94 Bob Metcalfe memoirs PART ONE Dunkirk/N Africa/Sicily/Italy
Featuring No time for dreams: a soldier's six-year journey through World War II. By Robert W. Metcalfe, 4th Green Howards Bob Metcalf enlisted in the fourth battalion, the Green Howards in December 1...
18 Nov 20231h 41min
93 The 82nd airborne Part 2, letters from Sicily and Italy WW2
More from Dave Thomas about his father's exploits in the 82nd airborne in Italy. Preview of The Secret Beach: A Kids World War 2 Adventure. By James Papalia Green Howards feature - online Sicily exhib...
7 Aug 20231h 28min
92 The 82nd airborne Part 1, letters from Sicily/Italy
A great family story from Dave Thomas about his father's exploits in the 82nd airborne in Sicily and Italy. Telephone chat with veteran Ken Cooke who has some more titbits to share with us about his t...
31 Jul 20231h 20min
91 Kisses on a Postcard - Blitz evacuees of WW2 - Interview with Dominic Frisby
An interview with Dominic Frisby. The Kisses on a Postcard musical charts the true story of two young British evacuees during the Blitz of WW2. Features mystery postcard messages, the bombing of Plymo...
12 Mar 20231h 44min
90 Alf Blackburn Part 2, British Infantry War Memoirs, WWII
Part 2 A classic tale of British infantry adventure in WW2. How the Fighting Through WW2 memoirs podcast put the families of two war comrades in touch with each other. Sicily and D-Day campaigns featu...
10 Feb 20231h 2min
89 Alf Blackburn Part 1, British Infantry War Memoirs, WWII
A classic tale of British infantry adventure in WW2. How the Fighting Through WW2 memoirs podcast put the families of two war comrades in touch with each other. Sicily and D-Day campaigns featured. Mo...
6 Feb 20231h 6min
88 Christmas/Hogmanay at War 2022 WWII
Celebrating another Christmas at war and indeed Hogmanay, with a Christmas stocking absolutely heaving with seasonal tales of goodwill. More great unpublished Christmassy! Full show notes, photos a...
5 Des 20221h 41min
87 German Boy Soldier 2 - Save the Last Bullet
Previewing the newly published book, Save the Last Bullet, about a German boy soldier in the Nazi army. "This is the story of my father's traumatic ordeal as a boy soldier in Hitler's Army. It is an a...
8 Nov 20221h 3min
