Another great line-up of WW2 sniper stories featuring female snipers, British veteran Harry Furness, the psychology of sniping and stories from Crete and Sicily along with one or two more surprises. And the usual PS's! Great Unpublished History

97 World War II Snipers Part ONE - The Men, Their Guns, Their Story

15 days ago 1h 19m

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

96 Christmas at War with the V1 missiles - 2023

Dec 14th, 2023 1h 42m

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 Manches

95 Dunkirk Special PART TWO Bob Metcalfe WW2 memoirs

Nov 26th, 2023 1h 17m

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 hi

94 Dunkirk Special PART ONE - Bob Metcalfe British Canadian, Green Howard WW2 history

Nov 18th, 2023 1h 41m

Featuring No time for dreams: a soldier’s six-year journey through World War II. By Robert W. Metcalfe, 4th Green Howards Bob Metcalf enlisted in the fourth battalion, the Green Howards in December 1935. He saw action in France in 1940, where

93 The 82nd airborne Part 2, letters from Sicily and Italy WW2

Aug 7th, 2023 1h 28m

More from Dave Thomas about his father’s exploits in the 82nd airborne in Italy. Preview of The Secret Beach: A Kids World War 2 Adventure. By James Papalia Green Howards feature - online Sicily exhibition Telephone chat with veteran Ken Cooke

92 The 82nd airborne Part 1, letters from Sicily/Italy in WWII

Jul 31st, 2023 1h 20m

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 e

91 Kisses on a Postcard - Child evacuees of WW2 - Interview with Dominic Frisby

Mar 12th, 2023 1h 44m

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

90 Alf Blackburn Part 2, British Infantry War Memoirs, WWII

Feb 10th, 2023 1h 2m

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 How

89 Alf Blackburn Part 1, British Infantry War Memoirs, WWII

Feb 6th, 2023 1h 6m

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 Blackb

88 Christmas/Hogmanay at War 2022 WWII

Dec 5th, 2022 1h 41m

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.fightingthro

87 Save the Last Bullet - German Boy Soldier 2

Nov 8th, 2022 1h 3m

Previewing the newly published book, Save the Last Bullet, about a German boy soldier in the Nazi army. "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 t

86 Mighty Eighth podcast USAAF WW2 V2

Nov 5th, 2022 59m 26s

A preview of a brand new podcast all about the United States Air Force in the guise of the Mighty Eighth - and their role in Britain during the war. And as a prelude I’m going to chat with Johann, one of the hosts. More great unpublished histor

85 Bill Turner, POW, and the Cockleshell Heroes, WW2 Commandos

Aug 1st, 2022 1h 43m

How the Cockleshell Heroes upset Nazi supply lines with canoes! The Cockleshell Heroes, Operation Frankton, was a commando raid on ships in the German occupied French port of Bordeaux in southwest France PLUS: How British Royal Fusilier, Bill T

84 Canadian Lance Corporal David Johnson, Italy WW2

May 18th, 2022 56m 31s

A great tale of one man's survival when so many around him lost their lives in Italy and beyond. Features 5th Canadian Division. Plus a fascinating U-Boat tale about weather station Kurt sneakily set up by the enemy in Newfoundland. More great

83 Australian Corporal Leslie Cook and the Japanese Doll

May 13th, 2022 1h 6m

The tale of an Australian soldier who has to bury dead Japanese soldiers - a very distasteful duty but one which years later paid him back in positive ways he could not have imagined at the time. More great unpublished history! Donate To Salvat

82 Coffee with Cpl Leslie Cook Part 2, Australian

Apr 27th, 2022 1h 18m

Second part of a long chat with Australian veteran Leslie Cook, his views on the Pacific war and more tales of his WW2 adventures. Play link re the mobile tank mine – the Goliath https://overcast.fm/+lXX7AU7I/1:17:22 Donate To Salvation Army U

81 Coffee with Cpl Leslie Cook Part 1, Australian

Apr 24th, 2022 1h 12m

A long chat with Australian veteran Leslie Cook, his views on the Pacific war and more tales of his WW2 adventures. Various family stories and an opportunity to donate to one of the several charities supporting the refugees. Donate To Salvatio

80 Ukraine 2022 Appeal

Mar 13th, 2022 47m 14s

Insights into the 2022 Ukraine crisis from 1944. Various family stories and an opportunity to donate to one of the several charities supporting the refugees. Plus: An insight into Operation Manna and the allied response to the massive food shor

79 German Submariner Part 2: Atlantic U Boat!

Feb 21st, 2022 1h 42m

A thrilling Part 2 of German submarine U-111’s tour of the North Atlantic during the second world war. By Kurt Schoenthier. Sinkings, survivals and POW's. Plus stacks of family stories and more. LINK TO KO-FI LINK TO BUY ME A COFFEE Song For Th

78 German Submariner Part 1: Atlantic U-Boat, POW in Canada.

Feb 11th, 2022 1h 19m

German submarine U-111’s tour of the North Atlantic during the second world war. By Kurt Schoenthier. Sinkings, survivals and POW's. Plus stacks of family stories, including a Green Howard Padre's account of the Dunkirk beaches. LINK TO KO-FI L

77 CBI Hump Pilot lost in China - The Seabees

Jan 3rd, 2022 2h 16m

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

76 Christmas at War 2021 WW2 History

Dec 2nd, 2021 1h 22m

- This Christmas in the South Pacific would be far more festive than last time. - Three US soldiers came upon a small cabin in the woods. - We followed the side of the bomb and found a second fuse A few more yards. I clambered onto the train –

75 Coffee with Ken Cooke D-Day veteran Part 2

Nov 17th, 2021 1h 14m

Briton Ken Cooke was in the 7th Green Howards infantry, and at the tender age of 18 was thrown into action for the very first time storming Gold Beach on D-Day 6th June 1944 in the very first waves of attack. LINK TO BUY ME A COFFEE Full show n