Episode Listing for Fighting Through WW2 stories podcast
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1 Dunkirk WW2 - Veteran Bill Cheall's story of the beaches, Second World War
2 North Africa WW2 - The Battle of the Wadi Akarit in Tunisia
3 D-Day - Sgt Brian Moss Royal Engineers WW2
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/3-d-day-sgt-brian-moss-royal-engineers-ww2/
4 Wilf Shaw 1 - WW2 army veteran interview
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/4-wilf-shaw-ww2-army-veteran-interview-1/
5 Claude Reynolds 1 - Coffee with Claude - Lancaster rear gunner interview
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/5-claude-reynolds-ww2-lancaster-veteran-interview-1/
6 D-Day Diary of D Gray Part 1
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/6-d-day-diary-of-d-gray-pt-1/
7 D-Day Diary of D Gray Part 2
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/7-d-day-diary-of-d-gray-pt-2/
8 D-Day WWII poems of D E Gray
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/8-d-day-wwii-poems-of-d-e-gray/
9 Dunkirk Diaries of Major Leslie Petch OBE WWII
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/9-dunkirk-diaries-of-major-leslie-petch-obe-wwii/
10 Dunkirk ship diaries of Capt Tom Woods OBE, WW2
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/10-dunkirk-ship-diaries-of-capt-tom-woods-obe-ww2/
11 Dunkirk little ship, The Bee memoir WW2 by Fred Reynard
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/11-dunkirk-little-ship-the-bee-memoir-ww2/
12 Claude Reynolds 2 - WW2 Lancaster veteran interview
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/12-claude-reynolds-2-ww2-lancaster-veteran-interview/
13 Blitz bomb disposal memoirs of Sgt Brian Moss, Royal Engineers, WWII
14 The Last Flight of Lancaster Lily Mars, WW2
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/14-the-last-flight-of-lancaster-lily-mars-ww2/
15 The WWII Poems of Sapper John Frederick Smith 2022
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/15-the-wwii-poems-of-sapper-john-frederick-smith/
16 Gallipoli Part 1. WW1 Memoirs of Sgt Fred Reynard
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/16-gallipoli-part-1-ww1-memoirs-of-sgt-fred-reynard/
17 Gallipoli Part 2. WW1 Memoirs of Sgt Fred Reynard
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/17-gallipoli-part-2-ww1-memoirs-of-sgt-fred-reynard/
18 Best of the First 5 years Part 1
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/18-best-of-the-first-5-years-part-1/
19 Best of the First 5 years Part 2
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/19-best-of-the-first-5-years-part-2/
20 Dunkirk Little Ship Bee - UNABRIDGED EDITION WWII - Fred Reynard
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/20-dunkirk-little-ship-bee-unabridged-edition-wwii/
21 Angus Wallace of the WW2 Podcast interviews Paul Cheall
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/21-angus-wallace-of-the-ww2-podcast-interviews-paul-cheall/
22 Wilf Shaw 2 - WWII army veteran interview
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/22-wilf-shaw-wwii-army-veteran-interview-2/
23 Wilf Shaw 3 - WWII army veteran interview
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/23-wilf-shaw-wwii-army-veteran-interview-3/
24 Christmas at War Bill Cheall 2020 edition
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/24-christmas-at-war-bill-cheall/
25 Sgt Rufty Hill meets Winston Churchill in WWII
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/25-sgt-rufty-hill-meets-winston-churchill-in-wwii/
26 The Zilken Letters. A veteran exposes the army's best kept WWII secrets!
27 D-Day Veterans remember - Bennett and Cheall, WWII
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/27-d-day-veterans-remember-bennett-and-cheall-wwii/
28 Wilf Shaw 5 - RIP Tribute
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/28-wilf-shaw-rip-tribute/
29 Prisoner of War in WWII - Memoir by Brian Asquith
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/29-prisoner-of-war-in-wwii/
30 Queen Mary in WW2
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/30-queen-mary-in-ww2/
31 Child of War - An interview with Volker Wehrum, WW2
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/31-child-of-war-an-interview-with-volker-wehrum-ww2/
32 Women at War 1 - Interview with Anne Cheall
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/32-women-at-war-ww2-history/
33 Women at War 2 - Wartime Recipes and WRENS
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/33-wartime-recipes-and-wrens-in-ww2/
34 Women at War 3 - Wartime Holiday memoir by Anne Cheall
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/34-wartime-holidays-ww2/
35 Freddie Linacre WW2 veteran interview
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/35-freddie-linacre-ww2-veteran-interview/
36 WW2 Tank Captain Stanley Perry PART ONE - Interview
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/36-ww2-tank-captain-stanley-perry-part-one/
37 WW2 Tank Captain Stanley Perry PART TWO - Interview
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/37-ww2-tank-captain-stanley-perry-part-two/
38 Sergeant Eion McEwan -5th Scottish Para WWII memoir
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/38-sergeant-eion-mcewan-paras-wwii/
39 Stan Perry Listener Feedback and WW2 Quiz
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/39-stan-perry-listener-feedback-and-ww2-quiz/
40 Four Brits & a Frenchman at Dunkirk plus Gallipoli - memoirs
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/40-four-brits-a-frenchman-at-dunkirk-plus-gallipoli/
41 Wilf Shaw 4 - A last coffee - WW2 history - Interview
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/41-a-last-coffee-with-wilf-shaw-ww2-history/
42 D-Day 75 - Landing Craft Tank in WWII - Eric Clark D-Day veteran memoir
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/42-d-day-75-landing-craft-tank-in-wwii/
43 Canadian Seaman Ray Fitchett POW and HMS Exeter - spoken memoir
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/43-canadian-seaman-ray-fitchett-pow-and-hms-exeter/
44 Sidney Stevens Lancaster Pilot WW2 - Interview
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/44-sidney-stevens-lancaster-pilot-ww2-history/
45 Gold Beach Normandy trip WW2
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/45-gold-beach-normandy-trip-ww2/
46 Through German Eyes in the Second World War
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/46-through-german-eyes-in-the-second-world-war/
47 D-Day Through German Eyes Part Two
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/47-through-german-eyes-part-two/
48 Captain H E Hovell - First World War
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/48-captain-h-e-hovell-first-world-war/
49 Poetry and Christmas at War, Second World War
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/49-poetry-and-christmas-at-war-second-world-war/
50 Episode Fifty Special - Pt One
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/50-episode-fifty-special-pt-one/
51 Episode Fifty Special - Pt Two
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/51-episode-fifty-special-pt-two/
52 For You the War is Over
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/52-for-you-the-war-is-over/
53 Sniper Anthology, Second World War
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/53-sniper-second-world-war/
54 Okinawa - The Last Great Battle of the Second World War, book passages
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/54-okinawa-the-last-great-battle-of-the-second-world-war/
55 Les Rutherford interview - Lancaster bomb aimer
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/55-les-rutherford-interview-lancaster-bomb-aimer/
56 Omaha PART 1 - D-Day Complete memoir. Private First Class Prince.
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/56-omaha-part-1-d-day/
57 Omaha PART 2 - D-Day
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/57-omaha-part-2-d-day/
58 Omaha PART 3 - D-Day
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/58-omaha-part-3-d-day/
59 Omaha PART 4 - D-Day
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/59-omaha-part-4-d-day/
60 Omaha PART 5 - D-Day
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/60-omaha-part-5-d-day/
61 Churchill's Hellraisers preview - Damien Lewis - Part 1
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/61-churchills-hellraisers-preview-damien-lewis/
62 Churchill's Hellraisers by Damien Lewis PART 2
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/62-churchills-hellraisers-by-damien-lewis-part-2/
63 Jean Lindsay, Child of the Second World War - Interview
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/63-jean-lindsay-child-of-the-second-world-war/
64 Leslie Cook Part 1 - Australian - Burma Memoirs and more
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/64-les-cook-australia-burma-ww2-21/
65 Leslie Cook Part 2 - Greece WW2
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/65-leslie-cook-part-2-greece-ww2/
66 Leslie Cook 3 New Guinea WW2
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/66-leslie-cook-3-new-guinea-ww2/
67 Leslie Cook 4 - Sand, Sangers and Home Sweet Home WW2
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/67-leslie-cook-4-sand-sangers-and-home-sweet-home-ww2/
68 Leslie Cook 5 - Burma WWII
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/68-leslie-cook-5-burma-wwii/
69 German Boy Soldier Willi Langbein WW2
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/69-german-boy-soldier-willi-langbein-ww2/
70 LCpl Jack Betley WWII comrade
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/70_LCpl_Jack_Betley/
71 The Battalion Artist, Seabees in the Pacific War
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/71_The_Battalion_Artist_Seabees_in_the_Pacific_War/
72 More Seabees and family stories WWII
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/72_More_Seabees/
73 Jack Stansfield POW in WW2
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/73-Jack-Stansfield-POW-in-WW2/
74 Coffee with Ken Cooke D-Day veteran Part 1
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/74-Ken-Cooke-WW2-Green-Howard-Part-1/
75 Coffee with Ken Cooke D-Day veteran Part 2
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/75-Coffee-with-Ken-Cooke-D-Day-veteran-Part-2/
76 Christmas at War 2021 WW2
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/76-Christmas-at-War-2021-WW2/
77 The Able Queen, by Rainy Hovarth
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/77-CBI-hump-pilot-lost-in-china-WW2/
78 German Submariner Part 1: Atlantic, POW in Canada.
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/78-german-submariner-and-pow/
79 German Submariner Part 2: Atlantic, POW in Canada.
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/79-german-submariner-and-pow-part-2/
80 Ukraine 2022 Appeal, & Dutch Hunger Winter
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/Ukraine2022-Refugees/
81 Coffee with Cpl Les Cook Part 1
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/81-coffee-with-cpl-les-cook-part-1/
82 Coffee with Cpl Leslie Cook Part 2
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/82-coffee-with-corporal-leslie-cook-part-2/
83 Australian Cpl Leslie Cook and the Japanese Doll
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/83-corporal-leslie-cook-and-the-japanese-doll-ww2/
84 Canadian Lance Corporal David Johnson, Italy WW2
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/84-canadian-lance-corporal-david-johnson-italy-ww2/
85 Bill Turner POW and the Cockleshell Heroes WW2
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/85-Bill-Turner-POW-and-Cockleshell-Heroes-WW2/
86 Mighty Eighth podcast preview USAAF WW2 V2
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/86-mighty-eighth-podcast-USAF-WW2/
87 German Boy Soldier 2 - Save the Last Bullet
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/87-Save-the-Last-Bullet-German-Boy-Soldier-2/
88 Christmas/Hogmanay at War 2022 WW2
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/88-Christmas-at-War-2022-WW2/
89 Alf Blackburn’s war memoirs Part 1, WWII
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/89-Alf-Blackburns-war-memoirs-WW2-British-Infantry/
90 Alf Blackburn’s war memoirs Part 2, WW2
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/90-Alfred-Blackburn-War-Memoirs-Part-2/
91 Kisses on a Postcard - child evacuees - interview with Dominic Frisby
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/91-Kisses-on-a-Postcard-Evacuees-in-WW2/
92 The 82nd airborne, Part 1, letters from Sicily & Italy plus ABF The Soldiers' Charity
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/92-the-82nd-airborne-letters-from-sicily-and-italy-in-WWII
93 The 82nd airborne, Part 2, letters from Sicily & Italy plus interview with veteran Ken Cooke.
94 Dunkirk Special PART ONE - Bob Metcalfe British Canadian
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/94-Dunkirk-Special-Bob-Metcalf-Brit-Canadian-Green-Howard-WW2-history/
95 Dunkirk Special PART TWO Bob Metcalfe
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/95-Dunkirk-Special-PART-TWO-Bob-Metcalf-World-War-Two-history/
96 Christmas at War Around The World with the V1 - 2023
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/96-christmas-at-war-around-the-world-2023/
97 World War II Snipers
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/97-world-war-II-snipers-the-men-their-guns-their-story/
98 World War II Snipers Part TWO
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/98-World-War-II-Snipers-Part-TWO/
99 Omaha Heroes
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/99-Omaha-Heroes-and-their-WW2-stories/
100 D-Day 80th anniversary special – Gold, Omaha and more
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/100-D-Day-80th-anniversary/
101 Legacy of D-Day WWII - Three veterans' sons discuss D-Day 80
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/101-Legacy-of-D-Day-discussion-WWII/
102 Arctic Convoy with WW2 memoir Armageddon in the Arctic Ocean, by Paul Gill
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/102-arctic-convoy/
103 Matt Cain interview on Lady of Mann, Dunkirk Little Ship, Manxmen in WW2
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/103-matt-cain-interview-dunkirk-little-ship-manxmen-ww2/
104 Tenth Anniversary PART ONE - German stories and Bismarck, Claude Reynolds
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/104-tenth-anniversary-of-ww2-veterans-and-family-stories/
105 Tenth Anniversary PART TWO - Operation Mincemeat, Wilf Shaw, The Wrens, special guests, Australian Les Cook, Snipers, POW's
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/105-Tenth-Anniversary-Part-Two-with-more-second-world-war-stories/
106 – Tenth Anniversary PART THREE - Blitz, Evacuees, Gallipoli, Stan Perry, Kisses on a postcard, Tanks, Fred Reynard, Dunkirk and D-day, Sappers, Rufty Hill tribute, Brian Moss
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/106-Tenth-Anniversary-part-three-with-more-second-world-war-stories/