he mid-1970s was a time when some terrific war movies were released in the cinema, such as the 1977 blockbuster “A Bridge Too Far”, based on the actual “Operation Market Garden”, with a stellar cast that included Robert Redford and James Caan. Inspired by the book of the same name by the historian Cornelius Ryan, it featured great action sequences and lots of vehicles. Then there were the movies based on novels, such as “Cross of Iron” by Willi Heinrich,
