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WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

262. The Wings of Pegasus, By George Chatterton - Episode 17

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger Podcasts

Education, History, Society & Culture

4.85.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Brigadier George Chatterton's memoirs, read by Al Murray, tell the extraordinary story of his time as a soldier for the British Army who then went on to become the Commander of the Glider Pilot Regiment during the Second World War. A Goalhanger Films production Produced by Joey McCarthy Exec Producer Tony Pastor Twitter: #WeHaveWays @WeHaveWaysPod Website: www.wehavewayspod.com Email: wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Brighadeer Hicks, who was temporarily commanding the division

0:30.0

in general, Erkuts absence, was determined to try to reinforce

0:33.0

the men holding the Arnhem Bridge, elements of the first parachute brigade.

0:37.0

He therefore dispatched units of the South Staffingshire Regiment

0:40.0

who had come by glider to aid them, but after bitter fighting

0:43.0

they were unable to reach the bridge for the Germans

0:45.0

had reacted and brought in reinforcements,

0:47.0

which included elements of a Panzer division.

0:50.0

It was at this stage that Major General Erkut,

0:53.0

who had himself been cut off by the battle, faced a critical decision,

0:57.0

whether to abandon the force at the bridge under Lieutenant Colonel Frost, TSO MC.

1:01.0

He decided to do so and form a perimeter round the sub-town of Usterbake

1:06.0

and hold out there until the Second Army arrived.

1:08.0

It was in this perimeter that the formations of numbers one and two wings,

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