
Battle of Arnhem
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Search complete. 2 mentions across 2 episodes found for "Battle of Arnhem".
Oct 17, 2026
The Man Who Saved The SAS with Tim Spicer
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36:54Tim SpicerGUEST
Brian was co-opted for that, along with people like David Smiley and, and other people who ex- were experienced in clandestine warfare.
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37:02Tim SpicerGUEST
And in parallel with that and running the Hyde Park Hotel, he was campaigning to have the SAS brought back, and that's where his, if you like, more subtle skills, perhaps more subtle than Paddy Mayne's, came to the fore because he was able to manipulate and work his way through the corridors of power in the War Office and the Foreign Office and government in general, ably assisted by people like Bob Laycock, Mike Calvert, some of the more forward-thinking airborne forces generals who'd emerged through the Battle of Arnhem, people like Frost and Gerald Lathbury and others, who by this time were, were quite senior officers.
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37:40Tim SpicerGUEST
And indeed, Winston Churchill himself, who was out of office and therefore had time on his hands, but of course knew everybody.
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37:47Tim SpicerGUEST
And within eighteen months, between eighteen months and two years, it worked, and the SAS came back in the form of two one, 21 SAS TA Regiment, and so Brian had won.
TooFatLardies Oddcast, October 2026
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42:08Richard ClarkeHOST
So you've got some really nice maps to follow the action on.
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42:15Richard ClarkeHOST
And it's interesting because rather than taking a look at the whole Battle of Arnhem, look at that.
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42:23Richard ClarkeHOST
Details of Hohenstaufen, what they're equipped with.
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42:27Richard ClarkeHOST
Really super graphics.