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56 Omaha PART 1 - D-Day WW2. Overseas and Then Over the Top Jun 06, 2020

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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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55 Les Rutherford interview - Lancaster bomb aimer, WW2 history May 12, 2020

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Les Rutherford was part of the rear-guard defence of Dunkirk in 1940. He escaped to England in a most novel fashion and later volunteered for the Royal Air Force, becoming a bomb aimer on WWII Lancasters. He completed 23 operations with 50 Squadron from RAF Skellingthorpe but was shot down by a fighter on his 24th operation. He spent the rest of the war as a prisoner of war at Stalag Luft III, the location of the famed Great Escape.

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54 Okinawa - Saul David - Crucible of Hell WW2 Apr 16, 2020

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The Last Great Battle of the Second World War

Featuring passages from Saul David's new book, Crucible of Hell.

When the battle of Okinawa was over, almost a quarter of a million people had lost their lives, making it by far the bloodiest US battle of the Pacific. The horror of the battle ultimately determined President Truman's choice to use atomic bombs in August 1945.

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53 Sniper Harry Furness, Second World War Mar 18, 2020

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Some smashing sniping stories to share. Top of the bill is a tale of a British sniper, Harry Furness, from the 6th Green Howards which I'm using with kind permission of the author of a book called Sniper Anthology.

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52 For You the War is Over - POW podcast preview Mar 03, 2020

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For You the War is Over - special guest preview of the brand new podcast by Dave and Dave.

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51 Episode Fifty Special! Pt Two - Dunkirk 80 & more Mar 03, 2020

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Part Two, Episode Fifty anniversary special

Celebrate Dunkirk 80 with this special episode. Take a trip down the Second World War memory lane of Dunkirk, D-Day, Lancasters, tanks, the Blitz, POW's, the WW1 battle of Gallipoli and much more. Old stories, new stories and bloopers.

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50 Episode Fifty Special! Pt One - Dunkirk 80 & more Feb 26, 2020

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Celebrating Episode 50!

Take a trip down the Second World War memory lane of Dunkirk, D-Day, Lancasters, tanks, the Blitz, POW's, the WW1 battle of Gallipoli and much more. Old stories, new stories and bloopers.

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49 Christmas at War 2019, Second World War History and Poetry Dec 18, 2019

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Another helping of soldierly stories wrapped up in rhyme.

We've got a poignant verse written to a soldier by his tank comrades whilst he was laid up wounded in a military hospital.

A poem written by German soldier Heinrich to his girlfriend. He never came back from the front but his loving lines have been re-enacted for us by Kessie and Rolf.

And there's a recce mission for us all to work together on! I'm going to be asking for listeners' help in locating Nancy, the long lost wife of a soldier killed in action.

News from America where young Savannah has broken all history test records at her school

PS - A great load of heartwarming tales of Christmas at war around the globe.

Plus a bonus interview with Lancaster veteran Claude Reynolds who's just turned 98!

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48 Captain H E Hovell - First World War History Nov 10, 2019

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"We went up the line in the trenches at Vimy Ridge. We prepared our emplacement for a raid by the Canadians, to capture prisoners to gain information for the big attack that was to come. We were to fire gas shells during the early hours, followed by smoke, to give the Canadians cover.

"I was first in line but I had to stop for a few moments to feel for my boot in the mud, empty the mud out, and put it on again. I lost my place so then I was ninth in line. Then Jerry dropped a shell right in front of the line ...

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47 D-Day Through German Eyes Part Two - Jonathan Trigg Preview Oct 23, 2019

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Part Two of D-Day Through German Eyes, How the Wehrmacht Lost France by J Trigg.

A reflection on how the war was lost by the Germans and won by the Allies from D-Day onwards during WW2.

Please note that some of the narrative in this episode is quite gory, more so than on previous episodes. If you don't like imagery of blood, body parts and violent death scenes, I recommend you don't listen on this occasion.

"There was a vast number of ships, absolutely vast. I can tell you that my throat went dry painfully dry, and my hands began to shake. I wasn't the only man to be affected that way, one of the very young lads began to retch as if he was going to be sick. It was the effect of pure fear."

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Richard Freiherr von Rosen's 57-ton Tiger 1 Panzer blown upside down by allied bombing at the start of the Goodwood offensive (Pic in show notes)

A Tiger 1 of Schwere SS Panzer Abteilung101 knocked out by British infantrymen of 17 Queens Regiment in in Villers Bocage on 13 June 1944 (Pic in show notes)

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