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25 Sgt Rufty Hill meets Winston Churchill in WWII
Jan. 26, 2018

25 Sgt Rufty Hill meets Winston Churchill in WWII

Tragic but poignant tale of five WWII comrades

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24 Christmas at War Bill Cheall 2020 edition
Dec. 5, 2017

24 Christmas at War Bill Cheall 2020 edition

How the Dunkirk spirit of '40 became the Christmas spirit of ‘45 in WW2

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23 Wilf Shaw 3 - WWII army veteran interview
Nov. 30, 2017

23 Wilf Shaw 3 - WWII army veteran interview

A third coffee with a North Africa, Sicily, and D-Day veteran, WW2

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22 Wilf Shaw 2 - WWII army veteran interview
Nov. 26, 2017

22 Wilf Shaw 2 - WWII army veteran interview

A second coffee with a North Africa, Sicily, and D-Day veteran, WWII

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21 Angus Wallace of the WW2 Podcast interviews Paul Cheall
Nov. 11, 2017

21 Angus Wallace of the WW2 Podcast interviews Paul Cheall

Paul is son of veteran Bill Cheall, Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg

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20 Dunkirk Little Ship Bee - UNABRIDGED EDITION WWII - Fred Reynard
Oct. 26, 2017

20 Dunkirk Little Ship Bee - UNABRIDGED EDITION WWII - Fred Reynard

COMPLETE and Original WWII memoir from Engineer of The Bee small ship

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19 Best of the First 5 years Part 2
Sept. 29, 2017

19 Best of the First 5 years Part 2

D-Day, Lancasters, UXB, and Gallipoli memoirs

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18 Best of the First 5 years Part 1
Sept. 29, 2017

18 Best of the First 5 years Part 1

Dunkirk, North Africa, Lancaster memoirs & WW2 Veteran intereviews

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17 Gallipoli Part 2. WW1 Memoirs of Sgt Fred Reynard
Sept. 16, 2017

17 Gallipoli Part 2. WW1 Memoirs of Sgt Fred Reynard

First hand account of the brutal fighting at Suvla Bay, Aug 15, WW1

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16 Gallipoli Part 1. WW1 Memoirs of Sgt Fred Reynard
Aug. 15, 2017

16 Gallipoli Part 1. WW1 Memoirs of Sgt Fred Reynard

First hand account of the brutal fighting at Suvla Bay, Aug 15, WWI

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15 The WWII Poems of Sapper John Frederick Smith 2022
July 24, 2017

15 The WWII Poems of Sapper John Frederick Smith 2022

WWII poetry from 689 Coy the Royal Engineers WW2

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14 The Last Flight of Lancaster Lily Mars, WW2
July 13, 2017

14 The Last Flight of Lancaster Lily Mars, WW2

Tragic tale of an RAF crew & their beloved plane, WWII

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12  Claude Reynolds 2 - WW2 Lancaster veteran interview
April 11, 2017

12 Claude Reynolds 2 - WW2 Lancaster veteran interview

A second interview with WW2 RAF Lancaster veteran Claude Reynolds.

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11 Dunkirk little ship, The Bee memoir WW2 by Fred Reynard
March 3, 2017

11 Dunkirk little ship, The Bee memoir WW2 by Fred Reynard

Original WWII memoir from Engineer of The Bee, Dunkirk little ship. Mesmerising!

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10 Dunkirk ship diaries of Capt Tom Woods OBE, WW2
Jan. 20, 2017

10 Dunkirk ship diaries of Capt Tom Woods OBE, WW2

A dramatic blow by blow account of five deadly days in Dunkirk!

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9  Dunkirk Diaries of Major Leslie Petch OBE WWII V.2022
Dec. 4, 2016

9 Dunkirk Diaries of Major Leslie Petch OBE WWII V.2022

Original war diary discovered by family, WWII

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8  D-Day WWII poems of D E Gray V.2022.2
Oct. 15, 2016

8 D-Day WWII poems of D E Gray V.2022.2

Poems by a D-Day veteran WW2

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4 Wilf Shaw 1 - WW2 army veteran interview
July 9, 2016

4 Wilf Shaw 1 - WW2 army veteran interview

N Africa, Sicily, and D-Day. Wilf awarded the WWII French Legion D'Honneur.

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3  D-Day - Sgt Brian Moss Royal Engineers WW2
May 16, 2013

3 D-Day - Sgt Brian Moss Royal Engineers WW2

Two gripping veteran accounts of the D-Day landings, 1944. WWII.

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2  North Africa WW2 - The Battle of the Wadi Akarit in Tunisia
April 11, 2013

2 North Africa WW2 - The Battle of the Wadi Akarit in Tunisia

Second World War Veteran memoirs of the 1943 desert, WWII. Three veterans' accounts of one battle - WADI AKARIT, North Africa WW2.

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1  Dunkirk WW2 - Veteran Bill Cheall's story of the beaches, Second World War
April 10, 2013

1 Dunkirk WW2 - Veteran Bill Cheall's story of the beaches, Second W…

One man's nail-biting bid to escape from France in 1940. Learn how Bill Cheall and his comrades of the 6 Green Howards survive the stukas to board a ship to get back to England. "We could see ships out at sea making their way from Dunkirk to England and could also see the dive-bombers after th…

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