38 Sergeant Eion McEwan - Paras WWII
The dramatic WWII diary of a 5th Scottish Para in France, Italy and beyond. The secret story of a WW2 mutiny by British soldiers. And what a great new set of revelations we're about to learn about the...
15 Dec 20181h 25min
36 WW2 Tank Captain Stanley Perry PART ONE
Capt Stanley Perry was in the British tank regiment the Sherwood Rangers and saw a lot of action in Normandy and Germany. He survived battles, bombs and booby traps to tell of his amazing WWII exploit...
7 Okt 20181h 39min
37 WW2 Tank Captain Stanley Perry PART TWO
PART TWO. Continuing with Part two of Capt Stanley Perry's WW2 interview. Recommended you listen to Part one, episode 36, first. Stan was in the British tank regiment the Sherwood Rangers and saw a l...
7 Okt 20181h 9min
35 Freddie Linacre POW WW2 veteran interview
Interview with Freddie Linacre, a British veteran of the North Africa campaign and POW in World War 2. Soldiers survived or were killed or captured. Learn how one man nearly did all three. Hear the ...
21 Sep 201847min
34 Wartime Holidays WW2
Hear the WWII diary Anne Cheall wrote on holiday in Wales in July 1943. A brief sojourn before returning to the bomb making factory. Paul tries out his foreign language skills. The secret sayings and ...
10 Sep 201822min
33 Wartime Recipes and WRENS in WW2
A Wren's Story, by Audrey Johnson - the memoirs of a WREN in a signals team during WW2, based in N Ireland. How Anne Cheall made the best of limited rations with her wartime recipes. More great unpubl...
29 Aug 20181h 49min
32 Women at War, WW2 history
Anne Cheall describes her life as a civilian in WW2, as a 17 year old. How she staved off the threat of hunger, the dangers of working in a bomb factory, the humour from working for a German boss, and...
20 Juli 20181h 12min
31 Child of War - An interview with German Volker Wehrum, WW2
Volker, born 1944, tells some fascinating tales about the dangers his Dad faced in returning to his home country ahead of the advancing Russians, as WW2 ended. Many family stories include a daring esc...
25 Juni 201841min
