Episodes

76 Christmas at War 2021 WW2
Dec. 2, 2021

76 Christmas at War 2021 WW2

More Christmas wartime cheer

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75 Coffee with Ken Cooke D-Day veteran Part 2
Nov. 17, 2021

75 Coffee with Ken Cooke D-Day veteran Part 2

PART TWO. Green Howards, Belgium, Germany - WWII

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74 Coffee with Ken Cooke D-Day veteran Part 1
Nov. 16, 2021

74 Coffee with Ken Cooke D-Day veteran Part 1

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

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73 Jack Stansfield POW in WW2
Oct. 25, 2021

73 Jack Stansfield POW in WW2

5th Green Howards POW story, Poland

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72 More Seabees and family stories WWII
Sept. 22, 2021

72 More Seabees and family stories WWII

Scary coincidences with Kamikazes!

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71 The Battalion Artist, Seabees in the Pacific War
Sept. 16, 2021

71 The Battalion Artist, Seabees in the Pacific War

Construction Battalion against Japan WW2

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70 LCpl Jack Betley WWII comrade
Sept. 2, 2021

70 LCpl Jack Betley WWII comrade

The remarkable discovery of one man's long lost story.

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69 German Boy Soldier Willi Langbein WW2
May 26, 2021

69 German Boy Soldier Willi Langbein WW2

Save the Last Bullet by Heidi Langbein-Allen. The biography of a 13 year old who had his youth cruelly stolen by the Nazis during six years of WW2, from witnessing Jewish persecution to hand-to-hand fighting on the front line.

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68 Leslie Cook 5 - Burma WWII
April 23, 2021

68 Leslie Cook 5 - Burma WWII

Pic above: Henry Topf

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66 Leslie Cook 3 New Guinea WW2
April 11, 2021

66 Leslie Cook 3 New Guinea WW2

More Australian second world war adventures

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65 Leslie Cook Part 2 - Greece WW2
March 27, 2021

65 Leslie Cook Part 2 - Greece WW2

Stop Press: Great Escape family tale by Canadian Alfred B Thompson, see pic above.

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64 Leslie Cook Part 1 - Australian - Burma  Memoirs and more
Nov. 13, 2020

64 Leslie Cook Part 1 - Australian - Burma Memoirs and more

Six full years of an Australian soldier’s war, with all its ups and downs.

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63 Jean Lindsay, Child of the Second World War
Nov. 11, 2020

63 Jean Lindsay, Child of the Second World War

Zeppelins, Doodlebugs and Meeting Americans

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62 Churchill's Hellraisers by Damien Lewis PART 2
Sept. 9, 2020

62 Churchill's Hellraisers by Damien Lewis PART 2

Sneak preview of Damien Lewis's latest blockbuster, contd.

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61 Churchill's Hellraisers preview - Damien Lewis - Part 1
Sept. 4, 2020

61 Churchill's Hellraisers preview - Damien Lewis - Part 1

Sneak preview of Damien Lewis's latest blockbuster! A secret mission to storm a forbidden Nazi fortress.in Italy.

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60 Omaha PART 5 - D-Day
July 19, 2020

60 Omaha PART 5 - D-Day

Siegfried line, Battle of Bulge, Hill 400

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59 Omaha PART 4 - D-Day
July 15, 2020

59 Omaha PART 4 - D-Day

A US 2nd Rangers' memoir of D-Day, Normandy and beyond

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58 Omaha PART 3 - D-Day
June 17, 2020

58 Omaha PART 3 - D-Day

A US 2nd Rangers' memoir of D-Day, Normandy and beyond

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57 Omaha PART 2 - D-Day
June 10, 2020

57 Omaha PART 2 - D-Day

A US 2nd Rangers' memoir of D-Day, Normandy and beyond. Featuring Able Company.

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56 Omaha PART 1 - D-Day Complete memoir.  Private First Class Prince.
June 6, 2020

56 Omaha PART 1 - D-Day Complete memoir. Private First Class Prince.

A US 2nd Rangers' memoir of D-Day, Normandy and beyond. Featuring Able Company. Overseas and Then Over the Top.

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55 Les Rutherford interview - Lancaster bomb aimer
May 12, 2020

55 Les Rutherford interview - Lancaster bomb aimer

Dunkirk escapee and Stalag Luft 3 POW

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53 Sniper Anthology, Second World War
March 18, 2020

53 Sniper Anthology, Second World War

WW2 Sniper stories at their best

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52 For You the War is Over
March 4, 2020

52 For You the War is Over

Special bonus episode

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51 Episode Fifty Special -  Pt Two
March 3, 2020

51 Episode Fifty Special - Pt Two

A celebratory episode with old and new clips

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50 Episode Fifty Special -  Pt One
Feb. 26, 2020

50 Episode Fifty Special - Pt One

A celebratory episode with old and new clips

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49 Christmas at War 2019 Second World War
Dec. 18, 2019

49 Christmas at War 2019 Second World War

War Poetry 3 and seasonal heartwarming tales.

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48 Captain H E Hovell - First World War
Nov. 10, 2019

48 Captain H E Hovell - First World War

Memoir from a Norfolk, UK, man who fought in both World Wars

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47 D-Day Through German Eyes Part Two
Oct. 23, 2019

47 D-Day Through German Eyes Part Two

A chapter from the new book, D-Day Through German Eyes, by J Trigg.

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46 Through German Eyes in the Second World War
Oct. 13, 2019

46 Through German Eyes in the Second World War

A selection of stories dedicated to the German side of the second world war.

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45 Gold Beach Normandy trip WW2
Aug. 30, 2019

45 Gold Beach Normandy trip WW2

Stories behind the sights at Gold beach & Omaha, WWII

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44 Sidney Stevens Lancaster Pilot WW2 - Interview
June 30, 2019

44 Sidney Stevens Lancaster Pilot WW2 - Interview

Interview with WW2 Lancaster pilot

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42 D-Day 75 - Landing Craft Tank in WWII - Eric Clark D-Day veteran memoir
May 6, 2019

42 D-Day 75 - Landing Craft Tank in WWII - Eric Clark D-Day veteran m…

Commemorative episode for 75th anniversary of D-Day landings June 1944

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41 Wilf Shaw 4 - A last coffee - WW2 history - Interview
April 19, 2019

41 Wilf Shaw 4 - A last coffee - WW2 history - Interview

My final chat with WWII veteran the late Wilf Shaw

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40 Four Brits & a Frenchman at Dunkirk plus Gallipoli - memoirs
Feb. 28, 2019

40 Four Brits & a Frenchman at Dunkirk plus Gallipoli - memoirs

Great revelations about Dunkirk war heroes. How one man's sacrifice saved the lives of possibly thousands of others.

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39 Stan Perry Listener Feedback and WW2 Quiz
Dec. 23, 2018

39 Stan Perry Listener Feedback and WW2 Quiz

Listener Feedback on episodes 37-38 plus end of year WWII quiz!

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38 Sergeant Eion McEwan -5th Scottish Para WWII memoir
Dec. 15, 2018

38 Sergeant Eion McEwan -5th Scottish Para WWII memoir

Dramatic Diary from WW2 France, Italy, Greece, Singapore and Indonesia

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37 WW2 Tank Captain Stanley Perry PART TWO - Interview
Oct. 7, 2018

37 WW2 Tank Captain Stanley Perry PART TWO - Interview

Interview with WWII tank commander PART TWO

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36 WW2 Tank Captain Stanley Perry PART ONE - Interview
Oct. 7, 2018

36 WW2 Tank Captain Stanley Perry PART ONE - Interview

Interview with WWII Normandy tank commander PART ONE. Not to be missed!

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35 Freddie Linacre WW2 veteran interview
Sept. 20, 2018

35 Freddie Linacre WW2 veteran interview

A WWII infantry veteran recounts his desert & POW experiences

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34 Women at War 3 - Wartime Holiday memoir by Anne Cheall
Sept. 10, 2018

34 Women at War 3 - Wartime Holiday memoir by Anne Cheall

Wartime Holidays - Anne Cheall visits Wales in WWII

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33 Women at War 2 - Wartime Recipes and WRENS
Aug. 29, 2018

33 Women at War 2 - Wartime Recipes and WRENS

Culinary survival skills and a Women's Royal Naval Service morse coding memoir

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32 Women at War 1 - Interview with Anne Cheall
July 20, 2018

32 Women at War 1 - Interview with Anne Cheall

Anne Cheall recalls what it was like being a civilian in WW2

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31 Child of War - An interview with Volker Wehrum, WW2
June 24, 2018

31 Child of War - An interview with Volker Wehrum, WW2

Volker shares many dramatic stories about his German father and family in WWII

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30 Queen Mary in WW2
June 4, 2018

30 Queen Mary in WW2

Two WW2 servicemen. Two accounts of the same very special voyage in 1943

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29 Prisoner of War in WWII - Memoir by Brian Asquith
May 8, 2018

29 Prisoner of War in WWII - Memoir by Brian Asquith

Memoirs of a British POW in WWII Poland, "Long Time, no WC"

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28 Wilf Shaw 5 - RIP Tribute
March 31, 2018

28 Wilf Shaw 5 - RIP Tribute

A celebratory farewell to a WW2 hero

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27 D-Day Veterans remember -  Bennett and Cheall, WWII
March 1, 2018

27 D-Day Veterans remember - Bennett and Cheall, WWII

Two veterans remember two beaches - Juno and Gold WW2

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