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WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

31. Twenty Four Hours in Arnhem

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger Podcasts

History, Education, Society & Culture

4.85.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Al Murray describes a single day in Arnhem as events turn decidedly against the British airborne troops. #WeHaveWays 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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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to We Have Ways of Making You Tour.

0:04.6

On what is D plus 2, the 19th of September,

0:07.8

is tell you the events or try to capture the events

0:12.2

of 24 hours in Arnhem.

0:14.1

On that day, the 19th of September,

0:16.2

known as Black Tuesday to the men of first airborne

0:19.0

and first Polish parachute brigade.

0:21.3

Now, for the sake of telling the story,

0:22.6

there are four sectors to talk about.

0:24.7

So we're gonna work our way around the four sectors,

0:27.8

start at the bridge and end at the bridge.

0:29.9

So if the bridge, which is the road bridge over the nadirine,

0:32.6

the first airborne along with the railway bridge

0:34.2

was to hold until relief.

0:35.2

And of course, the railway bridge

0:36.2

is blown up on the first day.

0:38.0

So this is the business end of the battle, if you want.

0:40.7

The woods, the ground to the northwest of Arnhem,

0:43.9

north of the railway line that runs into the town

0:46.9

that seemed to off an alternative route into the bridge.

0:49.5

The town, the town of Arnhem itself,

0:51.3

through which the division would have to fight

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