Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Chiremera chakapedza chirimo nechirimo cha1944 chichidzidzira kugadzirira kupinda muEurope. Muna September chikwata chacho chakapinda mu
Kushanda Musika. Achibva ku RAF Fairford musi wa17 Gunyana Thompson, vazhinji vevashandi vake vakuru uye vaviri vevarwi vatatu vevarwi nevarume vake vakaburuka ne glider kumadokero kweOosterbeek, Arnhem. Nokukurumidza pashure pokumhara Thompson anonyorwa sa"C.O. "achirova" nokuti kwakanga kusina vavariro dzokupfura pairi, akati taigonawo kuva tauya zuva rakatevera racho". Zuva rakatevera nekusvika kwebhatiri rakasara iro regiment rakatamira kunzvimbo dzakapoteredza chechi yeOosterbeck kutsigira kuedza kwe1st Parachute Brigade kuti ipfuure kuenda kuArnhem bhiriji. Kurwisa kwe 1st Parachute Brigade kwakakundikana uye mauto kubva kumabhati mana ehondo akatanga kudzokera kumashure kunzvimbo yaThompson. Thompson akasiya dzimbahwe rake ndokuenda mberi kuti aedze kuita kuti mauto ari kudzokera shure ave munzvimbo dzokuzvidzivirira. Thompson akaronga varume vanenge mazana mana munzvimbo dziri mumugwagwa kuti vadzivirire nzvimbo dzezvombo uye kuvhara nekufambira mberi kweGerman mumugwagwa, achiisa varume ava pasi pekutungamira kwemukuru mukuru waaiwana, Major Robert Cain weSouth Staffordshire Regiment, Thompson akadzokera kumuzinda wake kunomhan'ara kumukuru wake mukuru, Brigadier Philip Hicks. Hicks akatuma Major Richard Lonsdale we11th Battalion, Parachute Regiment kuti abatsire Thompson. Thompson akaisa Londsale mukutungamira kweParasite Regiment battalions apo akatora mutungamiri wevarume veSouth Staffordshire kuwedzera kune regiment yake uye varume veGlider Pilot Regiment. Simba rose rakasarudzwa "Thompson Force" ne1st Airborne Divisional Headquarters.