270. Family Stories - Ep 4
This week in our Family Stories series we hear your tales of German spies, runaway barrage balloons and a witness to the Hiroshima atom bomb. With thanks to Jack Ashton, Ben Brown, Norman Clark, Richa...
7 Feb 202124min
269. Training for Battle
Professor John Buckley joins Al Murray and James Holland to discuss the Allies’ approach to training. Armoured operations and the Normandy campaign also feature in a wide ranging discussion. Regular l...
4 Feb 20211h 3min
268. Steel not Flesh
Al Murray and James Holland discuss the Allies’ policy of using liberal amounts of ammunition as a way of conserving the lives of their men. We Have Ways has a membership club which includes a live ve...
2 Feb 202147min
267. Family Stories - Ep 3
In this week’s episode of our Family Stories series we hear your tales of the first wedding after the war, surviving the Blitz and a harrowing visit to Bergen-Belsen. With thanks to Tom Achard, Willia...
31 Jan 202124min
266. The Wings of Pegasus, By George Chatterton - Episode 19
Brigadier George Chatterton's memoirs, read by Al Murray, tell the extraordinary story of his time as a soldier for the British Army who then went on to become the Commander of the Glider Pilot Regime...
29 Jan 202140min
265. Landing Craft
Archeologist and historian Stephen Fisher joins Al Murray and James Holland to discuss the organisational challenges faced by the Allies in the planning of D-Day as the Royal Navy attempted to perfect...
28 Jan 20211h
264. The Wings of Pegasus, By George Chatterton - Episode 18
Brigadier George Chatterton's memoirs, read by Al Murray, tell the extraordinary story of his time as a soldier for the British Army who then went on to become the Commander of the Glider Pilot Regime...
28 Jan 202131min
263. Inge Auerbacher
Inge Auerbacher was born in Germany in 1934. She spent three years in the Terezin (Theresienstadt) concentration camp in Czechoslovakia, where she was one of a tiny percentage to survive. To commemora...
27 Jan 20211h 5min
