Podcast Episodes

269. Training for Battle

Season 1 Episode 269

Professor John Buckley joins Al Murray and James Holland to discuss the Allies’ approach to training. Armoured operations and the Normandy campaign also feature in a wide ranging discussion. Regular …

Published on 4 years, 10 months ago

268. Steel not Flesh

Season 1 Episode 268

Al Murray and James Holland discuss the Allies’ policy of using liberal amounts of ammunition as a way of conserving the lives of their men.

We Have Ways has a membership club which includes a live ve…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

267. Family Stories - Ep 3

Season 1 Episode 267

In this week’s episode of our Family Stories series we hear your tales of the first wedding after the war, surviving the Blitz and a harrowing visit to Bergen-Belsen.

With thanks to Tom Achard, Willia…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

266. The Wings of Pegasus, By George Chatterton - Episode 19

Season 1 Episode 266

Brigadier George Chatterton's memoirs, read by Al Murray, tell the extraordinary story of his time as a soldier for the British Army who then went on to become the Commander of the Glider Pilot Regim…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

265. Landing Craft

Season 1 Episode 265

Archeologist and historian Stephen Fisher joins Al Murray and James Holland to discuss the organisational challenges faced by the Allies in the planning of D-Day as the Royal Navy attempted to perfec…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

264. The Wings of Pegasus, By George Chatterton - Episode 18

Season 1 Episode 264

Brigadier George Chatterton's memoirs, read by Al Murray, tell the extraordinary story of his time as a soldier for the British Army who then went on to become the Commander of the Glider Pilot Regim…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

263. Inge Auerbacher

Season 1 Episode 263

Inge Auerbacher was born in Germany in 1934. She spent three years in the Terezin (Theresienstadt) concentration camp in Czechoslovakia, where she was one of a tiny percentage to survive.

To commemora…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

262. The Wings of Pegasus, By George Chatterton - Episode 17

Season 1 Episode 262

Brigadier George Chatterton's memoirs, read by Al Murray, tell the extraordinary story of his time as a soldier for the British Army who then went on to become the Commander of the Glider Pilot Regim…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

260. The Wings of Pegasus, by George Chatterton - Episode 16

Season 1 Episode 260

Brigadier George Chatterton's memoirs, read by Al Murray, tell the extraordinary story of his time as a soldier for the British Army who then went on to become the Commander of the Glider Pilot Regim…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

261. The Germans are coming

Season 1 Episode 261

Was there ever any chance of the Germans successfully invading England? James Holland and Al Murray have always argued that Operation Sea Lion was a non starter from inception. But just for a moment …

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago