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October 28, 2024 123 mins

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.

Episode artwork:
German ship Bismarck.

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BOOKS

D-Day Through German Eyes, by Jonathan Trigg
https://amzn.to/3ZYUP9a

Mines, Bombs, Bullets and Bridges: A Sapper's Second World War Diary by Michael Moss
https://amzn.to/3NnKITW

Save the Last Bullet - Willi Langbein / Heidi Langbein Allen
https://amzn.to/3NEUyB0

EPISODES

5 Claude Reynolds 1 - Coffee with Claude - Lancaster rear gunner interview
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/5-claude-reynolds-ww2-lancaster-veteran-interview-1/

12 Claude Reynolds 2 - WW2 Lancaster veteran interview
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/12-claude-reynolds-2-ww2-lancaster-veteran-interview/

9 Dunkirk Diaries of Major Leslie Petch OBE WWII
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/9-dunkirk-diaries-of-major-leslie-petch-obe-wwii/

26 The Zilken Letters. A veteran exposes the army's best kept WWII secrets!
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/26-the-zilken-letters-a-veteran-exposes-the-armys-best-kept-wwii-secrets/

33 Women at War 2 - Wartime Recipes and WRENS https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/33-wartime-recipes-and-wrens-in-ww2/

46 Through German Eyes in the Second World War https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/46-through-german-eyes-in-the-second-world-war/

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