As special operations go, this was arguably one of the most important of World War 2. Without it, the fate of the Allies could have been quite different.

Dr. R.V. Jones became convinced in 1941 that the Germans had developed their own radar system, and that the use of it accounted for the increasing casualties among the R.A.F bomber raids. Dr Jones carried out extensive research and tried several times - without success - to get the Allied powers to accept his findings. However, he eventually found conclusive proof that the enemy had located a Wurzburg system on cliffs near Bruneval, in Northern France, and that by seizing it would provide the solution to defeating the enemy radar. HQ Combined Operations agreed and planned a mission to seize or destroy it.

All three services were to be used in this operation, codenamed 'Biting', including the newly raised parachute qualified 'C' Coy of the 2nd Parachute Battalion, commanded by a name familiar to us now, Major John Frost.
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This is the first DVD set in a four part series on Operation MARKET GARDEN, aimed at covering “the most controversial Allied campaign of the Second World War from the break-out of XXX Corps from Joe’s Bridge to Arnhem”. The cover suggests that the target audience is “military enthusiasts and students of the campaign”.

The presentation of these DVDs is a mixture of straight narration, battlefield guides doing pieces to camera, interviewing each other, and interviewing veterans of the battle. The graphics are clear and sharp, although some in the early part of the first DVD, for me, were not shown for long enough to grip all of the information that is shown. This appears to be corrected later on the disc. There are contemporary black and white photographs and some clips of re-enactors.
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