Season 1
107 Bill Cheall's complete war memoirs - Introduction & Dunkirk Prolo…
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...
108 Chapters 1-2, The Beginning. Bill Cheall's WW2 memoirs
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...
109 Chapter 3, We Join the British Expeditionary Force. Fighting Thro…
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...
110 Chapter 4, Dunkirk. Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg, WWI…
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....
111 Chapters 5,6,7, The Aftermath, Reorganisation, Training for WW2
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...
112 Chapters 8,9. I Am Posted. Queen Mary voyage, Fighting Through fr…
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...
113 Chapters 10, 11, 12 Egypt and the battle of Wadi Akarit, North Af…
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...
114 Chapters 13, 14 Sicily WW2 history.
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...
115 Chapters 15, 16, 17 England. Scotland, Preparing for D-Day WWII
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...
116 Ch 18-19 D-Day - Bill Cheall's WWII memoirs
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...
117 Ch 20-21: D plus 1 to D plus 30 - Bill Cheall's WWII memoirs
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...
118 Ch 22-23 Back to Duty - Germany, Hamburg, Devastation at the end …
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...
119 Ch 24-25: Post-war Germany - Oberhausen, Essen and Duisberg
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....