Fighting Through WWII Stories & History
Dunkirk, D-Day, North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Omaha, USAF, RAF, POWs, Second World War Stories, Memoirs & interviews - Britain, USA, Australia, Canada … all the forces … WW2. ... Over 500 5-star ratings. "Thank you for what you are doing. It's incredible and I'm absolutely hooked" AB
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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 festive tales of WW2.
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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.
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Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg, by Bill Cheall. The story of one British man's second world war.
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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 peoples of Europe, during the second world war.
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D-Day plus 1 to D plus 30. The Green Howards fight through France the next few weeks after the invasion.
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Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg, by Bill Cheall. The story of one British man's second world war.
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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.
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Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg, by Bill Cheall. The story of one British man's second world war.
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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.
Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg, by Bill Cheall. The story of one British man's second world war.
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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!
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Chapters 10 The Desert (Egypt), 11 Back to the Green Howards, 12 Wadi Akarit, Into Battle WW2.
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Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg, by Bill Cheall. The story of one British man's second world war.
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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.
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Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg, by Bill Cheall. The story of one British man's second world war.
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Chapters 5,6,7, The Aftermath, Reorganisation, Training. Bill recovers from Dunkirk and the Green Howards re-equip and reorganise for war.
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Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg, by Bill Cheall. The story of one British man's second world war.
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Chapter 4, Dunkirk. Bill's horrific experience in France continues.
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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 April 1939, he could not have imagined the drama, rewards and near continuous action that lay in store. First and foremost a Green Howard (a Northern regiment), as...
Chapter 3, We Join the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and fight in France 1940.
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Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg, by Bill Cheall. The story of one British man's second world war.
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Chapter 1, The Beginning - joining The Territorial Army Reserve in 1939. Chapter 2, Call-Up
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Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg, by Bill Cheall. The story of one British man's second world war.
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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 spirit and hospitality of the people of Cardiff, Wales.
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More second world war stories on the Blitz, Evacuees, Gallipoli, Tanks, Dunkirk and D-day, Sappers ….
PART THREE of an anniversary special celebrating ten years in podcasting.
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Trooper Ernest Thomas, a tank driver in C Squadron Sherwood Rangers. New D-Day memoir.
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Veteran Wilf Shaw, Australian Les Cook, POW's, Gallipoli and more, PART TWO of an anniversary special celebrating ten years in podcasting.
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Jesse Rance, London Metropolitan Police between 1936 - 1966. Endured the WW2 blitz bombing. What a tough beat to patrol! Curious story revealed in the show.
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An anniversary special celebrating ten years in podcasting. Featuring old favourites and new alike. This episode has a particular focus on Germany in the war, with much more.
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German ship Bismarck.
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Boat enthusiast Matt Cain enthralls us with the history and restoration project behind one of Dunkirk's most famous rescue ships. The Lady of Mann from the Isle of Man.
Matt and Paul discuss the Dunkirk operation and stories behind it.
Manx veterans talk about their experiences on Manx Radio.
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A thrilling family memoir from Paul Gill from USA who sailed in the Arctic convoys during the Second World War.
"The enemy planes were flying just a few feet over the surface of the water on our starboard bow, towards the head of the convoy. I started to count them: 1, 2...13, 14…“Damn it! Look at them!” I yelled."
Three veterans' sons coming together to discuss all things D-Day 80. Facts, stats, legacy, beaches, movies and … more beaches. A discussion amongst Angus Wallace of the WW2 Podcast, Steve Erskine, curator and researcher at the Green Howard's museum and myself, Paul Cheall.
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