Fighting Through WW2 History
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Dunkirk, D-Day, London Blitz, North Africa, Lancasters, POW stories. Second World War Memoirs & interviews - Britain, USA, Australia, Canada … all the forces … WWII.
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Fighting Through WW2 History
6d ago
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 accounts from around the world.
Great Unpublished History!
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Fighting Through WW2 History
6d ago
The Able Queen, Tales of an Indiana Hump Pilot Lost in the Himalayas, China - by Rainy Hovarth - Extracts from the true story, told in his own words, of highly decorated CBI Hump Pilot, Robert Binzer, who flew combat transport missions with the 14th Air Force from China, 1943-1945.
Plus:
- V-discs - vintage wartime music
- Major Mahony’s VC story
- How to pronounce Aluminium!
Links: Link to Wikipedia on Vdiscs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-Disc
Lakeview Hot Record Club: http://lakeviewhotrecordclub.org
Lakeview Hot Record Club is based at the Spirit Room, 139 State Street, Rochester NY
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Fighting Through WW2 WWII
4M ago
Christmas at war, with more seasonal tales, including a special feature on what Christmas was like in various countries around the globe during WW2. Specials in this episode:German Boy Soldier's Christmas Shoes V1 Doodlebug bombs over Manchester The Last Flight of Lancaster DV189 The Journal of Flight Sergeant Jim Browning Christmas at war around the world
And just to remind you, if you want to fill your December with a catch up on all the previous Christmas episodes for this podcast, you can access them easily by clicking on the episodes item on the website menu and selecting - Christm ..read more
Fighting Through WW2 WWII
5M ago
PART TWO Featuring No time for dreams: a soldier’s six-year 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 his book.
Full show notes, photos and transcript at:https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/94-Dunkirk-Special-Bob-Metcalf-Brit-Canadian-Green-Howard-WW2-history
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Fighting Through WW2 WWII
9M ago
A great family story from Dave Thomas about his father’s exploits in the 82nd airborne in Sicily and Italy.
Telephone chat with veteran Ken Cooke who has some more titbits to share with us about his time in Normandy, with an absolutely superb explanation about what it was like fighting in the French bocage.
Interview with Claire and Steve from the Soldier’s Charity about a very special Normandy tour you will wish to join later this year.
Loads of family stories!
Full show notes, photos and transcript at:https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/92-the-82nd-airborne-letters-from-sicily-and-italy ..read more
Fighting Through WW2 WWII
1y ago
An interview with Dominic Frisby. The Kisses on a Postcard musical charts the true story of two young British evacuees during WW2. Features mystery postcard messages, the bombing of Plymouth, American GI's and crashing German bombers. Dominic’s work is full to bursting with Dunkirk spirit, steam trains and all the best of WW2 Britishness.
And never ever was an episode better timed to coincide with world events.
Buy the book, the CD's, hear the musical as a podcast. All links and pod players at: www.kissesonapostcard.com
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Fighting Through WW2 WWII
1y ago
Part 2
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. Durham Light Infantry DLI and Green Howards feature.
More great unpublished history!
Buy Alf Blackburn's War Memoirs at: https://amzn.to/3I8cFxd
Full show notes, photos and transcript at:https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/90-Alfred-Blackburn-War-Memoirs-Part-2
Rennie Shaw https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56500895/rennie-shaw/flower
Augie Herchenratter https://www.theglobeandmail.com ..read more
Fighting Through WW2 History
1y ago
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.
More great unpublished history!
Buy Alf Blackburn's War Memoirs at: https://amzn.to/3I8cFxd
Full show notes, photos and transcript at:https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/89-Alf-Blackburns-war-memoirs-WW2-British-Infantry
Rennie Shaw https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56500895/rennie-shaw/flower
Augie Herchenratter https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/war-hero-augie-herchenratter-hoped ..read more
Fighting Through WW2 WWII
1y ago
Celebrating another Christmas at war and indeed Hogmanay, with a Christmas stocking absolutely heaving with seasonal tales of goodwill.
More great unpublished Christmassy! Full show notes, photos and transcript at: https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/88-Christmas-at-War-2022-WW2
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Fighting Through WW2 WWII
1y ago
"This is the story of my father's traumatic ordeal as a boy soldier in Hitler's Army. It is an account in his own words of the horrors of the Third Reich, witnessed and experienced from his perspective as a child." Heidi Langbein.
Plus more family stories!
More great unpublished history! British Normandy Memorial Shop - https://www.britishnormandymemorial.org/shop/ Story of my visit Episode 45 Bill Vickers Episode 25 Episode 78 Buy the Book, Save the Last Bullet: Pen and Sword direct Amazon More Willi Langbein episodes: Save the Last Bullet intro - Episode 69 ..read more