Why Bridge Too Far attempt was doomed MURDO MACLEOD IT WAS the Bridge Too Far which was the last British defeat of the Second World War. The audacious attempt to race through the Netherlands from Arnhem and sweep into Germany failed to shorten the war and cost 8,000 Allied lives. But today Scotland on Sunday can reveal the secret which doomed some of Britain and Poland's finest soldiers and gave rise to a series of myths about the ill-fated battle. High levels of iron in the soil around the Dutch town of Arnhem and its infamous bridge caused radio interference...