Fighting Through WWII Stories & History
Dunkirk, D-Day, North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Lancasters, POWs. Second World War Stories, Memoirs & interviews - Britain, USA, Australia, Canada … all the forces … WW2. ... Over 500 5-star ratings. "Thank you for what you are doing. It's incredible and I'm absolutely hooked" AB
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98 World War II Snipers Part TWO - The Men, Their Guns, Their Story
04/19/2024
98 World War II Snipers Part TWO - The Men, Their Guns, Their Story
Another great line-up of WW2 sniper stories featuring female snipers, British veteran Harry Furness, the psychology of sniping and stories from Crete and Sicily along with one or two more surprises. And the usual PS's! Great Unpublished History! Please do subscribe or follow the show in your listening app as it helps me with the search rankings. And your app will automatically download the episode for you. Full show notes, photos and transcript at: Apple reviews: Reviews on main website: Buy Me a Coffee: Patreon: Follow me on Twitter: Follow me on Facebook: YouTube Channel: Links to features in the show: Gary Yee's book: World War II Snipers (1939-45) The Men, Their Guns, Their Story Here's a link to Amazon in the US: Google extracts from Gary Yee’s book The High Road Sniper Story forum: Military History Company The Secret Drop - James Papalia's new book, covered in the Christmas episode. Reddit war stories forum Sgt Carbonero said:
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97 World War II Snipers Part ONE - The Men, Their Guns, Their Story
04/17/2024
97 World War II Snipers Part ONE - The Men, Their Guns, Their Story
Another tranche of Sniper stories based around the book, World War II Snipers - The Men, Their Guns, Their Story, by Gary Yee. Features selection of personnel, training, tactics and the weapons themselves. Lots of WW2 stories and eye witness accounts from around the world. Great Unpublished History! Please subscribe or follow the show in your listening app as it helps me with the search rankings. Buy Me a Coffee: Patreon: Full show notes, photos and transcript at: Reviews on main website: Apple reviews: Follow me on Twitter: Follow me on Facebook: YouTube Channel: Links to features in the show: Gary’s book: World War II Snipers (1939-45) The Men, Their Guns, Their Story Here's a link to Amazon in the US: https://www.amazon.com/World-War-II-Snipers-Illustrated/dp/1636240984 Google extracts from Gary Yee’s book https://www.google.com/books/edition/World_War_II_Snipers/MtBkEAAAQBAJ?q=el+alamein+sniping+spots&gbpv=0#f=false The High Road Sniper Story forum: https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/a-collection-of-bedtime-stories-or-sharpshooter-sniper-tales.36853/page-19 Military History Company https://www.worldwarsupply.com/ The Secret Drop - James new book, covered in the Christmas episode. Reddit war stories forum Sgt Carbonero said:https://reddit.com/r/ww2/s/7zhCVvj7sr
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96 Christmas at War with the V1 missiles - 2023
12/14/2023
96 Christmas at War with the V1 missiles - 2023
Christmas at war, with more seasonal tales, including a special feature on what Christmas was like in various countries around the globe during WW2. Specials in this episode:German Boy Soldier's Christmas Shoes V1 Doodlebug bombs over Manchester The Last Flight of Lancaster DV189 The Journal of Flight Sergeant Jim Browning Christmas at war around the world And just to remind you, if you want to fill your December with a catch up on all the previous Christmas episodes for this podcast, you can access them easily by clicking on the episodes item on the website menu and selecting - Christmas! Buy Me a Coffee: Patreon: Full show notes, photos and transcript at: Reviews on main website: Apple reviews: Follow me on Twitter: Follow me on Facebook: YouTube Channel: Links to features in the show: Manchester V1 attack WW2 and comments Bomber enemies in WWII became friends Eugene Fluckey’s book Thunder Below about USS Barb submarine. SoundsLancaster crashing - Plane Crash.flac Copyright 2013 , .
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95 Dunkirk Special PART TWO Bob Metcalfe WW2 memoirs
11/26/2023
95 Dunkirk Special PART TWO Bob Metcalfe WW2 memoirs
PART TWO Featuring No time for dreams: a soldier’s six-year journey through World War II. By Robert W. Metcalfe, 4th Green Howards. PLUS: What someone's father found in the jungle AFTER the war. Who wrote to Bob Metcalfe upon publication of his book. Full show notes, photos and transcript at: Reviews on main website: Apple reviews: Follow me on Twitter: Follow me on Facebook: YouTube Channel: Buy Me a Coffee: Patreon: Links to features in the show: Thomas W Gray story - The Eighth Air Force Historical Society (official) Facebook page: WW2 Stories of Chaos and Courage Robert Gough https://www.facebook.com/groups/754427714964136/permalink/1401905480216353/?mibextid=zDhOQc Spitfire downed on Dunkirk beach https://www.facebook.com/groups/754427714964136/permalink/1298240560582846/?mibextid=zDhOQc Ramsgate life-boat - The France and Flanders Campaign 1940 Facebook https://www.facebook.com/861551180637519/posts/pfbid0MUyULj43uQvZ7CJjWhUJRUEd6P4xmbBKapXfv1d2hTvUzmcEAQYV1ZCeEa4Q7Xvql/ Thomas W Gray - The Eighth Air Force Historical Society (official) Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/8THAFHS/permalink/6392716644111145/ WW2 Stories of Chaos and Courage Robert Gough https://www.facebook.com/groups/754427714964136/permalink/1401905480216353/?mibextid=zDhOQc Recollections of Lieutenant JWR Cocke - Wilbur https://www.facebook.com/861551180637519/posts/pfbid023vpZUKbAJvcmkh2Y4HXQh25buYPeT4doKhBSzfnPus328rVKso3GuuQJvxuqZSpol/ More Dunkirk stories: https://www.facebook.com/groups/754427714964136/search/?q=dunkirk Seth Vader's grandfather's memoir: John Moran of Scottish parentage but a Canadian wrote a book under the name Ian Moran called the Lone Piper. https://www.amazon.com.au/Lone-Piper-Story-Millin-Lovats/dp/1706961251
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94 Dunkirk Special PART ONE - Bob Metcalfe British Canadian, Green Howard WW2 history
11/18/2023
94 Dunkirk Special PART ONE - Bob Metcalfe British Canadian, Green Howard WW2 history
Featuring No time for dreams: a soldier’s six-year journey through World War II. By Robert W. Metcalfe, 4th Green Howards Bob Metcalf enlisted in the fourth battalion, the Green Howards in December 1935. He saw action in France in 1940, where he was wounded. Subsequently, he served with the sixth battalion, the Green Howards, and the western desert, in Sicily, and was part of a British increment that fought with the fifth United States Army in Italy. After the war, Bob lived in Canada and became a Canadian citizen. He wrote his memoir in the early 1970’s. Plus loads of family stories! More great unpublished history of world war two! Full show notes, photos and transcript at: Reviews on main website: Apple reviews: Follow me on Twitter: Follow me on Facebook: YouTube Channel: Buy Me a Coffee: Patreon: Links to features in the show: France and Flanders – The Scotsmen story D-Day Operation Overlord facebook page Assn of Dunkirk ships https://www.facebook.com/DunkirkShips/ https://www.adls.org.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/culturevannin/photos/a.421476987984802/2655215381277607/?type=3 Isle of Man Culture Vannin Facebook pagefor the Manx Heritage foundation: taking Manx culture forward https://culturevannin.im/watchlisten/videos/world-war-two--the-isle-of-man-411483/?fbclid=IwAR1DGg6OnFOGCNd1evVKIBIUuliCuwI7vT-v5xDUcN44-bE5hSJ-kG1myjI Reddit Stories about WW2 heroes. Sgt Carbonero: https://reddit.com/r/ww2/s/7zhCVvj7sr Friends of Normanby Village Facebook page – 4th Green Howard story. Albert Edward Mead. https://www.facebook.com/groups/614763812894288/posts/1047674802936518/?comment_id=1047749999595665&reply_comment_id=1047877976249534¬if_id=1699710094723212¬if_t=group_comment_mention
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93 The 82nd airborne Part 2, letters from Sicily and Italy WW2
08/07/2023
93 The 82nd airborne Part 2, letters from Sicily and Italy WW2
More from Dave Thomas about his father’s exploits in the 82nd airborne in Italy. Preview of The Secret Beach: A Kids World War 2 Adventure. By James Papalia Green Howards feature - online Sicily exhibition Telephone chat with veteran Ken Cooke who has some more titbits to share with us about his time in Normandy, with an absolutely superb explanation about what it was like fighting in the French bocage. Loads of family stories! More great unpublished history of world war two! Full show notes, photos and transcript at: Reviews on main website: Apple reviews: Follow me on Twitter: Follow me on Facebook: YouTube Channel: Links to features in the show: The Secret Beach - Great WW2 history for kids! Buy here on Amazon: https://a.co/d/6klDSeb Green Howards https://greenhowards.org.uk/ Online Sicily Exhibition See: https://greenhowards.org.uk/exhibition/first-foot-on-fortress-europe/ Kilroy https://www.facebook.com/groups/wwiiphotographs/permalink/663597541886219/ Edward ‘Teddy’ Sheean VC WW2 STORIES OF CHAOS AND COURAGE https://www.facebook.com/groups/754427714964136/permalink/1365913053815596/ Champagne Sylvie. La Vie en France https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkRdwn9Ktd1z79n08YYVwhw Facebook story: WW2 STORIES OF CHAOS AND COURAGE The surly petty officer https://www.facebook.com/groups/754427714964136/permalink/1456548118085422/ Battles and Beers. Every soldier has a story, and every story deserves to be told. Nicholas Laidlaw - What War did to us https://www.facebook.com/groups/754427714964136/permalink/1156444198095817/ And here is the background to the Italian mission from http://www.facesbeyondthegraves.com/pagina43.html My mum kept her dads World War I record secret until I found them online. https://facebook.com/groups/754427714964136/permalink/1456548118085422/
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92 The 82nd airborne Part 1, letters from Sicily/Italy
07/31/2023
92 The 82nd airborne Part 1, letters from Sicily/Italy
A great family story from Dave Thomas about his father’s exploits in the 82nd airborne in Sicily and Italy. Telephone chat with veteran Ken Cooke who has some more titbits to share with us about his time in Normandy, with an absolutely superb explanation about what it was like fighting in the French bocage. Interview with Claire and Steve from the Soldier’s Charity about a very special Normandy tour you will wish to join later this year. Loads of family stories! Full show notes, photos and transcript at: Reviews on main website: Apple reviews: Follow me on Twitter: Follow me on Facebook: YouTube Channel: Links to features in the show: Links for episode 82 ABF The Soldiers’ Charity on their event ‘The Frontline Walk’ Visit for more information. Normandy specific website: The Frontline Walk: The Normandy Beaches 2023 (soldierscharity.org) Normandy route Day 1: Day 2: Day 3: Video: Frontline Walk 2022 - YouTube Song for the Bad Guys - Nick Feint Nick’s music is hosted on the bandcamp website and there’s a link to in the shownotes Nick Feint - Coming Up Roses 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment website D-Day and TimeGhost History's 24 hour coverage of D-Day, as it really happened. Clips, playlists, and all the chapters of that day as it unfolded. Great British Life online Magazine – link … Fred Thomas 504 PIR WW2
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91 Kisses on a Postcard - Child evacuees of WW2 - Interview with Dominic Frisby
03/12/2023
91 Kisses on a Postcard - Child evacuees of WW2 - Interview with Dominic Frisby
An interview with Dominic Frisby. The Kisses on a Postcard musical charts the true story of two young British evacuees during WW2. Features mystery postcard messages, the bombing of Plymouth, American GI's and crashing German bombers. Dominic’s work is full to bursting with Dunkirk spirit, steam trains and all the best of WW2 Britishness. And never ever was an episode better timed to coincide with world events. More great unpublished history of the second world war! Buy the book, the CD's, hear the musical as a podcast. All links and pod players at: Reviews on main website: Apple reviews: Follow me on Twitter: Follow me on Facebook: YouTube Channel:
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90 Alf Blackburn Part 2, British Infantry War Memoirs, WWII
02/10/2023
90 Alf Blackburn Part 2, British Infantry War Memoirs, WWII
Part 2 A classic tale of British infantry adventure in WW2. How the Fighting Through WW2 memoirs podcast put the families of two war comrades in touch with each other. Sicily and D-Day campaigns featured. Durham Light Infantry DLI and Green Howards feature. More great unpublished history! Buy Alf Blackburn's War Memoirs at: Full show notes, photos and transcript at:https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/90-Alfred-Blackburn-War-Memoirs-Part-2 Rennie Shaw Augie Herchenratter Men of Worth project Reviews on main website: Apple reviews: Follow me on Twitter: Follow me on Facebook: YouTube Channel:
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89 Alf Blackburn Part 1, British Infantry War Memoirs, WWII
02/06/2023
89 Alf Blackburn Part 1, British Infantry War Memoirs, WWII
A classic tale of British infantry adventure in WW2. How the Fighting Through WW2 memoirs podcast put the families of two war comrades in touch with each other. Sicily and D-Day campaigns featured. More great unpublished history! Buy Alf Blackburn's War Memoirs at: Full show notes, photos and transcript at: Rennie Shaw Augie Herchenratter Men of Worth project Reviews on main website: Apple reviews: Follow me on Twitter: Follow me on Facebook: YouTube Channel:
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88 Christmas/Hogmanay at War 2022 WWII
12/05/2022
88 Christmas/Hogmanay at War 2022 WWII
Celebrating another Christmas at war and indeed Hogmanay, with a Christmas stocking absolutely heaving with seasonal tales of goodwill. More great unpublished Christmassy! Full show notes, photos and transcript at: Support Ukraine: Yorkshire Aid Convoy Salvation Army Ukraine Crisis Appeal Red Cross/ Disasters Emergency Committee Edinburgh pubs: In search of the pub at Hogmanay - Facebook - Edinburgh Past and Present Anderson shelters Spotify playlist – German war songs POW letters home Douglas Bader report A Short History Of The Aden Emergency Sound Effects from Pixabay More great unpublished history of the second world war!
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87 German Boy Soldier 2 - Save the Last Bullet
11/08/2022
87 German Boy Soldier 2 - Save the Last Bullet
Previewing the newly published book, Save the Last Bullet, about a German boy soldier in the Nazi army. "This is the story of my father's traumatic ordeal as a boy soldier in Hitler's Army. It is an account in his own words of the horrors of the Third Reich, witnessed and experienced from his perspective as a child." Heidi Langbein. Hear the chapter on Military Training. Plus more family stories and WW2 ghost story from James Papalia, aged 7! More great unpublished history! British Normandy Memorial Shop - Bill Vickers Buy the Book, Save the Last Bullet: UK USA More Willi Langbein episodes: Save the Last Bullet intro - Christmas 2021 Coming soon: Christmas 2022 Heidi Langbein web site: Support Ukraine: Yorkshire Aid Convoy Salvation Army Ukraine Crisis Appeal Red Cross/ Disasters Emergency Committee Full show notes, photos and transcript at:
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86 Mighty Eighth podcast preview USAAF WW2 V2
11/05/2022
86 Mighty Eighth podcast preview USAAF WW2 V2
A preview of a brand new podcast all about the United States Air Force in the guise of the Mighty Eighth - and their role in Britain during the war. And as a prelude I’m going to chat with Johann, one of the hosts. More great unpublished history! Mighty Eighth website Book mention in the show: Paul Bingley and Mike Peters Support:Salvation Army Ukraine Crisis Appeal Red Cross/ Disasters Emergency Committee Full show notes, photos and transcript at: Reviews on main website: Apple reviews: Follow me on Twitter: Follow me on Facebook: YouTube Channel:
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85 Bill Turner, POW, and the Cockleshell Heroes, WW2 Commandos
08/01/2022
85 Bill Turner, POW, and the Cockleshell Heroes, WW2 Commandos
How the Cockleshell Heroes upset Nazi supply lines with canoes! The Cockleshell Heroes, Operation Frankton, was a commando raid on ships in the German occupied French port of Bordeaux in southwest France PLUS: How British Royal Fusilier, Bill Turner, survived for 3 years as a German POW. Featured in Episode artwork. More great unpublished history! Support the Cockleshell 2022 team for December 22 and donate to the Royal British Legion: Paul Britton, Senior reporter at Manchester Evening News. Twitter: @ Facebook: Cockleshell article in Manchester Evening News: Cockleshell article BBC: On This Day Australian military history - Facebook page: Donate To Salvation Army Ukraine Crisis Appeal Red Cross/ Disasters Emergency Committee Full show notes, photos and transcript at: Reviews on main website: Apple reviews: Follow me on Twitter: Follow me on Facebook: YouTube Channel:
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84 Canadian Lance Corporal David Johnson, Italy WW2
05/18/2022
84 Canadian Lance Corporal David Johnson, Italy WW2
A great tale of one man's survival when so many around him lost their lives in Italy and beyond. Features 5th Canadian Division. Plus a fascinating U-Boat tale about weather station Kurt sneakily set up by the enemy in Newfoundland. More great unpublished history! Donate To Salvation Army Ukraine Crisis Appeal Red Cross/ Disasters Emergency Committee If you want your painting done with aplomb, get on the phone and ring Desperate Don! That’s my plug, not Don’s! I’ve been using her Liz for typing work several years now and that clearly says a lot for the quality of her service. Full show notes, photos and transcript at: https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/83-corporal-leslie-cook-and-the-japanese-doll-ww2 Reviews on main website Apple reviews -
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83 Australian Corporal Leslie Cook and the Japanese Doll
05/13/2022
83 Australian Corporal Leslie Cook and the Japanese Doll
The tale of an Australian soldier who has to bury dead Japanese soldiers - a very distasteful duty but one which years later paid him back in positive ways he could not have imagined at the time. More great unpublished history! Donate To Salvation Army Ukraine Crisis Appeal Red Cross/ Disasters Emergency Committee Link to Anzac Day parade led by Les Cook https://youtu.be/c4sGEiex73I Research links www.ww2talk.com https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/p/research/ Pwll Du Bay in Wales. Where U-Boats sneaked up! https://www.enjoygower.com/pwll-du-bay Rob Edmunds historical writer https://twitter.com/RobEdmunds11 Goliath mini tank https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_tracked_mine?wprov=sfti1 Island Destiny, stories from a German medic on Guernsey https://guernseypress.com/news/2008/05/20/love-across-war-lines/ Island Destiny: A True Story of Love and War in the Channel Island of Sark Full show notes, photos and transcript at: https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/83-corporal-leslie-cook-and-the-japanese-doll-ww2 Reviews on main website Apple reviews -
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82 Coffee with Cpl Leslie Cook Part 2, Australian
04/27/2022
82 Coffee with Cpl Leslie Cook Part 2, Australian
Second part of a long chat with Australian veteran Leslie Cook, his views on the Pacific war and more tales of his WW2 adventures. Play link re the mobile tank mine – the Goliath Donate To Salvation Army Ukraine Crisis Appeal Red Cross/ Disasters Emergency Committee Full show notes, photos and transcript at: Reviews on main website Apple reviews -
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81 Coffee with Cpl Leslie Cook Part 1, Australian
04/24/2022
81 Coffee with Cpl Leslie Cook Part 1, Australian
A long chat with Australian veteran Leslie Cook, his views on the Pacific war and more tales of his WW2 adventures. Various family stories and an opportunity to donate to one of the several charities supporting the refugees. Donate To Salvation Army Ukraine Crisis Appeal Red Cross/ Disasters Emergency Committee British Normandy Memorial and Harry Billinge Full show notes, photos and transcript at: Reviews on main website Apple reviews -
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80 Ukraine 2022 Appeal, & Dutch Hunger Winter
03/13/2022
80 Ukraine 2022 Appeal, & Dutch Hunger Winter
Insights into the 2022 Ukraine crisis from 1944. Various family stories and an opportunity to donate to one of the several charities supporting the refugees. Plus: An insight into Operation Manna and the allied response to the massive food shortage in Holland. Donate To Salvation Army Ukraine Crisis Appeal Red Cross/ Disasters Emergency Committee Sources of news/discussion BBC’s Newscast and Ukrainecast podcasts Economist magazine podcast dated March 7 Full show notes, photos and transcript at: Reviews on main website Apple reviews - Operations Manna and Chowhound WWII
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79 German Submariner Part 2: Atlantic U Boat!
02/21/2022
79 German Submariner Part 2: Atlantic U Boat!
A thrilling Part 2 of German submarine U-111’s tour of the North Atlantic during the second world war. By Kurt Schoenthier. Sinkings, survivals and POW's. Plus stacks of family stories and more. Song For The Bad Guys from Next Exit From Babylon by Nick Feint There are 11 tracks on his brand new album. Below is a link to Bandcamp where Nick’s music is hosted. Nick's Facebook page Royal Army Chaplains’ Museum, Army Museum, Swindon, UK. https://royalarmychaplainsmuseum.business.site/?utm_source=gmb&utm_medium=referral) Chris Willet’s family history – Ted Dimmock https://www.family-treasure.com/greenhowarddunkirk Western Approaches museum Military Combat Stories Battle of the Atlantic Facebook page. Full show notes, photos and transcript at: Reviews on main website Apple reviews -
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78 German Submariner Part 1: Atlantic U-Boat, POW in Canada.
02/11/2022
78 German Submariner Part 1: Atlantic U-Boat, POW in Canada.
German submarine U-111’s tour of the North Atlantic during the second world war. By Kurt Schoenthier. Sinkings, survivals and POW's. Plus stacks of family stories, including a Green Howard Padre's account of the Dunkirk beaches. Western Approaches museum Military Combat Stories Battle of the Atlantic 1939 to 1945. Royal Army Chaplains’ Museum, Army Museum, Swindon, UK. Chris Willet’s family history – Ted Dimmock Full show notes, photos and transcript at: Reviews on main website Apple reviews -
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77 CBI Hump Pilot lost in China - The Seabees
01/03/2022
77 CBI Hump Pilot lost in China - The Seabees
The Able Queen, Tales of an Indiana Hump Pilot Lost in the Himalayas, China - by Rainy Hovarth - Extracts from the true story, told in his own words, of highly decorated CBI Hump Pilot, Robert Binzer, who flew combat transport missions with the 14th Air Force from China, 1943-1945. Plus: - V-discs - vintage wartime music - Major Mahony’s VC story - How to pronounce Aluminium! Links: Link to Wikipedia on Vdiscs: Lakeview Hot Record Club: Lakeview Hot Record Club is based at the Spirit Room, 139 State Street, Rochester NY Spotify play lists (or go to ) Bill Cheall's war: GI Joe Playlist: Rainy Horvath web sites: https://www.rainyhorvath.com/the-able-queen Carl Weidenburner is a military historian who has made the CBI Theatre of War his specialty. Check out his extensive page, and amazing collection of information on his site: Full show notes at: Reviews on main website Apple reviews -
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76 Christmas at War 2021 WW2 History
12/02/2021
76 Christmas at War 2021 WW2 History
- This Christmas in the South Pacific would be far more festive than last time. - Three US soldiers came upon a small cabin in the woods. - We followed the side of the bomb and found a second fuse A few more yards. I clambered onto the train – Yess! - Our Christmas Mission Was to fly Chinese troops up North! - ’Twas the night before Christmas and all through the tent, Not a creature was stirring, the rats had all went. More Great Unpublished Christmassy! Full show notes at: Reviews on main website Apple reviews - Munich WW2 bomb blows up near station, wounding four More great unpublished history of the second world war!
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75 Coffee with Ken Cooke D-Day veteran Part 2
11/17/2021
75 Coffee with Ken Cooke D-Day veteran Part 2
Briton Ken Cooke was in the 7th Green Howards infantry, and at the tender age of 18 was thrown into action for the very first time storming Gold Beach on D-Day 6th June 1944 in the very first waves of attack. Full show notes at: Reviews on main website Apple reviews -
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74 Coffee with Ken Cooke D-Day veteran Part 1
11/16/2021
74 Coffee with Ken Cooke D-Day veteran Part 1
Briton Ken Cooke was in the 7th Green Howards infantry, and at the tender age of 18 was thrown into action for the very first time storming Gold Beach on D-Day 6th June 1944 in the very first waves of attack. Full show notes at: Reviews on main website Apple reviews -
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73 Jack Stansfield British POW in WW2
10/25/2021
73 Jack Stansfield British POW in WW2
An article written by Michael and Jamie Stansfield, the son and grandson of Jack Stansfield. Jack Stansfield was a Green Howard, same as Dad, except Jack was in the 5th Battalion and Dad was in the 6th. Full show notes at: Reviews on main website Apple reviews -
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72 More Seabees and family stories WWII
09/22/2021
72 More Seabees and family stories WWII
A short episode to follow up feedback I’ve had on the previous Seabees episode. Full show notes at: Reviews on main website Apple reviews -
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71 The Battalion Artist, US Seabees in the Pacific War
09/16/2021
71 The Battalion Artist, US Seabees in the Pacific War
A Navy Seabee’s Sketchbook of War in the South Pacific The second world war adventures of Nat Bellantoni and his naval comrades in the famous Seabees. Plus a memoir from Seabee John Serra. Full show notes at: Nat's entire collection of artwork, papers, and memorabilia from World War II, resides at the Hoover Institution Library and Archives at Stanford University. Search for digital collections or use the links in the show notes. Irene Bellantoni died in 2016 aged 95. Her obituary is here. John Serra was a Seabee with the US Navy and served in Alaska, Saipan and in the invasion of Okinawa. He recorded his service and it is on the Library of Congress website Veterans History Project: - Apple -
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70 LCpl Jack Betley WWII comrade
09/02/2021
70 LCpl Jack Betley WWII comrade
I’ve got a number of Dad’s comrades KIA that I either can’t trace or have no photographs of – Jack Betley from Halifax was one of them. I once knew nothing about him - now I know everything, thanks to listener Mark Peters. Colourisation by Jakob Lagerweijj. The quickest way to contact Jakob is via Facebook/Messenger () Full show notes at: - Apple -
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69 German Boy Soldier Willi Langbein WW2
05/26/2021
69 German Boy Soldier Willi Langbein WW2
The memoir of a 13 year old boy soldier who witnessed six years of world war two, from Jewish persecution to hand-to-hand fighting on the front line - Wilhelm Johannes Langbein. "I tell my father’s story in his own words, without judgement or apology. His is the report of an eyewitness and unwitting participant in the horror of the Third Reich, seen from his perspective as a child". Heidi Langbein-Allen Daughter Full show notes at: - Apple -
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