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Convoys! (Part 2)

Season 1 Episode 719

It’s the 31st of March 1943 and Convoy HX231 sets off from New York. Sir Charles Ramsey is the commodore of the convoy but he is low on ships for pro…

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USA: We Have Ways - The Black Military Experience

Season 1 Episode 718

The existence of African-American soldiers has all but been erased from the popular narrative of the Second World War.

James Holland and John McManus…

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Convoy! (Part 1)

Season 1 Episode 718

In the first of a three part series, Al Murray and James Holland discuss the journey of Convoy HX231.

Today, they chat about the build up to its launc…

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USA: We Have Ways - Tarawa 1943

Season 1 Episode 716

Al Murray, James Holland and John McManus discuss the deadly battle on Tarawa. A close quarters and bloody fight for a small atoll in the central Pac…

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The Birth Of The UN, Prisoners in the Isle Of Man and the Cairo Conference

Al Murray and James Holland catch up on their latest research and after some revelatory peering down rabbit holes look back to this week in 1943 to e…

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Eddie Izzard: My Second World War Obsession

Al Murray and James Holland speak to actress, comedian and political campaigner Suzy Eddie Izzard about their lifelong love for the Second World War.…

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Life On A Destroyer

Season 1 Episode 713

Tribal Class Destroyers, what was life like serving on them - and what is a Destroyer?

Al Murray and James Holland go into detail into the staffing, r…

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USA: We Have Ways - The Marine Corps

Season 1 Episode 712

Al Murray and James Holland speak to decorated Marine Corps officer and former United States senator Jim Webb.

They discuss the evolution of the US Ma…

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How to Win in Arnhem

Season 1 Episode 711

Al Murray and James Holland read Second World War manuals produced by the British and American Army.

They detail the unbelievable difficulty that XXX …

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War Music

Season 1 Episode 710

Recorded at We Have Ways Fest 2023, Al Murray sits down with music journalist David Hepworth for a chat about 1940s pop music, the spirit of the nati…

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