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Abandoned Operations

Photo: Brigadier General Anthony C. McAuliffe, artillery commander of the 101st Airborne Division, gives last-minute instructions to glider pilots in England before takeoff on D-Day plus 1, September 18, 1944. U.S. Air Force archived photograph, public domain.

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Goalhanger

4 Aug, 2021

WW2 Pod We Have Ways

55 mins

War in Northwest Europe

U.S. Army

1944

British Army

Airborne Forces

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.

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Meet the Speakers

James Holland

Historian, writer, and podcaster, specialises in World War II and hosts "We Have Ways" podcast.

Al Murray

Al Murray, comedian, writer, and historian, co-hosts the WWII podcast We Have Ways of Making You Talk and writes on

James Daly

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