Lt. The Earl of Cardigan

Lt. The Earl of Cardigan

In this first episode of the second series we look at the escape of Lt. The Earl of Cardigan.

Captured early in the war, he makes a dash for it from a moving lorry and eventually makes his way south to Gibraltar. He later released an account of his escape in his book, I Walked Alone.

Sadly our presenter, Dave Harrison, passed away from Covid last year, so this entire second series is dedicated to him. This is a shortened episode - due to technical issues - that we had planned to re-record, but under the circumstances have decided to edit what was useable and release it as a bonus episode.

For You The War Is Over is a podcast that looks at the real life stories of POW escapes from the the Second World War. Hosted by History Nerd @DaveMcRobbo and Tech Geek @DaveHarrysson, each episode looks at a new escape.

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Guardsman JE Jones

Guardsman JE Jones

A repeated escaper, who even managed to get married in occupied Europe while escaping, Jones eventually managed to get away from a working camp. Making rapid progress, he made his way onto a Swedish s...

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Fl/Lt H Burton

Fl/Lt H Burton

One of the very earliest to escape from a prisoner-of-war camp - he has a possible claim to be the very first - he escaped from Stalag Luft I at Barth and, making his way to neutral Sweden, he would g...

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Pte. E Phythian

Pte. E Phythian

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1 Joulu 202327min

Third Mate AH Bird

Third Mate AH Bird

A merchant sailor, Bird is captured in the Pacific Ocean but imprisoned in Marlag und Milag Nord, the POW camp in Germany for sailors. Escaping to a nearby dockyards, Bird spends more time in the pub ...

24 Marras 202332min

Sgt. PL Pepper

Sgt. PL Pepper

You might have heard of Sgt Pepper, but probably not of his wartime prisoner-of-war escape! Escaping from a working camp attached to the largest POW camp of the war, he chose to remain in Munich for t...

17 Marras 202328min

Tpr. H Castelow (Special Guest: Damien Lewis)

Tpr. H Castelow (Special Guest: Damien Lewis)

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10 Marras 202347min

Series 6 Intro

Series 6 Intro

Welcome to Series 6 of For You The War Is Over. We are delighted to bring to you another series with amazing guests, and even more amazing escape stories. We hope you will enjoy this new series!For Yo...

3 Marras 20232min

SQMS. Jimmy Smith (Special Guests: Barbara Smith and Sarah Hardcastle)

SQMS. Jimmy Smith (Special Guests: Barbara Smith and Sarah Hardcastle)

For this episode we were delighted to be joined by Barbara Smith and Sarah Hardcastle, the wife and daughter of SQMS Jimmy Smith, who served in MI9 during the Second World War. They tell the story of ...

1 Kesä 202342min

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