WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

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147. Dunkirk - Day Seven Jun 01, 2020

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As clouds lift over Dunkirk the evacuation has to be suspended during daylight hours. Meanwhile the men on the perimeter resort to desperate measures to hold up the German advance.

Al and James are joined by US military historian Michael Neiberg to look at Dunkirk and the fall of France from an American perspective.

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Dunkirk - Day Six May 31, 2020

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As the men at Dunkirk continue to be lifted in huge numbers, Al and James turn their attention to some of the fascinating details of the story. We hear about the role of British medics working desperately on the injured men, while Goering loots fine art from a gallery in Amsterdam.

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145. Dunkirk - Day Five May 30, 2020

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Churchill’s grip on the war cabinet begins to strengthen as the news from Dunkirk continues to improve. Record numbers of men are rescued from both the beaches and the East Mole. In this episode Al and James are joined by Seb Cox, head of the Air Historical Branch.

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144. Dunkirk - Day Four May 29, 2020

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It’s a hugely significant day as 47,000 men are lifted from Dunkirk, but as the remaining soldiers run out of water on the beach they raid the cellars of local bars with predictable results. Al and James are joined by Pierre-Samuel Natanson, a military historian, who offers a French perspective on events.

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143. Dunkirk - Day Three May 28, 2020

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The success of Dunkirk was considered little short of a miracle. But not every soldier made it onto the rescue ships. To help buy time for their comrades to be picked up from the beach some soldiers paid the highest price. One was Al Murray’s grandad. In this highly personal episode, Al’s dad Ingram tells the story of a single band of men who didn’t make it home.

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142. Dunkirk - Day Two May 27, 2020

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May 27th, 1940, could be described as the single most important day in the twentieth century. British war cabinet meetings this day defined the policy to fight on rather than seek peace via Italian intermediaries. It was a close run thing.

Al and James are once again joined by the head of the Naval Historical Branch, Stephen Prince.

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141. Dunkirk - Day One May 26, 2020

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May 26th, 1940, was the first day of the most important week in history.

We Have Ways of Making You Talk will be releasing a podcast on each of the eight days of Operation Dynamo.

Today Al and James are joined by the head of the Naval Historical Branch, Stephen Prince.

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140. Olivia Smith - Bonus Episode May 24, 2020

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Young historian Olivia Smith shares the story of her grandmother’s early life in Nazi Germany with James.

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139. Philippe Sands - Part 2 May 21, 2020

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In this second episode of our Philippe Sands interview we explore The Ratline and its central cast of characters. Otto Wächter, the Nazi on the run from justice; his wife Charlotte, avowed Nazi but loving wife and mother. And Horst Wächter, their son, still trying to prove his parents were innocent of the worst Nazi crimes.

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-ratline/philippe-sands/2928377034016

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138. St Nazaire Raid May 19, 2020

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It was one of the most audacious raids of the Second World War. A combined Royal Navy and British Commando attack on the Normandie dry dock in German occupied France.

But was it worth the high human cost to stop the German warship Tirpitz potentially breaking out into the Atlantic?

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