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WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

361. Abandoned Operations

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger Podcasts

History, Education, Society & Culture

4.85.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

James and Al are at the D-Day Story museum in Portsmouth. They talk to assistant curator James Daly, who’s spent 7 years researching airborne operations that didn’t happen between D-Day and Arnhem. They examine the circumstances that led to to the operations being cancelled, and whether the plans were still used in other campaigns. A Goalhanger Films production Produced by Harry Lineker 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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0:00.0

Music

0:11.0

Ackton Ackton, welcome to We Have Ways To Make You Talk with me, Al Murray and James Holland of course.

0:16.0

And where are we Jim?

0:18.0

Well we're at the D Day Story in Portesmouth which is a fabulous museum.

0:22.0

Recently completely redeveloped. I'm very brilliant in these so too.

0:27.0

And it's an absolutely fantastic place to come visit.

0:30.0

The first such interesting stuff, obviously the sort of the marquee headline item is the landing craft tank out front.

0:39.0

Yes, but there's also the D Day tapestry here, the embroidery which is really beautiful and fascinating work of art.

0:47.0

But also, I think what I've really about it is I haven't tried to do too much.

0:50.0

It's not a small museum at all but it's a very human story big subject, big subject, very human story driven.

0:59.0

And it's an absolutely treat this museum.

1:03.0

It really is really really very good.

1:05.0

And so who are we here with, James?

1:06.0

Well we're here with the assistant creator, you can see why I was sort of building that one up.

1:11.0

Assistant creator of the new development, James Daley.

1:14.0

But we're actually not going to talk to you about the museum really. We're here to discuss, yes.

1:20.0

Airborne operations.

1:22.0

Yes, but not the elephant in the room.

1:25.0

Not the elephant in the room.

1:26.0

No, we're not going to mention it.

1:28.0

I'm James, welcome. Good afternoon.

1:30.0

But we might talk about Browning.

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