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The Arnhem Parachute Drop

The Arnhem Parachute Drop

Operation Market Garden, Brazil's nuclear accident, the Battle of Algiers and Cuban spies

The History Hour · BBC World Service

September 22, 201850m 22s

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Show Notes

Operation Market Garden - the failed attempt to end the war against Hitler; plus, a deadly nuclear accident in Brazil, the film of the Battle of Algiers, the last regular steam train to run in Britain and one of the Cuban Five jailed in America for spying for Fidel Castro.

(Photo: Allied planes and parachutists over Arnhem, Getty Images)