Rob Attar spoke to Frank van den Bergh the curator of the National Liberation Musuem in the Netherlands about Operation Market Garden, 65 years after the famous airborne assault. Listen to the full interview here.
Some of the delights you’ll find if you go in search of history in our cities.
On this day...
Glenn Miller received a gold disc
11 February
1942
The first ever gold disc was awarded by RCA Victor Records to Glenn Miller at the CBS Playhouse in New York City to celebrate 1.2m sales of his recording of Chattanooga Choo-Choo.
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