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Podcast: The Silver King's War
Episode: Stanley's War Review: The Last Gamble
Description: Send us a textThis is episode eight in the final review of The Silver King's War. Michael G. Sievers, the writer, producer and creator of this podcast series, reviews his father's war as a B-26 Bombardier. The A-72 base supported Pathfinder missions to guide bomber crews to success via the Oboe System. The German Army began a surprise counter attack in Belgium's Ardennes Forest at day break on December 16.  Their early, deep and desperate incursions, described as a "Last Gamble," were an attempt to capture the port of Antwerp and cut allied supply lines. The 597th Bombe...