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Season 1 Episode 770
**THE D-DAY SERIES WILL RETURN ON TUESDAY**
Al Murray and James Holland are back again with warbird legend Richard Grace at his Northampton hangar ful…
1 year, 9 months ago
D-Day: Bloody Omaha? (Episode 6)
Season 1 Episode 769
Do the facts of the 6th June really live up to the myth of ‘Bloody Omaha’? Al Murray and James Holland are joined by US historian John McManus to dis…
1 year, 10 months ago
D-Day: The Beaches (Episode 5)
Season 1 Episode 768
It was the single most day in the entire Allied campaign during WW2, the storming of the beaches of Normandy on the 6th June 1944.
Al Murray and James…
1 year, 10 months ago
D-Day: Minelaying & The Airborne Drop (Episode 4)
Season 1 Episode 767
Al Murray and James Holland continue to narrate the story of D-Day in stunning detail.
In today’s episode they spend time focusing on an often untold …
1 year, 10 months ago
D-Day: 24 Hours To Go (Episode 3)
Season 1 Episode 766
With only a few hours to go before Landing Craft are due to hit the beaches of Normandy, the Allies plan for Operation OVERLORD hangs finely in the b…
1 year, 10 months ago
D-Day: The Master Plan (Episode 2)
Season 1 Episode 765
The Allied plan for OVERLORD is a masterclass in logistics. Al Murray and James Holland detail the roles of US and British forces in planning the lar…
1 year, 10 months ago
D-Day: The German Side (Episode 1)
Season 1 Episode 764
May 1944, it is clear to Erwin Rommel that the Allied counter attack is just a few weeks away. The answer is simple - defend the Atlantic Wall.
But Na…
1 year, 10 months ago
USA: War Is Hell - A Soldier’s Story
Season 1 Episode 763
In a follow up to our superb episode in which John McManus opened up the archives to a glut of post-war surveys of US soldiers, the boys really dig i…
1 year, 10 months ago
USA: The Forgotten Island - Operation RECKLESS
Season 1 Episode 762
June 1944 was a month of allied invasion, both in Europe and the Pacific.
James Holland and John McManus discuss Operation RECKLESS, the invasion of H…
1 year, 10 months ago
The World's Greatest Spitfire Pilot
Season 1 Episode 761
Is the Spitfire the perfect plane? Al Murray and James Holland speak to Matt Jones - possibly the most experienced Spitfire pilot in the world. Matt …
1 year, 10 months ago