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Season 1 Episode 322
More of your wartime Family Stories, including a timely tale from the Battle of Crete.
With thanks to Luke Brannigan, Robert Blood, Betty Dullaghan an…
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321. Axis Sally
Season 1 Episode 321
Mildred Gillars, or Axis Sally as she was known, was an American broadcaster employed by Nazi Germany as a radio propagandist during The Second World…
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320. The Battle for Crete
Season 1 Episode 320
The assault on Crete led to a pyrrhic German victory and much finger pointing on the part of the Allies. Was Major-General Bernard Freyberg to blame …
4 years, 9 months ago
319. Family Stories - Ep 19
Season 1 Episode 319
This week we hear more of your war time family stories. Including the incredible details of an Australian soldier’s experiences in a Japanese POW cam…
4 years, 9 months ago
318. The Sappers in the D-Day Gliders
Season 1 Episode 318
In this special edition of the podcast Al Murray reads an article written by his father, Ingram Murray, known to regular listeners as The Colonel.
It …
4 years, 10 months ago
317. Ronny Scott
Season 1 Episode 317
While Argentina remained neutral throughout the Second World War, around 4,000 Argentinians volunteered to fight for the Allies.
One of them was the e…
4 years, 10 months ago
316. Propaganda Troops
Season 1 Episode 316
British soldiers famously loved a night of entertainment in the field, as Spike Milligan’s books attest. But how were German troops entertained? Jame…
4 years, 10 months ago
315. Family Stories - Ep 18
Season 1 Episode 315
This week on our Family Stories episode we hear more wide-ranging tales including how a priest joined the Belgian resistance and was ultimately captu…
4 years, 10 months ago
314. Electing Hitler
Season 1 Episode 314
How did the Nazis come to power in 1933? German historian Katja Hoyer joins Al Murray and James Holland to talk about the fragmented German national …
4 years, 10 months ago
313. Fall Gelb
Season 1 Episode 313
On the anniversary of the German tanks rolling into the Low Countries on their way to France, Al Murray and James Holland wonder if events could have…
4 years, 10 months ago