126 Christmas at War 2025 WW2
Heartwarming festive tales of WWII. Cry. Laugh. Learn. German POW story, "Last Flight" Lancaster tale, Wilf Shaw goes to church, Stop Press...
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Fighting Through WW2 History
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125 (Pt 2) Britain's Darkest WW2 Newspaper Headlines 1940 PART TWO
Britain's Darkest WW2 Newspaper Headlines 1940 PART TWO Part Two of a Stop Press Party as we read through more fascinating newspaper headlin...
124 (Pt 1) Britain's Darkest WW2 Newspaper Headlines 1940 PART ONE
Part One of a Stop Press Party as we read through the exciting newspaper headlines of Second World War 1940 - the London Blitz, Battle of Br...
123 (Pt 3) Battle of Stalingrad Through German Eyes WW2 BY Jonathan Trigg
Part Three of a preview of Jonathan Trigg's blockbuster book Stalingrad Through German Eyes. Operation Uranus sees the Russians attempting t...
122 (Pt 2) Battle of Stalingrad Through German Eyes WWII
Part Two of a preview of Jonathan Trigg's blockbuster Stalingrad Through German Eyes. Part One starts in episode 121. The fighting advances...
121 (Pt 1) Battle of Stalingrad Through German Eyes, Second World War, Jonathan Trigg
A preview of Jonathan Trigg's blockbuster Stalingrad Through German Eyes. Five months, one week and three days of hell. The German offensive...
120 Christmas at War 2024, Chat with Cecili Howard and Ken Cooke
Chat with Cecili who was a young girl in WWII Britain. A Christmas catch up with D-Day veteran Ken Cooke, 98. Plus another helping of festiv...
119 Ch 24-25: Post-war Germany - Oberhausen, Essen and Duisburg
Bill's sobering police tour around defeated post-WWII Germany takes in sights and experiences of Oberhausen, Essen and Duisberg, including a...
118 Ch 22-23: Germany, Hamburg, Devastation at the end of WWII
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 Ger...
117 Ch 20-21: D-Day 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...
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...
115 Ch 15-17 D-Day Preparation, Bill Cheall's memoirs
Hear the complete book, now ON THIS PODCAST, STARTS EPISODE 107. Bill returns home via bombed-out Liverpool. He trains hard and prepares for...
114 Ch 13-14 Sicily, Bill Cheall's memoirs, WW2 history.
Bill trains in the desert heat before invading Sicily, experiencing bombardment and action around the Primasole bridge and Catania airport,...
113 Ch 10-12: North Africa, Battle of Wadi Akarit,. Bill Cheall's memoirs
Chapters 10 The Desert (Egypt), 11 Back to the Green Howards, 12 Wadi Akarit, Into Battle WW2. Hear the complete book, now ON THIS PODCAST,...
112 Ch 8-9: Queen Mary voyage to N Africa, Bill Cheall's memoirs. WW2 history.
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 - t...
111 Ch 5-7: Dunkirk Aftermath, Bill Cheall's memoirs,WW2
Chapters 5,6,7, The Aftermath, Reorganisation, Training. Bill recovers from Dunkirk and the Green Howards re-equip and reorganise for war. H...
110 Ch 4: Dunkirk. Bill Cheall's memoirs, WWII history.
Chapter 4, Dunkirk. Bill's horrific experience in France continues. Hear the complete book, now ON THIS PODCAST, STARTS EPISODE 107. Fightin...
109 Chapter 3, British Expeditionary Force, France, 1940. Bill Cheall's memoirs of WW2 history.
Chapter 3, We Join the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and fight in France 1940. Hear the complete book, now ON THIS PODCAST, STARTS EPISO...
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, STA...
107 Bill Cheall's complete war memoirs - Dunkirk intro & Prologue. The Book, Fighting Through From Dunkirk to Hamburg - by Bill Cheall
Introduction & Dunkirk Prologue. Hear the complete book, now ON THIS PODCAST, STARTS here on EPISODE 107. Bill joins the territorial reserve...