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Fighting Through From Dunkirk to Hamburg
Episode 46
In this episode we're going to be discussing Bill Cheall.
Bill joined the Green Howard's in 1939, a regiment in the British army, and fought througho…
8 years, 9 months ago
The Jersey Brothers
Episode 45
In this episode we're looking at three brothers all in the US Navy at the start of the war, and their remarkable story.
Today I'm joined by Sally Mot…
8 years, 9 months ago
The Winter War: The British Reaction to the Invasion of Finland
Episode 44
Last year I talked to Irish Historian Bernard Kelly about his book "Military Internees, Prisoners of War and the Irish State during the Second World …
8 years, 10 months ago
The Red Cross: Humanitarians at War
Episode 43
The role of the International Committee of the Red Cross during WWII is complicated. Closely bound to Switzerland the ICRC tried to remain neutral wh…
8 years, 10 months ago
The Battle of the Coral Sea
Episode 42
In January I had an email from Bob Drury, if that name sounds familiar it's because I chatted to Bob in episode 30 talking about Old 666. He wondere…
8 years, 11 months ago
Amphibious Operations in WWII
Episode 41
We're looking at amphibious operations during the war in this episode. Until I started researching I hadn't realised how many there were. We're all p…
8 years, 11 months ago
Homefront to Battlefront
Episode 40
I've been planning to look at some individual soldiers stories for some time, the first was going to be the story of a Green Howard who fought throug…
9 years ago
Allen Dulles and the German Resistance
Episode 39
In this episode we're looking at a topic we touched up on in way back in episode 06 when we looked at the OSS. We're looking at the OSS station chie…
9 years ago
The Race for the Rhine
Episode 38
Once the Allies had crossed the English Channel on D-Day the next large natural barrier would be the crossing of the Rhine into Germany.
Toward the e…
9 years, 1 month ago
82nd Airborne at Operation Husky
Episode 37
In 1943 the Allies made their first mass use of Airborne troops in support of the landings on Sicily. By this time the Germans had already ruled out …
9 years, 1 month ago