Cassino '44 - OPERATION SHINGLE (Part 3)

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🗓️ 2 April 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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In the early hours of the 22nd January 1944, US Fifth Army swarmed the beaches of Anzio largely unopposed. The Nazis’ response was swift, sending the 14th Army to stop them and preventing the Allies getting any closer to Rome. Al Murray and James Holland also assess the situation at the Cassino front, the military make-up of the French Expeditionary Corps and the civilian situation in Italy both in the Nazi-occupied north, and ‘liberated’ south. A Goalhanger Production Produced by Joey McCarthy Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Social: @WeHaveWaysPod Email: wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com Join our ‘Independent Company’ to watch our livestreams, get earlybird tickets and our weekly newsletter - packed with deals. Membership Club: patreon.com/wehaveways Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:23.0	Acktung, Actung.
0:33.8	Welcome to We Have Ways and Making You Talk with me Al-Marie and James Holland.
0:37.1	The Second World War podcast of Choice.
0:39.6	And welcome to our series about The Race for Rome with at its center the Battle for
0:45.5	Monte Casino. We're trying not to call this Monte Casino aren't we Jim?
0:49.1	We're trying not to, we probably will end up calling at that but you know.
0:55.7	You know the road to hell is paved with good intentions which is really rather like what happens in this campaign. Well
1:00.0	exactly exactly and this is we're on part three,
1:03.3	was scheduled as part two, but here we are on part three.
1:06.5	Yep.
1:07.1	And Jim, you've...
1:08.1	Yeah, I'm starting with a little quote from that great man,
1:11.2	Audie Murphy, most decorated US servicemen of the Second World War, and he says,
1:16.4	speech ceases, our artillery fire is dying off. We see the fresh sod thrown up by the shells and know that we are near the enemy lines.
1:25.0	Nervously the men give a final check to their gear and weapons.
1:28.8	We pause while the crouching scouts move ahead.
1:31.8	This is the worst moment. Just ahead the enemy waits silently.
1:35.2	It will be far better when the guns open up. The nerves will relax, the hard will stop its
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