115 Ch 15-17 D-Day Preparation, Bill Cheall's memoirs

Fighting Through WW2 History by Paul Cheall

Nov 29, 202455:59Society & Culture

Hear the complete book, now ON THIS PODCAST, STARTS EPISODE 107. 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 beg...

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