83 - Operation Crossbow
The WW2 Podcast
Angus Wallace
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2019
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
In 1943 allied surveillance picked up the construction of V1 and V2 rocket sites in France. Without quite knowing the extent of the threat allied planners decided to embark upon a pre-emptive campaign to deny the Germans the use of these sites, the code name was Operation Crossbow.
It would be an Anglo-American Operation with ran up until the end of WWII, in 1945.
I'm joined by Steven Zaloga.
Steven is a prolific military historian and analyst, he has also written a book on Crossbow published by Osprey, Operation Crossbow 1944; Hunting Hitlers V-Weapons.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to another World War II podcast I'm Angus Wallace |
| 0:06.5 | So a couple of months ago I put it to the public vote which topic you the, would like to hear first, the Heinkel, H.E 177, or a look at Operation Crossbow. |
| 0:20.0 | Well, it was a close-run thing with 56% of you voting for Crossbow. |
| 0:26.3 | So joining me is Stephen Zagola. |
| 0:29.9 | Stephen is a prolific military historian and analyst and he's also written a book on Operation |
| 0:36.3 | Crossbow published by Osprey. Now if you're wondering what Operation |
| 0:41.2 | Crossbow was it is the preemptive attack on the German rocket program. |
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| 1:46.2 | W.W to podcast.com forward slash support so Stephen thanks, thanks for joining me. If we're going to be looking at the Allied response to Operation Isbar, |
| 1:59.9 | the Polar Bear, let's start with that. What is it? |
| 2:03.4 | Or should I say what was it? |
| 2:05.4 | In 1943 Allied intelligence started to pick up the first |
| 2:09.4 | hints that the Germans were building some fort of bombardment missiles. |
| 2:13.8 | And this was both from intelligence sources |
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