Episodes
Nov. 17, 2021
75 Coffee with Ken Cooke D-Day veteran Part 2
PART TWO. Green Howards, Belgium, Germany - WWII
Guest: Ken Cooke
Nov. 16, 2021
74 Coffee with Ken Cooke D-Day veteran Part 1
Green Howards, D-Day, Belgium, Germany - WWII
Guest: Ken Cooke
Sept. 16, 2021
71 The Battalion Artist, Seabees in the Pacific War
Construction Battalion against Japan WW2
Sept. 2, 2021
70 LCpl Jack Betley WWII comrade
The remarkable discovery of one man's long lost story.
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.
Guest: Heidi Langbein-Allen
March 27, 2021
65 Leslie Cook Part 2 - Greece WW2
Stop Press: Great Escape family tale by Canadian Alfred B Thompson, see pic above.
64
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.
Nov. 11, 2020
63 Jean Lindsay, Child of the Second World War
Zeppelins, Doodlebugs and Meeting Americans
Guest: Jean Lindsay
62
Sept. 9, 2020
62 Churchill's Hellraisers by Damien Lewis PART 2
Sneak preview of Damien Lewis's latest blockbuster, contd.
61
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.
57
June 10, 2020
57 Omaha PART 2 - D-Day
A US 2nd Rangers' memoir of D-Day, Normandy and beyond. Featuring Able Company.
56
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.
55
May 12, 2020
55 Les Rutherford interview - Lancaster bomb aimer
Dunkirk escapee and Stalag Luft 3 POW
54
April 16, 2020
54 Okinawa - The Last Great Battle of the Second World War, book passages
Saul David's new book, Crucible of Hell.
50
Feb. 26, 2020
50 Episode Fifty Special - Pt One
A celebratory episode with old and new clips
Guest: Wilf Shaw
49
Dec. 18, 2019
49 Christmas at War 2019 Second World War
War Poetry 3 and seasonal heartwarming tales.
Guests: Wilf Shaw , Claude Reynolds
48
Nov. 10, 2019
48 Captain H E Hovell - First World War
Memoir from a Norfolk, UK, man who fought in both World Wars
47
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.
46
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.
45
Aug. 30, 2019
45 Gold Beach Normandy trip WW2
Stories behind the sights at Gold beach & Omaha, WWII
44
June 30, 2019
44 Sidney Stevens Lancaster Pilot WW2 - Interview
Interview with WW2 Lancaster pilot
Guest: Sidney Stevens
43
May 31, 2019
43 Canadian Seaman Ray Fitchett POW and HMS Exeter - spoken memoir
POW in Japan, WWII
42
May 6, 2019
42 D-Day 75 - Landing Craft Tank in WWII - Eric Clark D-Day veteran memoir
Commemorative episode for 75th anniversary of D-Day landings June 1944
41
April 19, 2019
41 Wilf Shaw 4 - A last coffee - WW2 history - Interview
My final chat with WWII veteran the late Wilf Shaw
Guest: Wilf Shaw
40
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.
39
Dec. 23, 2018
39 Stan Perry Listener Feedback and WW2 Quiz
Listener Feedback on episodes 37-38 plus end of year WWII quiz!
Guest: Stanley Perry (Capt)
38
Dec. 15, 2018
38 Sergeant Eion McEwan -5th Scottish Para WWII memoir
Dramatic Diary from WW2 France, Italy, Greece, Singapore and Indonesia
37
Oct. 7, 2018
37 WW2 Tank Captain Stanley Perry PART TWO - Interview
Interview with WWII tank commander PART TWO
Guest: Stanley Perry (Capt)
36
Oct. 7, 2018
36 WW2 Tank Captain Stanley Perry PART ONE - Interview
Interview with WWII Normandy tank commander PART ONE. Not to be missed!
Guest: Stanley Perry (Capt)
35
Sept. 20, 2018
35 Freddie Linacre WW2 veteran interview
A WWII infantry veteran recounts his desert & POW experiences
34
Sept. 10, 2018
34 Women at War 3 - Wartime Holiday memoir by Anne Cheall
Wartime Holidays - Anne Cheall visits Wales in WWII
Guest: Anne Cheall
33
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
Guest: Anne Cheall
32
July 20, 2018
32 Women at War 1 - Interview with Anne Cheall
Anne Cheall recalls what it was like being a civilian in WW2
Guest: Anne Cheall
31
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
Guest: Volker Wehrum
30
June 4, 2018
30 Queen Mary in WW2
Two WW2 servicemen. Two accounts of the same very special voyage in 1943
29
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"
28
March 31, 2018
28 Wilf Shaw 5 - RIP Tribute
A celebratory farewell to a WW2 hero
Guest: Wilf Shaw
27
March 1, 2018
27 D-Day Veterans remember - Bennett and Cheall, WWII
Two veterans remember two beaches - Juno and Gold WW2