Fighting Through WWII Stories &amp; History

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New Links page for researchers, service records etc: https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/p/research/

NEW! The Museum page. Back stories, photos galore and souvenirs from Bill Cheall's war. https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/p/the-museum-bill-chealls-souvenirs-and-photos/

65 Leslie Cook Part 2 Greece PLUS The Great Escape! Mar 27, 2021

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Part Two - Circa 1941 Greece adventures, plus an exclusive Canadian family story about the Great Escape!

Web site - Full episode show notes, links, photo and transcript

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Links:

Royal Indian Navy mutiny: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Indian_Navy_mutiny

New Links page for researchers etc: https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/p/research/

Military History guide: https://booklicious.net/

Alfred Thompson's account of his Great Escape experience in the Toronto Sun: https://torontosun.com/news/provincial/the-great-escape-honouring-late-barrie-lawyer-imprisoned-for-years-as-nazi-pow

Youtube video of an interview with a Canadian author, Ted Barris who has written a book on the subject of Canada and The Great Escape.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBGoPy0OxCc

Joël Stoppels Battlefield Tours Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/Battlefieldgroningen

Or on Instagram for more pictures and stories https://www.instagram.com/battlefieldtoursgron/

64 Cpl Leslie Cook Part 1, Australian in Burma & New Guinea WW2 Dec 07, 2020

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Six full years of an Australian soldier's second world war, in what I think is one of the finest set of stories you could ever hope to come across - over 80 in all.

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63 Jean Lindsay, Child of the Second World War Nov 11, 2020

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Jean was a youngster when the second world war broke out. She describes her first sinister sighting of a German airship – a Zeppelin She tells of her evacuation from Norfolk to Nottinghamshire early on in the war. She's got stories of deadly WW2 Doodlebugs and Bombings Learn about the rather naughty practical joke she and her friend played on allied airmen. And there're yet more japes with the British Home Guard and the local American troops. There's a return to rationing as a young girl recalls her experiences Learn how the Americans loved their Fish and Chips. And how American cheer lifted the spirits of the British population Finally, what an absolutely marvellous wartime birthday present for a young girl!

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Jean Lindsay

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62 Churchill's Hellraisers by Damien Lewis PART 2 WW2 history Sep 09, 2020

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THIS IS PART TWO - LISTEN TO PART ONE, EPISODE 61, FIRST

Damien Lewis is the author of new book CHURCHILL'S HELLRAISERS: The Secret Mission to Storm a Forbidden Nazi Fortress. It's the TRUE story of a hodge-podge team tasked with sneaking through enemy territory and breaching an otherwise impregnable fortification in Northern Italy, liberating Italy from Nazi control.

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Below: Albert Stevens with flight line crew and test pilots incl famous chief test pilot Alex Henshaw - at castle Bromwich spitfire factory - Amazing bit of history!

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61 Churchill's Hellraisers preview - Damien Lewis, WWII History Sep 04, 2020

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PART ONE

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60 Omaha PART 5 - D-Day WW2 Jul 19, 2020

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LISTEN TO EPISODES 56-59 BEFORE THIS ONE

The FIFTH and FINAL instalment in the memoir Overseas and Over the Top by Morris Prince.

Omaha Beach to the Battle of the Bulge and beyond - in multiple episodes. One man's complete and personal memoir of the entire period from leaving America for England and onto Germany in the Second World War.

Some place names mentioned. Also see a Google Maps link.

England:

Bude Titchfield Folkestone (Beachburrow-House) Braunton Camp Swanage Dorchester

France: Vierville-sur-Mer Columbieres Isigny Valognes Beaumont-Hague St. Jean De Daye Mortain Mayenne Cherbourg Kerlogué Le Conquet Trebabu St Lo Le Folgoet Ploumouger, Lochrist Battery Argol Crozon Peninsula (Le Fret) Brest Landernau Lesneven

Belgium: Arlon, Belgium

Luxembourg: Esch, Luxembourg

Belgium: Raeran, Belgium

Germany:

The Seigfried Line Germeter (Hells Corner—Hurtgen Forest) Bergstein (Hill 400) Simmerath Roetgen Sohmidthof Crossing of the Roer Wollseifen Kalterherberg Dedenborn Maychoss

Map of the area

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59 Omaha PART 4 - D-Day WW2 Jul 15, 2020

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LISTEN TO EPISODES 56 -58 BEFORE THIS ONE

The FOURTH instalment in the memoir Overseas and Over the Top

Omaha Beach to the Battle of the Bulge and beyond - in multiple episodes. One man's complete and personal memoir of the entire period from leaving America for England and onto Germany.

Some place names mentioned. Also see one map below plus a Google Maps link.

Belgium Arlon, Belgium

Luxembourg Esch, Luxembourg

Belgium Raeran, Belgium

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Map of the area

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58 Omaha PART 3 - D-Day WW2 Jun 17, 2020

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LISTEN TO EPISODES 56 AND 57 BEFORE THIS ONE

The THIRD instalment in the memoir Overseas and Over the Top, second world war history

Omaha Beach to the Battle of the Bulge and beyond - in multiple episodes. One man's complete and personal memoir of the entire period from leaving America for England and onto Germany.

Some place names mentioned. Also see one map below plus a Google Maps link.

Vierville-sur-Mer (Near Omaha Beach) Columbieres Isigny Valognes Beaumont-Hague St. Jean De Daye Mortain Mayenne Cherbourg Kerlogué Le Conquet Trebabu St Lo Le Folgoet Ploumouger, Lochrist Battery Cretin Peninsula (Le Fret) Landernau Brest Crozon peninsula Landernau Lesneven Arlon, Belgium

Map of the area

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57 Omaha PART 2 - D-Day Jun 10, 2020

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LISTEN TO EPISODE 56 BEFORE THIS ONE

The second instalment in the memoir Overseas and Over the Top

Omaha Beach to the Battle of the Bulge and beyond - in multiple episodes. One man's complete and personal memoir of the entire period from leaving America for England and onto Germany.

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