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35. Al Murray walks the Oosterbeek Perimeter
Season 1 · Episode 35

35. Al Murray walks the Oosterbeek Perimeter

On day four of Operation Market Garden, British commanding officer Roy Urquhart gave up trying to relieve John Frost at Arnhem bridge and ordered his remaining men to form a defensive perimeter around the village of Oosterbeek. Al Murray walks the ground.

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September 23, 201939m 15s

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On day four of Operation Market Garden, British commanding officer Roy Urquhart gave up trying to relieve John Frost at Arnhem bridge and instead ordered his remaining men to form a defensive perimeter around the village of Oosterbeek. Al Murray explores the small pocket in which three thousand British troops grimly hung on waiting for a relief force that would never arrive.


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