Apr 17, 2024
Another great line-up of WW2 sniper stories featuring female snipers, British veteran Harry Furness, the psychology of sniping and stories from Crete and Sicily along with one or two more surprises. And the usual PS's!
Great Unpublished History!
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Apr 9, 2024
Another tranche of Sniper stories based around the book, World War II Snipers - The Men, Their Guns, Their Story, by Gary Yee. Features selection of personnel, training, tactics and the weapons themselves. Lots of WW2 stories and eye witness accounts from around the world.
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Dec 14, 2023
Christmas at war, with more seasonal tales, including a special
feature on what Christmas was like in various countries around the
globe during WW2.
Specials in this episode:
German Boy Soldier's
Christmas Shoes
V1 Doodlebug bombs over Manchester
The Last Flight of Lancaster DV189
The Journal of Flight Sergeant Jim...
Nov 26, 2023
PART TWO Featuring No time for dreams: a soldier’s six-year
journey through World War II.
By Robert W. Metcalfe, 4th Green Howards.
PLUS:
What someone's father found in the jungle AFTER the war.
Who wrote to Bob Metcalfe upon publication of his book.
Nov 18, 2023
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 1935. He saw action in France in 1940, where he was wounded. Subsequently, he served with the sixth battalion, the Green...