The Battle of Arnhem with Al Murray

Published: Sept. 19, 2024, 11:30 p.m.

Al Murray, host of WWII podcast We Have Ways of Making You Talk joins Dan to tell the story of the most catastrophic 24-hours the British military faced in the Second World War. Known as \u2018Black Tuesday\u2019 the battle of Arnhem was a daring but doomed attempt to secure a vital bridgehead across the Rhine in order to end the war before Christmas 1944.


Al takes Dan through a moment by moment retelling of those 24 hours, the key characters, what went right, what went wrong and where bad decisions were made and opportunities squandered.


His new book is called \u2018Arnhem Black Tuesday\u2019


Produced by James Hickmann and edited by Dougal Patmore.


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