Operation Market Garden

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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After the Allied landing in Normandy in World War II, the Allies made progress pushing back the Germans. However, by September, things had slowed down. One allied commander devised a plan that he thought would end the war in one fell swoop. The plan was bold, audacious, and highly risky, and in the end, it was ultimately a failure. Learn more about Operation Market Garden and the attempt to quickly bring an end to the war on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Draft Kings Step into the thrilling world of sports and entertainment with DraftKings, where every day is game day! Join the millions of fans who have already discovered the ultimate destination for fantasy sports and sports betting. Download the DraftKings Sportsbook app and use code EVERYTHING to score two hundred dollars in bonus bets instantly when you bet just five dollars! Newspapers.com Newspapers.com is like a time machine. Dive into their extensive online archives to explore history as it happened. With over 800 million digitized newspaper pages spanning three centuries, Newspapers.com provides an unparalleled gateway to the past, with papers from the US, UK, Canada, Australia and beyond. Use the code “EverythingEverywhere” at checkout to get 20% off a publisher extra subscription at newspapers.com. Noom Noom is not just another diet or fitness app. It’s a comprehensive lifestyle program designed to empower you to make lasting changes and achieve your health goals. With Noom, you’ll embark on a personalized journey that considers your unique needs, preferences, and challenges. Their innovative approach combines cutting-edge technology with the support of a dedicated team of experts, including registered dietitians, nutritionists, and behavior change specialists. Noom’s changing how the world thinks about weight loss. Go to noom.com to sign up for your trial today! ButcherBox ButcherBox is the perfect solution for anyone looking to eat high-quality, sustainably sourced meat without the hassle of going to the grocery store. With ButcherBox, you can enjoy a variety of grass-fed beef, heritage pork, free-range chicken, and wild-caught seafood delivered straight to your door every month. ButcherBox.com/Daily Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	After the Allied landing in Normandy in World War II, the Allies made progress pushing back the Germans.
0:05.0	However, by September of 1944, things had slowed down.
0:09.0	One Allied commander devised a plan that he thought would end the war in one fell swoop. The plan was bold. The
0:15.0	applied commander devised a plan that he thought would end the war in one fell swoop. The plan was bold, audacious, and highly risky,
0:17.0	and in the end, it was ultimately a failure.
0:20.0	Learn more about Operation Market Garden
0:22.0	and the attempt to quickly bring an end to the war on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Operation Market Garden was one of the biggest Allied operations of the Second World War.
0:46.0	To understand the impetus behind it and to understand why it ultimately failed,
0:50.0	we have to understand the circumstances that the Allies found themselves in in September
0:54.2	of 1944.
0:56.2	The initial D-Day landing on June 6 was a success.
0:59.2	The Allies were able to establish a foothold on the European continent.
1:02.0	However, immediately after the landing,
1:04.1	their advancement in France was stalled due to the hedgerow landscape around the landing
1:07.9	sites. I had always read about hedgerows and never really viscerally
1:11.6	understood just how much of an obstacle they were until I actually
1:15.0	traveled to Normandy and drove around the hedgerows myself.
1:18.6	Not only were the shrubs and stonewalls advantageous to defenders, but the narrow roads between hedgerows had become very deep over. all Cobra, launched on July 25th, was a breakout of the Allied forces which allowed them to rapidly advance and
1:36.4	capture the city of Khan.
1:38.5	Once they broke through the German defenses, the Allies were able to advance rapidly,
1:42.1	liberating much of France, and eventually Paris on August 19th.
1:45.9	By early September, they were already in Belgium.
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