104 Germany stories and Bismarck - Tenth Anniversary PART ONE
Fighting Through WWII Stories & History
Release Date: 10/28/2024
Fighting Through WWII Stories & History
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 Stalingrad. Part One starts in episode 121. Part Two starts in episode 122. FeedSpot automatic email service Use Feedspot for free email notifications. Find the Fighting Through Podcast on the list at this link. Fill in your details and get notified every time an episode drops. The book - Battle of Stalingrad Through German Eyes. Jonathan Trigg Jonathan Trigg Website Angus Wallace interview with...
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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 Stalingrad Through German Eyes. Jonathan Trigg Jonathan Trigg Website The Fighting Through Podcast 'German eyes' collection: Fighting Through website - Show notes and photos (none for this episode: Buy Me a Coffee Patreon: Episode shortlist - All the episodes for this podcast in a short list (or link via the website menu) Reviews: Please review in your usual app or on my website here: Follow me on...
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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, The losses on both sides were eye-watering – the Soviets alone suffered something approaching half a million dead and more than 650,000 sick or wounded – and in his unique style author Jonathan Trigg reveals the human agony behind such statistics through the words of the Germans who were there. The Through German Eyes list actually goes D-Day to VE-Day, Barbarossa, Stalingrad and then Air...
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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 listening app as it helps me with the search rankings. Show notes and photos: Episode shortlist - Full episode listing for the podcast Buy Me a Coffee Patreon: Reviews: Please review in your usual app or on my website here: Follow me on Facebook: YouTube Channel: Follow me on Twitter:
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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 book, now ON THIS PODCAST, STARTS EPISODE 107. Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg, by Bill Cheall. The story of one British man's second world war. Please do subscribe or follow in your listening app as it helps me with the search rankings. Show notes and photos: Episode shortlist - Full episode listing for the podcast Buy Me a Coffee Patreon: Reviews: Please review in...
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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 allied bombing and the uprooting of the displaced peoples of Europe, during the second world war. Hear the complete book, now ON THIS PODCAST, STARTS EPISODE 107. Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg, by Bill Cheall. The story of one British man's second world war. Please do subscribe or follow in your listening app as it helps me with the search rankings. Show notes and photos: ...
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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 to Hamburg, by Bill Cheall. The story of one British man's second world war. Please do subscribe or follow in your listening app as it helps me with the search rankings. Show notes and photos: Episode shortlist - Full episode listing for the podcast Buy Me a Coffee Patreon: Reviews: Please review in your usual app or on my website here: Follow me on Facebook: YouTube Channel:...
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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, now ON THIS PODCAST, STARTS EPISODE 107. Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg, by Bill Cheall. The story of one British man's second world war. Please do subscribe or follow in your listening app as it helps me with the search rankings. Show notes: Episode shortlist - Full episode listing for the podcast Buy Me a Coffee Patreon: Reviews: Please review in your usual app or on my...
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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 the invasion even begins. Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg, by Bill Cheall. The story of one British man's second world war. Please do subscribe or follow in your listening app as it helps me with the search rankings. Show notes and photos: Episode shortlist - Full episode listing for the podcast Buy Me a Coffee Patreon: Reviews: Please review in your usual app or on my...
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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! Hear the complete book, now ON THIS PODCAST, STARTS EPISODE 107. Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg, by Bill Cheall. The story of one British man's second world war. Please do subscribe or follow in your listening app as it helps me with the search rankings. Show notes and photos: Episode shortlist - Full episode listing for the podcast Buy Me a Coffee Patreon: Reviews:...
info_outlineAn 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 ship Bismarck.
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BOOKS
D-Day Through German Eyes, by Jonathan Trigg
https://amzn.to/3ZYUP9a
Mines, Bombs, Bullets and Bridges: A Sapper's Second World War Diary by Michael Moss
https://amzn.to/3NnKITW
Save the Last Bullet - Willi Langbein / Heidi Langbein Allen
https://amzn.to/3NEUyB0
EPISODES
5 Claude Reynolds 1 - Coffee with Claude - Lancaster rear gunner interview
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/5-claude-reynolds-ww2-lancaster-veteran-interview-1/
12 Claude Reynolds 2 - WW2 Lancaster veteran interview
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/12-claude-reynolds-2-ww2-lancaster-veteran-interview/
9 Dunkirk Diaries of Major Leslie Petch OBE WWII
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/9-dunkirk-diaries-of-major-leslie-petch-obe-wwii/
26 The Zilken Letters. A veteran exposes the army's best kept WWII secrets!
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/26-the-zilken-letters-a-veteran-exposes-the-armys-best-kept-wwii-secrets/
33 Women at War 2 - Wartime Recipes and WRENS https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/33-wartime-recipes-and-wrens-in-ww2/
46 Through German Eyes in the Second World War https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/46-through-german-eyes-in-the-second-world-war/
47 D-Day Through German Eyes Part Two https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/47-through-german-eyes-part-two/
69 German Boy Soldier Willi Langbein WW2
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/69-german-boy-soldier-willi-langbein-ww2/
Save the Last Bullet book and audio book
73 Jack Stansfield POW in WW2
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/73-Jack-Stansfield-POW-in-WW2/
National Archives at Kew, UK
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17150376
78 German Submariner Part 1: Atlantic, POW in Canada.
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/78-german-submariner-and-pow/
Helmut Keune story in Canadian magazine McLeans, from 1949. https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1949/7/15/what-happened-in-the-bismarck
91 Kisses on a Postcard - child evacuees - interview with Dominic Frisby
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/91-Kisses-on-a-Postcard-Evacuees-in-
WW2 Stories of Chaos and Courage - HMS BULLDOG and Enigma codes
https://www.facebook.com/groups/754427714964136/permalink/1682478342159064/?rdid=C4mzt6h6eLyTSER3&share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2Fp%2F9j382bZ4cVizdp1Z
Heinrich Severloh was 20 years old on d-day. ww2 stories of chaos and courage
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/tBEVyKbwWUYQy1uB/?mibextid=K35XfP
Coded letters
https://www.reddit.com/r/ww2/s/3EoV8PUqzy
Sound effects:
Hurricane and Spitfire dog fighting - Sound courtesy of JimSim on Freesound
https://freesound.org/people/jimsim/sounds/434671/#comments
Sonar
https://freesound.org/people/Peter_Gross/sounds/12677/
Morse
https://freesound.org/people/christislord/sounds/553739/#comments
Base wave - Sound Effect from
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Lieutenant General Alan Brooke, GOC II Corps Commander on his evacuation from Dunkirk.
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