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WW2 historians James Holland and Al Murray are in Nijmegen to explore why 82nd Airborne's failure to take the road bridge on Day 1 and the entrenchment of the10th SS Panzer division were catastrophic for Operation Market Garden. Join Jim and Al in this extended episode for battlefield insights and reflections on this controversial and highly consequential event in the history of WW2.

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