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Heartwarming festive tales of WWII. Cry. Laugh. Learn. German POW story, "Last Flight" Lancaster tale, Wilf Shaw goes to church, Stop Press headlines, much more. Your free christmas gift: The Fighting...
125 (Pt 2) Britain's Darkest WW2 Newspaper Headlines 1940 PART TWO (00:56:27)
Britain's Darkest WW2 Newspaper Headlines 1940 PART TWO Part Two of a Stop Press Party as we read through more fascinating newspaper headlines of Second World War 1940 - the London Blitz, Battle of B...
124 (Pt 1) Britain's Darkest WW2 Newspaper Headlines 1940 PART ONE (00:54:43)
Part One of a Stop Press Party as we read through the exciting newspaper headlines of Second World War 1940 - the London Blitz, Battle of Britain, bombers, blimps and the silly adverts. Hear about al...
123 (Pt 3) Battle of Stalingrad Through German Eyes WW2 BY Jonathan Trigg (01:20:57)
Part Three of a preview of Jonathan Trigg's blockbuster book Stalingrad Through German Eyes. Operation Uranus sees the Russians attempting to oust the Germans from their frozen enclave in the city of ...
122 (Pt 2) Battle of Stalingrad Through German Eyes WWII (01:29:42)
Part Two of a preview of Jonathan Trigg's blockbuster Stalingrad Through German Eyes. Part One starts in episode 121. The fighting advances into the Russian city of Stalingrad itself. Battle of Stalin...
121 (Pt 1) Battle of Stalingrad Through German Eyes, Second World War, Jonathan Trigg (01:34:06)
A preview of Jonathan Trigg's blockbuster Stalingrad Through German Eyes. Five months, one week and three days of hell. The German offensive to capture Stalingrad from the Soviets began in August 1942...
120 Christmas at War 2024, Chat with Cecili Howard and Ken Cooke (01:31:52)
Chat with Cecili who was a young girl in WWII Britain. A Christmas catch up with D-Day veteran Ken Cooke, 98. Plus another helping of festive tales of WW2. Please do subscribe or follow in your liste...
Bill's sobering police tour around defeated post-WWII Germany takes in sights and experiences of Oberhausen, Essen and Duisberg, including a poignant and memorable 1945 Christmas. Hear the complete b...
118 Ch 22-23: Germany, Hamburg, Devastation at the end of WWII (00:52:03)
Chapter 22/23 Bill recovers from his wounds and gets back into training in England. He returns to the battlefront to his comrades in WW2 Germany and witnesses first hand the devastation caused by alli...
117 Ch 20-21: D-Day plus 1 to D plus 30 - Bill Cheall's WWII memoirs (01:08:47)
D-Day plus 1 to D plus 30. The Green Howards fight through France the next few weeks after the invasion. Hear the complete book, now ON THIS PODCAST, STARTS EPISODE 107. Fighting Through from Dunkirk...
116 Ch 18-19 D-Day - Bill Cheall's WWII memoirs (01:00:16)
D -1 to D-Day. Bill and his comrades cool their heels on board ship whilst the invasion is postponed. They land under horrific fire with the first wave of troops on Gold beach. Hear the complete book,...
115 Ch 15-17 D-Day Preparation, Bill Cheall's memoirs (00:55:59)
Hear the complete book, now ON THIS PODCAST, STARTS EPISODE 107. Bill returns home via bombed-out Liverpool. He trains hard and prepares for D-Day, witnessing some awful happenings in England before ...
114 Ch 13-14 Sicily, Bill Cheall's memoirs, WW2 history. (01:01:47)
Bill trains in the desert heat before invading Sicily, experiencing bombardment and action around the Primasole bridge and Catania airport, before cooking a meal for Generals Eisenhower and Montgomery...
113 Ch 10-12: North Africa, Battle of Wadi Akarit,. Bill Cheall's memoirs (01:02:58)
Chapters 10 The Desert (Egypt), 11 Back to the Green Howards, 12 Wadi Akarit, Into Battle WW2. Hear the complete book, now ON THIS PODCAST, STARTS EPISODE 107. Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg...
112 Ch 8-9: Queen Mary voyage to N Africa, Bill Cheall's memoirs. WW2 history. (00:41:34)
Chapters 8/9 - I Am Posted. Bill cools his heels in Britain before finding out he's going to do some travelling - on the Queen Mary ship - to the Middle East. Hear the complete book, now ON THIS PODCA...
111 Ch 5-7: Dunkirk Aftermath, Bill Cheall's memoirs,WW2 (01:01:46)
Chapters 5,6,7, The Aftermath, Reorganisation, Training. Bill recovers from Dunkirk and the Green Howards re-equip and reorganise for war. Hear the complete book, now ON THIS PODCAST, STARTS EPISODE ...
110 Ch 4: Dunkirk. Bill Cheall's memoirs, WWII history. (00:23:17)
Chapter 4, Dunkirk. Bill's horrific experience in France continues. Hear the complete book, now ON THIS PODCAST, STARTS EPISODE 107. Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg, by Bill Cheall. The story...
109 Chapter 3, British Expeditionary Force, France, 1940. Bill Cheall's memoirs of WW2 history. (00:29:01)
Chapter 3, We Join the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and fight in France 1940. Hear the complete book, now ON THIS PODCAST, STARTS EPISODE 107. Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg, by Bill Ch...
108 Chapters 1-2, The Beginning. Bill Cheall's WW2 memoirs (00:24:20)
Chapter 1, The Beginning - joining The Territorial Army Reserve in 1939. Chapter 2, Call-Up Hear the complete book, now ON THIS PODCAST, STARTS EPISODE 107. Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg, b...
107 Bill Cheall's complete war memoirs - Dunkirk intro & Prologue. The Book, Fighting Through From Dunkirk to Hamburg - by Bill Cheall (00:21:46)
Introduction & Dunkirk Prologue. Hear the complete book, now ON THIS PODCAST, STARTS here on EPISODE 107. Bill joins the territorial reserve army and fights in Dunkirk, living to escape and fight anot...
106 Blitz, Tanks, D-day and Sappers - Tenth Anniversary PART THREE (02:28:27)
More second world war stories on the Blitz, Evacuees, Gallipoli, Tanks, Dunkirk and D-day, Sappers …. PART THREE of an anniversary special celebrating ten years in podcasting. Episode artwork: Trooper...
105 Sniper, POW, Blitz, more WW2 stories - Tenth Anniversary PART TWO (02:03:50)
Veteran Wilf Shaw, Australian Les Cook, POW's, Gallipoli and more, PART TWO of an anniversary special celebrating ten years in podcasting. Episode artwork:Jesse Rance, London Metropolitan Police betwe...
104 Germany stories and Bismarck - Tenth Anniversary PART ONE (02:03:26)
An anniversary special celebrating ten years in podcasting. Featuring old favourites and new alike. This episode has a particular focus on Germany in the war, with much more. Episode artwork:German sh...
103 Matt Cain interview on Lady of Mann, Dunkirk Little Ship, Manxmen in WW2 (02:03:18)
Boat enthusiast Matt Cain enthralls us with the history and restoration project behind one of Dunkirk's most famous rescue ships. The Lady of Mann from the Isle of Man. Matt and Paul discuss the Dunki...
102 Arctic Convoy with WW2 memoir Armageddon in the Arctic Ocean, by Paul Gill (02:36:34)
A thrilling family memoir from Paul Gill from USA who sailed in the Arctic convoys during the Second World War. "The enemy planes were flying just a few feet over the surface of the water on our star...
