The Secret Beach: By James Papalia from Ep 93

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Dec. 14, 2023

96 Christmas at War Around The World with the V1 - 2023

Christmas at war, with more seasonal tales, including a special feature on Christmas around the globe during WW2. Specials in this episode :German Boy Soldier's Christmas Shoes V1 Doodlebug bombs over Manchester.

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Nov. 26, 2023

95 Dunkirk Special PART TWO Bob Metcalfe WW2 memoirs

PART TWO Featuring No time for dreams: a soldier’s six-year second world war journey through World War II. By Robert W. Metcalfe, 4th Green Howards. PLUS: What someone's father found in the jungle AFTER the war. Who wrote to Bob …

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Nov. 18, 2023

94 Dunkirk Special PART ONE - Bob Metcalfe British Canadian, Green Ho…

Featuring No time for dreams: a soldier’s six-year journey through World War II. By Robert W. Metcalfe, 4th Green Howards Bob Metcalf enlisted in the fourth battalion, the Green Howards in December 1935. He saw action in France in 1940, …

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Aug. 7, 2023

93 The 82nd airborne Part 2 letters from Sicily and Italy WW2

Plus: Green Howards in Sicily plus interview with veteran Ken Cooke

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July 31, 2023

92 The 82nd airborne Part 1, letters from Sicily

Plus The Soldiers Charity & more from WW2

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March 12, 2023

91 Kisses on a Postcard - child evacuees - interview with Dominic Fri…

A glorious musical of British evacuee children meeting US GI's & much more!

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Feb. 10, 2023

90 Alf Blackburn’s war memoirs Part 2, WW2

Sicily and D-Day with Green Howards and Durham Light Infantry

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Feb. 6, 2023

89 Alf Blackburn’s war memoirs Part 1, WWII

Part 1 of a classic tale of British infantry adventure in WW2. How the Fighting Through WW2 memoirs podcast put the families of two war comrades in touch with each other. Sicily and D-Day campaigns featured.

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Dec. 5, 2022

88 Christmas/Hogmanay at War 2022 WW2

Heartwarming festive tales of WWII.

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Nov. 8, 2022

87 German Boy Soldier 2 - Save the Last Bullet

The Memoir of a Boy Soldier In Hitler's army

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Nov. 5, 2022

86 Mighty Eighth podcast preview USAAF WW2 V2

Interview and preview of new podcast

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Aug. 1, 2022

85 Bill Turner POW and the Cockleshell Heroes WW2

WW2 POW story plus a daring Royal Marine raid!

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May 18, 2022

84 Canadian Lance Corporal David Johnson, Italy WW2

Memoir from Provost Corps, Plus a U-Boat tale.

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May 13, 2022

83 Australian Cpl Leslie Cook and the Japanese Doll

A poignant reminder for us to be at peace with each other

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April 27, 2022

82 Coffee with Cpl Leslie Cook Part 2

Part 2 of Australian Les Cook, WW2 Kokoda trail, New Guinea

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April 24, 2022

81 Coffee with Cpl Les Cook Part 1

Australian Corporal Les Cook, WW2 Kokoda trail, New Guinea

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March 13, 2022

80 Ukraine 2022 Appeal, & Dutch Hunger Winter

Refugee stories from WW2 and the Dutch Hunger Winter

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Feb. 11, 2022

78 German Submariner Part 1: Atlantic, POW in Canada.

German submarine U-111’s tour of the North Atlantic during the second world war. By Kurt Schoenthier. Sinkings, survivals and POW's.

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Jan. 3, 2022

77 The Able Queen, by Rainy Hovarth

Tales of an Indiana Hump Pilot Lost in the Himalayas - China

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Dec. 2, 2021

76 Christmas at War 2021 WW2

More Christmas wartime cheer

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Nov. 17, 2021

75 Coffee with Ken Cooke D-Day veteran Part 2

PART TWO. Green Howards, Belgium, Germany - WWII

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Nov. 16, 2021

74 Coffee with Ken Cooke D-Day veteran Part 1

Green Howards, D-Day, Belgium, Germany - WWII

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Oct. 25, 2021

73 Jack Stansfield POW in WW2

5th Green Howards POW story, Poland

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