Burma '45: The Empire Strikes Back
WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk16 Jul 2025

Burma '45: The Empire Strikes Back

How did Mountbatten and South East Asia Command marshall new forces and tactics to retake Burma? What were conditions life for soldiers fighting in Burma? When did the Allies plan to go on the offensive against Japanese forces? Join James Holland and Al Murray for Part 2 of this series, as they explore the forgotten victories of commander Bill Slim and the 14th Army at the end of a bloody Burma Campaign in WW2, where the biggest enemy wasn't the Japanese but the remote landscape of jungles and rivers. THE NEXT EPISODES ARE AVAILABLE NOW AD-FREE FOR MEMBERS - SIGN UP AT patreon.com/wehaveways A Goalhanger Production Produced by James Regan Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Social: @WeHaveWaysPod Email: wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com Join our ‘Independent Company’ with an introductory offer to watch exclusive live shows, get presale ticket events, and our weekly newsletter - packed with book and model discounts. Membership Club: patreon.com/wehaveways Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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237. Robert Bowen - Fighting With Screaming Eagles

237. Robert Bowen - Fighting With Screaming Eagles

Merry Christmas from We Have Ways of Making You Talk. Over the next 12 days Al and James are reading extracts from some of their favourite books about the Second World War. Today Al is reading from Fi...

6 Jan 202142min

236. The Man Who Said Don’t Go

236. The Man Who Said Don’t Go

News that Sir Brian Urquhart has died at the age of 101 leads Al Murray and James Holland inexorably back to the intense days prior to the battle of Arnhem. Did Urquhart tell Browning to cancel Market...

5 Jan 202152min

235. Vere Hodgson - Diary of the War

235. Vere Hodgson - Diary of the War

Merry Christmas from We Have Ways of Making You Talk. Over the next 12 days Al and James are reading extracts from some of their favourite books about the Second World War. Today Rachel Holland is rea...

4 Jan 202121min

234. Cornelius Turner - Operation Bunghole

234. Cornelius Turner - Operation Bunghole

Merry Christmas from We Have Ways of Making You Talk. Over the next 12 days Al and James are reading extracts from some of their favourite books about the Second World War. Today Al is reading from Op...

3 Jan 202116min

233. Stanley Christopherson - An Englishman At War

233. Stanley Christopherson - An Englishman At War

Merry Christmas from We Have Ways of Making You Talk. Over the next 12 days Al and James are reading extracts from some of their favourite books about the Second World War. Today James is reading from...

2 Jan 202119min

232. Jeffrey Quill - Spitfire

232. Jeffrey Quill - Spitfire

Merry Christmas from We Have Ways of Making You Talk. Over the next 12 days Al and James are reading extracts from some of their favourite books about the Second World War. Today Al is reading from Sp...

1 Jan 202129min

231. Heinz Knoke - I Flew For The Fuhrer

231. Heinz Knoke - I Flew For The Fuhrer

Merry Christmas from We Have Ways of Making You Talk. Over the next 12 days Al and James are reading extracts from some of their favourite books about the Second World War. Today James is reading an e...

31 Des 202020min

230. In Conversation with Richard Herring

230. In Conversation with Richard Herring

Al Murray joins Richard Herring to talk about his latest book ‘The Last 100 Years (give Or Take) and All That’. They discuss what it was like writing the book and cover a range of topics including the...

31 Des 202059min

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