…
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Shooting of a scene in Deventer on 18 May 1976. German vehicles are crossing the bridge.