Episode 255 MAYOR HIRSCH ( Part 3 ) Operation Market Gardens (6 - Part Special Series )

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Operation Market Garden was an enormous effort led by General Montgomery that included 41,268 troops from Allied countries. It was designed to capture several bridges so that the Army could cross over into Germany and , with any luck, end the war by Christmas of 1944. The overall effort failed because the German forces fought hard to defend the bridges and they had help from the weather.
This operation was where Bob Hirsch was extremely active throughout and his stories will hold you spellbound as you hear about his return with a plane with 85 bullet holes, or death of a jumpmaster killed by bullets that hit him as soon as the jump door opened, or the need to slowdown to allow two paratroopers with parachute problems to jump, to late for their targets, but still over enemy territory.
This is a fascinating look at Operation Market Garden that was the inspiration for the movie " A Bridge to Far". Then we will follow our troops as they head into the Battle of the Bulge and on to the final days of the War.
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1. thank you message from the podcast producer, Randal Wallace (00:00:00)

2. oral history segment with Senator Strom Thurmond (00:00:32)

3. Intro Music WW2 Era (00:00:50)

4. Newsreel on the Liberation of Paris, France August 25, 1944 (00:01:25)

5. Military Memoirs interview with Bob Hirsch by Rod Gragg for CCU (00:07:07)

6. Operation Market Garden Explained - This week in Military History - Pritzker Military Museum and Library (00:07:56)

7. Newsreel report by Edward R Murrow on Operation Market Garden (00:10:09)

8. Military Memoirs interview with Bob Hirsch by Rod Gragg for CCU (00:12:30)

9. Interview with Mayor Bob Hirsch " 85 holes in the plane" "Jumpmaster Story " (00:19:38)

10. Interview with Mayor Bob Hirsch " Paratroopers jumping late " " Market Gardens under British command" (00:21:06)

11. Military Memoirs interview with Bob Hirsch by Rod Gragg for CCU (00:29:27)

12. Newsreel on Operation Market Garden - World War Two Foundation (00:31:59)

13. oral history with Senator Strom Thurmond (00:35:55)

14. Newsreel on The Battle of the Bulge - World War Two Foundation (00:37:27)

15. Military Memoirs interview with Bob Hirsch by Rod Gragg for CCU (00:39:11)

16. Closing music Special World War 2 Era (00:42:00)