WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk
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233. Stanley Christopherson - An Englishman At War
2 januari 2021 · 20 min
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 An Englishman At War, by Stanley Christopherson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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232. Jeffrey Quill - Spitfire
1 januari 2021 · 30 min
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 Spitfire, by Jeffrey Quill Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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231. Heinz Knoke - I Flew For The Fuhrer
31 december 2020 · 20 min
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 extract from I Flew For The Fuhrer, by Heinz Knoke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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230. In Conversation with Richard Herring
31 december 2020 · 1 uur
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 First World War, the Moon landing and the Balkans. And of course, Hitler and the Second World War get quite a mention. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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229. George Chatterton - The Wings of Pegasus
30 december 2020 · 11 min
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 an extract from The Wings of Pegasus, by George Chatterton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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228. Cecil Beaton - Far East
29 december 2020 · 24 min
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 extracts from Cecil Beaton's war diaries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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227. Crimes of the Wehrmacht
29 december 2020 · 1 uur 1 min
One of the enduring myths arising from the war is that the extreme violence in the east was carried out by the Waffen SS, not the Wehrmacht.
Historian and former US serviceman Waitman Wade Beorn tells Al Murray and James Holland about the atrocities committed by Wehrmacht soldiers on the Eastern Front. Waitman discusses their crimes and what psychological factors create extreme levels of violence.
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226. Louis Hagen - Arnhem Lift
28 december 2020 · 26 min
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 Arnhem Lift, by Louis Hagen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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225. Anthony Cotterell - After D-Day
27 december 2020 · 34 min
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 extract from Anthony Cotterell’s war reporting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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224. Richard Rhodes James - Chindit
26 december 2020 · 17 min
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 Chindit, by Richard Rhodes James. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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223. Anthony Cotterell - A Day At The Seaside
25 december 2020 · 18 min
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 extract from Anthony Cotterell’s war reporting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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222. Photo Reconnaissance
24 december 2020 · 56 min
Intelligence expert Taylor Downing argues that photo reconnaissance of occupied Europe should be at the forefront of all discussions about intelligence during the Second World War.
He describes in detail the incredible process of how photos were taken, developed, and analysed to discover German military plans - and how this helped find the Bismark.
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221. Confusion on Gold Beach
22 december 2020 · 1 uur 4 min
James Holland explains the challenges of researching the events of D Day for his new book about the Sherwood Rangers. Al Murray discusses the difficulty of relying on the memories of men caught up in dangerous events.
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220. A National Scandal
17 december 2020 · 1 uur 5 min
Al Murray and James Holland discuss the plight and treatment of our nuclear test veterans of the 1940s and 50s. They are joined by campaigning journalist Susie Boniface to discuss the government's mistreatment of the veterans and the litany of illnesses and deformities that ruin their lives today.
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219. Rudolph Hess
15 december 2020 · 54 min
Why did Hess fly to Scotland and on whose authority? What was his role in the Reich and was his sentence fair? James Holland and Al Murray also discuss the role of the Gurkhas in the Second World War.
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218. Pathfinder and Master Bomber
10 december 2020 · 38 min
Between November 1943 and October 1944 Charles Owen DSO DFC flew 55 missions as part of Bomber Command. His extraordinary hand written diary describes these sorties in brilliant detail. Al Murray reads extracts here. With many thanks to his son, Oliver Owen.
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217. Man for Man
8 december 2020 · 1 uur
James Holland and Al Murray reopen the debate about the relative merits of Allied and Axis soldiers. Plus was there ever the possibility of the American, British and Canadian forces swapping beaches in Normandy?
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216. Falklands
3 december 2020 · 30 min
Part two of our conversation with aviation writer Roland White, as he explains the challenges of flying off carriers in the South Atlantic. Roland tells Al Murray and James Holland about the role played by birds around the islands and he describes the difficult relationship between the RAF and the Navy.
We Have Ways has a membership club which includes a live version of the podcast streamed on the internet each Thursday evening. A number of free audiobooks are available to members. Join at Patreon.com/wehaveways
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215. Training Day
1 december 2020 · 57 min
How did the German forces shape up when it came to training? James Holland and Al Murray explore both myth and reality. Plus the boys head to the western desert to examine the Battle of Knightsbridge.
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214. Joe Ricci
29 november 2020 · 49 min
Close friend of the podcast, historian Joe Ricci, joins Al and James during our Thanksgiving Specials to talk about the unsung heroes of the American War Effort - the US Coastguard.
Joe Ricci runs his own history podcast 'Home Brew History'.
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213. Nicholas Moran
28 november 2020 · 46 min
Nicholas Moran is one of the world leading experts in tank warfare during the Second World War. He joins Al and James to reveal what he thinks to be the best tank used during the war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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212. Bob Persichitti
27 november 2020 · 47 min
Bob Persichitti was a radio operator on the USS El Dorado during the Second World War. He was present at Okinawa and the invasion of Iwo Jima. James Holland interviews him as part of our Thanksgiving Specials. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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211. Michel Paradis
26 november 2020 · 55 min
Human Rights Lawyer and historian Michel Paradis talks to Al and James about his book 'Last Mission To Tokyo'. The thrilling war story-meets-courtroom-drama focuses on the Doolittle Raiders in Tokyo and attempts to try the Japanese for war crimes committed throughout the Second World War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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210. Paul Dickson
25 november 2020 · 52 min
James Holland speaks to US historian Paul Dickson, writer of 'The Rise of the G.I. Army', about how the American Army was mobilized from scattered outposts two years before Pearl Harbor into the disciplined and mobile fighting force that helped win World War II. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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209. Tom Lacey
24 november 2020 · 41 min
Al and James interview Battle of the Bulge veteran Tom Lacey as part of We Have Ways' Thanksgiving Specials.
Tom Lacey was fascinated with aeronautics as a young boy, so naturally, he wanted to be trained to become a pilot. Instead, he was assigned to the Army Infantry and volunteered to take a radioman post. Barraged by German artillery, with radio connection completely lost, Lacey later realised he survived the beginnings of the Battle of the Bulge. Of the 200 men in his unit, he was one of 12 to survive from the time of their entry into combat.
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208. Marty Morgan
23 november 2020 · 55 min
In the first of our Thanksgiving Specials, Al and James are joined by historian and weapons expert Marty Morgan. Marty talks about his experiences leading tours in Normandy and working with hit video game franchise Call of Duty as their historical advisor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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207. Harrier
19 november 2020 · 35 min
In this rare foray away from the Second World War Al Murray and James Holland are joined by aviation writer Rowland White to discuss the role of the Harrier 809 in the Falklands War.
How challenging was it to fly the legendary Harrier Jump Jet and what did the Argentinian pilots make of the battle?
We Have Ways has a membership club which includes a live version of the podcast streamed on the internet each Thursday evening. A new audiobook offering a Canadian soldier’s view of the battle in Italy will be available free to members from Monday. Join at Patreon.com/wehaveways
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206. Dermot O'Leary
17 november 2020 · 52 min
TV presenter and radio host Dermot O’Leary joins Al and James to discuss his passion for Second World War history. The Battle of Britain and the Battle of the Atlantic are two of Dermot’s particular interests, along with a fascination for Norway’s role in the war thanks to his wife’s Norwegian upbringing.
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205. A Message from the Cook Islands
12 november 2020 · 38 min
We Have Ways of Making You Talk receives a fabulous array of messages via email, Twitter and on our members’ site. None more extraordinary than the missive that arrived this week from the Cook Islands. It starts our discussion in today’s pod.
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204. From El Alamein to the Heroes of Telemark
10 november 2020 · 52 min
How great a contribution did Monty make in North Africa? And were the actions of the Heroes of Telemark vital to the effort to deny Hitler the atomic bomb? Al Murray and James Holland meander wildly in this entirely non linear approach the the Second World War.
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203. Remembrance
8 november 2020 · 1 uur 6 min
Small cemeteries in faraway lands, individual stories of heartbreaking tenderness, parents paying for inscriptions on graves they will never see. Al Murray and James Holland are joined by Glyn Prysor, former historian of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission for a moving episode of We Have Ways of Making You Talk.
The podcast ends with a short reading from each of Al Murray and James Holland, followed by the Last Post, two minutes of silence and Reveille.
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202. Matt Mackinnon-Pattison - Part 3
5 november 2020 · 33 min
After growing up in a Scottish orphanage Matt Mackinnon-Pattison volunteered for the army at the first opportunity and found himself fighting with a Highland regiment in Italy.
In this third and final instalment, Matt describes life in Italy and how the war took its toll on fighting men like him.
We’d like to thank Matt on behalf of all listeners of We Have Ways for telling us his brilliant story so vividly.
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201. Resistance
3 november 2020 · 58 min
Al Murray and James Holland discuss Patrick Marnham’s book on the French Resistance. Plus, how influential was signals intelligence? Other subjects up for discussion include the Chindits’ actions behind enemy lines and the war-time relationship between Britain and the US.
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200. The Last 100 Years (Give or Take) And All That
29 oktober 2020 · 13 min
An awful lot has happened in the last 100 years or so. In fact, when you look at how much went on in the 20th century, it's amazing it didn't take longer than that. In this extract from his new book Al Murray takes a close look at the Battle of Britain.
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199. The Messerschmitt 109
27 oktober 2020 · 26 min
Al and James clamber around on the Messerschmitt 109 once flown by the legendary Hans-Joachim Marseille and now housed at the Heritage Hangar, Biggin Hill. Was it really better than the Spitfire? Bold engineering claims in this podcast.
This podcast was also filmed and is available for viewing by members of our We Have Ways club. Join for £6 a month, which includes a live version of the podcast streamed on the internet each Thursday evening. There are also five free audiobooks on the site. Join at Patreon.com/wehaveways
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198. Matt Mackinnon-Pattison - part 2
22 oktober 2020 · 48 min
After growing up in a Scottish orphanage Matt Mackinnon-Pattison volunteered for the army at the first opportunity and found himself fighting with a Highland regiment in Italy. In this second part of his conversation with James Holland we hear of his exploits with the SAS.
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197. Spitfires at Biggin Hill
20 oktober 2020 · 51 min
Al and James visit the Heritage Hangar at Biggin Hill, the largest collection of air worthy Spitfires in the world. They discover a newly restored Spitfire once sold to the Greek airforce and explore the craft of building the world’s most iconic fighter plane.
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196. Matt Mackinnon-Pattison - Part 1
15 oktober 2020 · 47 min
Matt Mackinnon-Pattison served with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders during the war and later joined the SAS where he was parachuted behind enemy lines in northern Italy.
James Holland recently interviewed Matt in Cumbria. This is the first part of their fascinating conversation.
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195. From Iceland to Africa
13 oktober 2020 · 52 min
James and Al get their podcast passports out as they explore stories from Iceland to Africa, via Germany. James describes his recent adventures in Germany, including his attempt to find the location of the death of Lt. Denis Elmore, the last Sherwood Rangers officer to be killed in the war.
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194. Tiger Tank
8 oktober 2020 · 53 min
Al Murray heads to Bovington Tank Museum to talk to resident expert David Willey about the Tiger tank.
Why did Nazi Germany build only 1,200 of this much feared beast and what was the true story of the men who abandoned Tiger 131 in Tunisia?
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193. Making Maps and Propaganda
6 oktober 2020 · 1 uur 3 min
Writer and academic Jeremy Black joins James Holland and Al Murray in a wide-ranging discussion encompassing the propagandist use of maps and the challenges of flying over the Hump.
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192. Tank Trilogy
1 oktober 2020 · 20 min
Al Murray and James Holland explore a Second World War British ambulance as well as a vehicle kitted out as a mobile listening centre which reported from France and Holland to Bletchley Park.
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191. Robert Harris and V2
29 september 2020 · 53 min
The German V2 rocket programme brought fear to the streets of London in the last months of the war. Author Robert Harris joins Al Murray and James Holland to discuss his new novel, V2, which explores the events from the perspective of a German rocket engineer and a British woman tasked with working out where the deadly weapons were being fired from.
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190. AC/DC’s Brian Johnson PART 2
24 september 2020 · 46 min
AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson is back with more stories from his extraordinary family history. This time we hear about his dad’s time fighting in Italy, plus his Italian mum’s fascist family past.
WARNING: Some strong language.
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189. AC/DC’s Brian Johnson
22 september 2020 · 40 min
The legendary lead singer of AC/DC Brian Johnson is fascinated by the Second World War. His dad fought in North Africa and Italy with the Durham Light Infantry and Brian himself joined the Territorial Army and did full parachute training.
WARNING: This brilliantly entertaining, often hilarious episode, features strong language.
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188. What went wrong at Arnhem
17 september 2020 · 48 min
On September 17th, 1944, the Allies launched Operation Market Garden in an attempt to create an invasion route across the Rhine and into Germany.
The operation failed and with it ended any hopes of finishing the war by Christmas 1944.
Al Murray and James Holland are joined by former Paras Major-General Adrian Freer and Richard Moore to discuss the details of this extraordinary battle.
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187. Battle of Britain Day
15 september 2020 · 55 min
James Holland and Al Murray discuss the events of September 15th, 1940, the date officially named Battle of Britain Day. James digs deep into the data to evaluate the severity of the German attacks and to understand the level of defence mounted by the RAF.
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186. Top Tanks
10 september 2020 · 25 min
Al Murray and James Holland recently spent a day clambering around on restored tanks. In today’s episode they get to experience the inside of a Sherman and the full throated roar of a Cromwell.
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185. Sicily ‘43 Special
8 september 2020 · 55 min
Al Murray joins James Holland to discuss Sicily ‘43 in this special edition of the podcast recorded for Waterstones.
Our three book recommendations for September are:
Normandy ’44 by James Holland (newly published paperback)
Britain’s War: Into Battle by Dan Todman (paperback)
The Ship by C S Forester
All three books are available at a 20pc discount to members of the Independent Company.
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184. The Sherwood Rangers on D-Day
3 september 2020 · 38 min
As James Holland begins researching his next book he finds himself immediately caught up in a debate about what happened to the Sherwood Rangers as they came ashore on D-Day.
Our three book recommendations for September are:
Normandy ’44 by James Holland (newly published paperback)
Britain’s War: Into Battle by Dan Todman (paperback)
The Ship by C S Forester
All three books are available at a 20% discount to members of the Independent Company.
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A Goalhanger Films production
Produced by Jon Gill
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