Episodes

Heartwarming festive tales of WWII. Cry. Laugh. Learn. German POW story, "Last Flight" Lancaster tale, Wilf Shaw goes to church, Stop Press headlines, much more. Your free christmas gift: The Fighting Through digital jigsaw: ...

Britain's Darkest WW2 Newspaper Headlines 1940 PART TWO Part Two of a Stop Press Party as we read through more fascinating newspaper headlines of Second World War 1940 - the London Blitz, Battle of Britain, bombers, blimps a...

Part One of a Stop Press Party as we read through the exciting newspaper headlines of Second World War 1940 - the London Blitz, Battle of Britain, bombers, blimps and the silly adverts. Hear about all the war time drama as i...

Part Three of a preview of Jonathan Trigg's blockbuster book Stalingrad Through German Eyes. Operation Uranus sees the Russians attempting to oust the Germans from their frozen enclave in the city of Stalingrad.

Part Two of a preview of Jonathan Trigg's blockbuster Stalingrad Through German Eyes. Part One starts in episode 121. The fighting advances into the Russian city of Stalingrad itself. So There I was Podcast - Episode 135 - Oh...

A preview of Jonathan Trigg's blockbuster Stalingrad Through German Eyes, WW2.

Chat with Cecili who was a young girl in WWII Britain. A Christmas catch up with D-Day veteran Ken Cooke, 98.  Plus another helping of festive tales of WW2. Please do subscribe or follow in your listening app as it helps me with the search...

Bill's sobering police tour around defeated post-WWII Germany takes in sights and experiences of Oberhausen, Essen and Duisberg, including a poignant and memorable 1945 Christmas.  Hear the complete book, now ON THIS PODCAST, STARTS EPISODE 107....

Chapter 22/23 Bill recovers from his wounds and gets back into training in England. He returns to the battlefront to his comrades in WW2 Germany and witnesses first hand the devastation caused by allied bombing and the uprooting of the displaced...

D-Day plus 1 to D plus 30. The Green Howards fight through France the next few weeks after the invasion.  Hear the complete book, now ON THIS PODCAST, STARTS EPISODE 107. Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg, by Bill Cheall. The story of one...

D -1 to D-Day. Bill and his comrades cool their heels on board ship whilst the invasion is postponed. They land under horrific fire with the first wave of troops on Gold beach. Hear the complete book, now ON THIS PODCAST, STARTS EPISODE 107. Fighting...

Bill returns home via bombed-out Liverpool.  He trains hard and prepares for D-Day, witnessing some awful happenings in England before the invasion even begins. Hear the complete book, now - Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg, by Bill...

Bill trains in the desert heat before invading Sicily, experiencing bombardment and action around the Primasole bridge and Catania airport, before cooking a meal for Generals Eisenhower and Montgomery! Hear the complete book, now - Fighting Through...

Chapters 10 The Desert (Egypt), 11 Back to the Green Howards, 12 Wadi Akarit, Into Battle WW2. Hear the complete book, now - Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg, by Bill Cheall. The story of one British man's second world war. Please do subscribe...

Chapters 8/9 - I Am Posted. Bill cools his heels in Britain before finding out he's going to do some travelling - on the Queen Mary ship - to the Middle East. Hear the complete book, now - Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg, by Bill Cheall. The...

Chapters 5,6,7, The Aftermath,  Reorganisation, Training. Bill recovers from Dunkirk and the Green Howards re-equip and reorganise for war. Hear the complete book, now - Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg, by Bill Cheall. The story of one...

Chapter 4, Dunkirk. Bill's horrific experience in France continues. Hear the complete book, now - Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg, by Bill Cheall. The story of one British man's second world war. Chapter 0 - Introduction & Prologue....

Chapter 3, We Join the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and fight in France 1940. Hear the complete book, now - Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg, by Bill Cheall. The story of one British man's second world war. "When Bill Cheall joined up in...

Chapter 1, The Beginning - joining The Territorial Army Reserve in 1939. Chapter 2, Call-Up Hear the complete book, now ON THIS PODCAST, STARTS EPISODE 107. Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg, by Bill Cheall. The story of one British man's...

Introduction & Dunkirk Prologue. Hear the complete book, now ON THIS PODCAST, STARTS here on EPISODE 107. Bill joins the territorial reserve army and fights in Dunkirk, living to escape and fight another day. He experiences the wonderful...

More second world war stories on the Blitz, Evacuees, Gallipoli, Tanks, Dunkirk and D-day, Sappers …. PART THREE of an anniversary special celebrating ten years in podcasting. Episode artwork: Trooper Ernest Thomas, a tank driver in C Squadron...

Veteran Wilf Shaw, Australian Les Cook, POW's, Gallipoli and more, PART TWO of an anniversary special celebrating ten years in podcasting. Episode artwork:Jesse Rance, London Metropolitan Police between 1936 - 1966. Endured the WW2 blitz bombing. What...

An anniversary special celebrating ten years in podcasting. Featuring old favourites and new alike. This episode has a particular focus on Germany in the war, with much more. Episode artwork:German ship Bismarck. Buy Me a Coffee Full show notes,...

Boat enthusiast Matt Cain enthralls us with the history and restoration project behind one of Dunkirk's most famous rescue ships. The Lady of Mann from the Isle of Man. Matt and Paul discuss the Dunkirk operation and stories behind it. Manx veterans...

A family memoir from listener Paul Gill from USA whose father sailed in the Arctic convoys during the Second World War.  "The enemy planes were flying just a few feet over the surface of the water on our starboard bow, towards the head of...

Three veterans' sons coming together to discuss all things D-Day 80. Facts, stats, legacy, beaches, movies and … more beaches. A discussion amongst Angus Wallace of the WW2 Podcast, Steve Erskine, curator and researcher at the Green Howard's museum...

A special episode to commemorate the events of D-Day 6 June 44. The 80th anniversary. Four veteran accounts of the landings. D-Day Episodes mentioned: Bill Cheall: Episode 3 William Hershel Nelson: Episode 99  Eric Clarke: Episode 42 D-Day 75 -...

More Omaha WWII history action with family stories and a memoir feature you do not want to miss. And if you want to end with a smile do not miss the PS!

Another great line-up of WW2 sniper stories featuring female snipers, British veteran Harry Furness, the psychology of sniping and stories from Crete and Sicily along with one or two more surprises. And the usual PS's! Great Unpublished History!...

Another tranche of Sniper stories based around the book, World War II Snipers - The Men, Their Guns, Their Story, by Gary Yee. Features selection of personnel, training, tactics and the weapons themselves. Lots of  WW2 stories and eye witness...

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.

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 Metcalfe upon publication of...

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, where...

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

Plus The Soldiers Charity & more from WW2

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

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

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.

Heartwarming festive tales of WWII.

The Memoir of a Boy Soldier In Hitler's army

Interview and preview of new podcast

WW2 POW story plus a daring Royal Marine raid!

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

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

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

Australian Corporal Les Cook, WW2 Kokoda trail, New Guinea

Refugee stories from WW2 and the Dutch Hunger Winter

Kurt Schoenthier, U-Boat U-111

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

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