Operation Varsity: The Largest Airborne Assault of WWII w/ Author James Fenelon

Many people are familiar with the airborne airborne assaults of the 82nd & 101st Airborne Divisions in Operation Overlord and Operation Market Garden. What has slipped between the cracks is the largest airborne assault of WWII when the 17th Airborne jumped across the Rhine River in Operation Varsity. We're chatting with James Fenelon, the author of "Four Hours of Fury", to learn a bit more about the titanic operation and it's place in the narrative of WWII.

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