This third and final episode follows David Kenyon Webster and the men of Easy Company during the closing days of Operation Market Garden when the 101st Airborne Division fought its biggest battle of the operation. Easy Company and the rest of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment were raced up Hell's Highway to fend off heavy German pincer attacks at Veghel and Koevering that threatened to sever the vital lifeline to Arnhem and the trapped British airborne forces there. This episode reconstructs the desperate fighting against German infantry, artillery and tanks that was left out of Band of Brothers, but is described in great detail by David Webster.

Private Webster’s War by DigitalBattlefieldTours follows Easy Company of the 101st Airborne Division through Operation Market Garden using the writings of David Kenyon Webster. His memoir Parachute Infantry laid the foundation for the success of Band of Brothers by giving a detailed and honest account of life as a parachute infantryman in Easy Company. Despite the key importance of his work, Webster only played a small part in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers that propelled Easy Company to worldwide fame. This documentary aims to correct that by telling the real history of Easy Company from Webster’s perspective, backed-up by historical research and on-site footage recorded during the 78th anniversary of Operation Market Garden.


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BONUS CONTENT
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COPYRIGHTED MATERIALS
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Webster portrait colorization by Jakob Lagerweij


ABRIDGED LIST OF SOURCES
Listed in episodes I & II.


TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Recap on the Road
05:21 Fortress Veghel
26:12 Cut at Koevering
52:04 Beyond Market Garden