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…