A Bridge Too Far Definition

noun

A step or action that is too ambitious ; an act of overreaching .

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Origin of A Bridge Too Far

  • In reference to Operation Market Garden , Allied airborne military operation of 1944. General Roy E. Urquhart , in his 1958 memoir Arnhem, ascribed the phrase to general Frederick “Boy" Browning . It was popularized by being chosen as the title of Cornelius Ryan 's 1974 book on Operation Market Garden and the subsequent 1977 epic war film .

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