For You The War Is Over

To kick off our new series, we look at the escape of Fl/Lt Shore who wasted no time at all getting stuck into escaping, remaining a POW only a matter of months before successfully making his way to Sw...

11 Nov 202236min

Welcome to Series 5 of For You The War Is Over. We are delighted to be able to bring you another twelve brand new episodes. As ever we look at some brilliant escape stories, many of them less well kno...

7 Nov 20222min

We were joined by Claire Derry to talk about her father, Major Sam Derry, who wasn't just satisfied with managing to escape from a moving train, he would go on the run an entire escape organisation, a...

5 Aug 20221h 5min

Battle of Britain Legend and flying 'Ace', Bob Stanford-Tuck, made his escape with his partner, Zbigniew Kustreynski, during the Long March away from Stalag Luft III, a camp in which he was to have an...

29 Juli 202248min

Not short of a sense of humour, Lt. David James was to make an escape attempt under the pseudonym, 'I. Bugeroff'. This one is well worth a listen!For You The War Is Over is a podcast that looks at the...

15 Juli 202249min

Ever hear the one about the two guys who escaped from a Firing Squad...? Now you can!For You The War Is Over is a podcast that looks at the real life stories of Prisoner-of-War escapes from the the Se...

8 Juli 202227min

L/Cpl. Richards was very good at getting out and staying out, but never quite made it home in four attempts. However, his fifth escape effort would see him fighting in the forests of Poland before he ...

1 Juli 202231min

Another escaper who was to join the Polish Resistance after escaping, but there was to be more than one similarity with the escape of Easterbrook...For You The War Is Over is a podcast that looks at t...

24 Juni 202230min