When the 82nd Airborne jumped into Nijmegen they had high hopes of being the final link in the chain for XXX Corps on the road to Arnhem. But things went badly wrong and General Gavin’s men failed to grab the bridge until the operation was already doomed. John C McManus, US military historian and author, joins Al and James to discuss the ‘other bridge’.
Ep 407: MI19
Al and James discuss bugging and intelligence during the war. Al also reveals details of a new We Have Ways project.