Fighting Through WWII Stories & History

By Paul Cheall WW2

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Dunkirk, D-Day, North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Lancasters, POWs. Second World War Stories, Memoirs & interviews - Britain, USA, Australia, Canada … all the forces … WW2.

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Fighting Through WWII Stories & History episodes:

04.17.2024
98 World War II Snipers Part TWO - The Men, Their Guns, Their Story
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 And the usual PS's! Great Unpublished History! Please do...
04.09.2024
97 World War II Snipers Part ONE - The Men, Their Guns, Their Story
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...
12.14.2023
96 Christmas at War with the V1 missiles - 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...
11.26.2023
95 Dunkirk Special PART TWO Bob Metcalfe WW2 memoirs
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...
11.18.2023
94 Dunkirk Special PART ONE - Bob Metcalfe British Canadian, Green Howard WW2 history
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,...
08.07.2023
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 exhibition Telephone chat with veteran Ken...
07.31.2023
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 time in Normandy, with...
03.12.2023
91 Kisses on a Postcard - Child 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 WW2. Features mystery postcard messages, the bombing of Plymouth, American GI's and crashing German bombers. Dominic’s work is full...
02.10.2023
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 featured. Durham Light Infantry DLI and...
02.06.2023
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. More great unpublished history! Buy Alf Blackburn's...
12.05.2022
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 and transcript at: https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/88-Christmas-at-War-2022-WW2 Support Ukraine: Yorkshire Aid Convoywww.yorkshireaidconvoy.co.uk....
11.08.2022
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 account in...
11.05.2022
86 Mighty Eighth podcast preview USAAF WW2 V2
A preview of a brand new podcast all about the United States Air Force in the guise of the Mighty Eighth - and their role in Britain during the war. And as a prelude I’m going to chat with Johann,...
08.01.2022
85 Bill Turner, POW, and the Cockleshell Heroes, WW2 Commandos
How the Cockleshell Heroes upset Nazi supply lines with canoes! The Cockleshell Heroes, Operation Frankton, was a commando raid on ships in the German occupied French port of Bordeaux in southwest France PLUS: How British Royal Fusilier, Bill Turner, survived ...
05.18.2022
84 Canadian Lance Corporal David Johnson, Italy WW2
A great tale of one man's survival when so many around him lost their lives in Italy and beyond. Features 5th Canadian Division. Plus a fascinating U-Boat tale about weather station Kurt sneakily set up by the enemy in Newfoundland....
05.13.2022
83 Australian Corporal Leslie Cook and the Japanese Doll
The tale of an Australian soldier who has to bury dead Japanese soldiers - a very distasteful duty but one which years later paid him back in positive ways he could not have imagined at the time. More great unpublished...
04.27.2022
82 Coffee with Cpl Leslie Cook Part 2, Australian
Second part of a long chat with Australian veteran Leslie Cook, his views on the Pacific war and more tales of his WW2 adventures. Play link re the mobile tank mine – the Goliath https://overcast.fm/+lXX7AU7I/1:17:22 Donate To Salvation Army Ukraine...
04.24.2022
81 Coffee with Cpl Leslie Cook Part 1, Australian
A long chat with Australian veteran Leslie Cook, his views on the Pacific war and more tales of his WW2 adventures. Various family stories and an opportunity to donate to one of the several charities supporting the refugees. Donate To...
03.13.2022
80 Ukraine 2022 Appeal, & Dutch Hunger Winter
Insights into the 2022 Ukraine crisis from 1944. Various family stories and an opportunity to donate to one of the several charities supporting the refugees. Plus: An insight into Operation Manna and the allied response to the massive food shortage...
02.21.2022
79 German Submariner Part 2: Atlantic U Boat!
A thrilling Part 2 of German submarine U-111’s tour of the North Atlantic during the second world war. By Kurt Schoenthier. Sinkings, survivals and POW's. Plus stacks of family stories and more. LINK TO KO-FI LINK TO BUY ME A...
02.11.2022
78 German Submariner Part 1: Atlantic U-Boat, POW in Canada.
German submarine U-111’s tour of the North Atlantic during the second world war. By Kurt Schoenthier. Sinkings, survivals and POW's. Plus stacks of family stories, including a Green Howard Padre's account of the Dunkirk beaches. LINK TO KO-FI LINK TO...
01.03.2022
77 CBI Hump Pilot lost in China - The Seabees
The Able Queen, Tales of an Indiana Hump Pilot Lost in the Himalayas, China - by Rainy Hovarth - Extracts from the true story, told in his own words, of highly decorated CBI Hump Pilot, Robert Binzer, who flew combat...
12.02.2021
76 Christmas at War 2021 WW2 History
- This Christmas in the South Pacific would be far more festive than last time. - Three US soldiers came upon a small cabin in the woods. - We followed the side of the bomb and found a second fuse...
11.17.2021
75 Coffee with Ken Cooke D-Day veteran Part 2
Briton Ken Cooke was in the 7th Green Howards infantry, and at the tender age of 18 was thrown into action for the very first time storming Gold Beach on D-Day 6th June 1944 in the very first waves of...
11.16.2021
74 Coffee with Ken Cooke D-Day veteran Part 1
Briton Ken Cooke was in the 7th Green Howards infantry, and at the tender age of 18 was thrown into action for the very first time storming Gold Beach on D-Day 6th June 1944 in the very first waves of...
10.25.2021
73 Jack Stansfield British POW in WW2
An article written by Michael and Jamie Stansfield, the son and grandson of Jack Stansfield. Jack Stansfield was a Green Howard, same as Dad, except Jack was in the 5th Battalion and Dad was in the 6th. LINK TO...
09.22.2021
72 More Seabees and family stories WWII
A short episode to follow up feedback I’ve had on the previous Seabees episode. LINK TO BUY ME A COFFEE Full show notes at: https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/72_More_Seabees Reviews on main website https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/reviews/new/ Apple reviews - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ww2-fighting-through-from-dunkirk-to-hamburg-war-diary/id624581457?mt=2 Follow me...
09.16.2021
71 The Battalion Artist, US Seabees in the Pacific War
A Navy Seabee’s Sketchbook of War in the South Pacific The second world war adventures of Nat Bellantoni and his naval comrades in the famous Seabees. Plus a memoir from Seabee John Serra. LINK TO BUY ME A COFFEE Full...
09.02.2021
70 LCpl Jack Betley WWII comrade
I’ve got a number of Dad’s comrades KIA that I either can’t trace or have no photographs of – Jack Betley from Halifax was one of them. I once knew nothing about him - now I know everything, thanks to...
05.26.2021
69 German Boy Soldier Willi Langbein WW2
The memoir of a 13 year old boy soldier who witnessed six years of world war two, from Jewish persecution to hand-to-hand fighting on the front line - Wilhelm Johannes Langbein. "I tell my father’s story in his own words,...
04.23.2021
68 Leslie Cook 5 - Australian in Burma WWII
Part Five - More entertaining WW2 tales plus some great family stories from Gabriel Cervantes and Sidney Topf. Australian Leslie Eric Cook was in the second 14th of the Australian Imperial Force. He served in Greece, Crete, New Guinea, Borneo...
04.21.2021
67 Leslie Cook 4 - Sand, Sangers and Home Sweet Home WW2
Part Four 1943/4 - Various entertaining WW2 tales Australian Leslie Eric Cook was in the second 14th of the Australian Imperial Force. He served in Greece, Crete, New Guinea, Borneo and Japan. Web site episode page - Full episode show...
04.11.2021
66 Leslie Cook 3 Aussie in New Guinea WW2
Part Three 1942/3 - New Guinea adventures and more. Australian Leslie Eric Cook was in the second 14th of the Australian Imperial Force. He served in Greece, Crete, New Guinea, Borneo and Japan. Australian War Memorial website. Loads of pics...
03.27.2021
65 Leslie Cook Part 2 Greece PLUS The Great Escape!
Part Two - Circa 1941 Greece adventures, plus an exclusive Canadian family story about the Great Escape! Web site - Full episode show notes, links, photo and transcript Web site home page Feedback/reviews - Thank you. Twitter page Facebook...
12.07.2020
64 Cpl Leslie Cook Part 1, Australian in Burma & New Guinea WW2
Six full years of an Australian soldier’s second world war, in what I think is one of the finest set of stories you could ever hope to come across - over 80 in all. Web site - Full show notes,...
11.11.2020
63 Jean Lindsay, Child of the Second World War
Jean was a youngster when the second world war broke out. She describes her first sinister sighting of a German airship – a Zeppelin She tells of her evacuation from Norfolk to Nottinghamshire early on in the war. She’s got...
09.09.2020
62 Churchill's Hellraisers by Damien Lewis PART 2 WW2 history
THIS IS PART TWO - LISTEN TO PART ONE, EPISODE 61, FIRST Damien Lewis is the author of new book CHURCHILL’S HELLRAISERS: The Secret Mission to Storm a Forbidden Nazi Fortress. It’s the TRUE story of a hodge-podge team tasked...
09.04.2020
61 Churchill's Hellraisers preview - Damien Lewis, WWII History
PART ONE Damien Lewis is the author of new book CHURCHILL’S HELLRAISERS: The Secret Mission to Storm a Forbidden Nazi Fortress. It’s the TRUE story of a hodge-podge team tasked with sneaking through enemy territory and breaching an otherwise impregnable...
07.19.2020
60 Omaha PART 5 - D-Day WW2
LISTEN TO EPISODES 56-59 BEFORE THIS ONE The FIFTH and FINAL instalment in the memoir Overseas and Over the Top by Morris Prince. Omaha Beach to the Battle of the Bulge and beyond - in multiple episodes. One man's complete...
07.15.2020
59 Omaha PART 4 - D-Day WW2
LISTEN TO EPISODES 56 -58 BEFORE THIS ONE The FOURTH instalment in the memoir Overseas and Over the Top Omaha Beach to the Battle of the Bulge and beyond - in multiple episodes. One man's complete and personal memoir of...
06.17.2020
58 Omaha PART 3 - D-Day WW2
LISTEN TO EPISODES 56 AND 57 BEFORE THIS ONE The THIRD instalment in the memoir Overseas and Over the Top, second world war history Omaha Beach to the Battle of the Bulge and beyond - in multiple episodes. One man's...
06.10.2020
57 Omaha PART 2 - D-Day
LISTEN TO EPISODE 56 BEFORE THIS ONE The second instalment in the memoir Overseas and Over the Top Omaha Beach to the Battle of the Bulge and beyond - in multiple episodes. One man's complete and personal memoir of the...
06.06.2020
56 Omaha PART 1 - D-Day WW2. Overseas and Then Over the Top
Omaha Beach to the Battle of the Bulge and beyond - in multiple episodes. One man's complete and personal memoir of the entire period from leaving America for England and onto Germany. Full show notes, links and photos Feedback/reviews...
05.12.2020
55 Les Rutherford interview - Lancaster bomb aimer, WW2 history
Les Rutherford was part of the rear-guard defence of Dunkirk in 1940. He escaped to England in a most novel fashion and later volunteered for the Royal Air Force, becoming a bomb aimer on WWII Lancasters. He completed 23 operations...
04.16.2020
54 Okinawa - Saul David - Crucible of Hell WW2
The Last Great Battle of the Second World War Featuring passages from Saul David's new book, Crucible of Hell. When the battle of Okinawa was over, almost a quarter of a million people had lost their lives, making it by...
03.18.2020
53 Sniper Harry Furness, Second World War
Some smashing sniping stories to share. Top of the bill is a tale of a British sniper, Harry Furness, from the 6th Green Howards which I’m using with kind permission of the author of a book called Sniper Anthology. Full...
03.03.2020
52 For You the War is Over
For You the War is Over - special guest preview of the brand new podcast by Dave and Dave. More great unpublished history! World War Two
03.03.2020
51 Episode Fifty Special! Pt Two - Dunkirk 80 & more
Part Two, Episode Fifty anniversary special Celebrate Dunkirk 80 with this special episode. Take a trip down the Second World War memory lane of Dunkirk, D-Day, Lancasters, tanks, the Blitz, POW’s, the WW1 battle of Gallipoli and much more. Old...
02.26.2020
50 Episode Fifty Special! Pt One - Dunkirk 80 & more
Celebrating Episode 50! Take a trip down the Second World War memory lane of Dunkirk, D-Day, Lancasters, tanks, the Blitz, POW’s, the WW1 battle of Gallipoli and much more. Old stories, new stories and bloopers. Full show notes, links and...
12.18.2019
49 Christmas at War 2019, Second World War History and Poetry
Another helping of soldierly stories wrapped up in rhyme. We’ve got a poignant verse written to a soldier by his tank comrades whilst he was laid up wounded in a military hospital. A poem written by German soldier Heinrich to...

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Fighting Through WWII Stories & History episodes:

98 World War II Snipers Part TWO - The Men, Their Guns, Their Story

97 World War II Snipers Part ONE - The Men, Their Guns, Their Story

96 Christmas at War with the V1 missiles - 2023

95 Dunkirk Special PART TWO Bob Metcalfe WW2 memoirs

94 Dunkirk Special PART ONE - Bob Metcalfe British Canadian, Green Howard WW2 history

93 The 82nd airborne Part 2, letters from Sicily and Italy WW2

92 The 82nd airborne Part 1, letters from Sicily/Italy

91 Kisses on a Postcard - Child evacuees of WW2 - Interview with Dominic Frisby

90 Alf Blackburn Part 2, British Infantry War Memoirs, WWII

89 Alf Blackburn Part 1, British Infantry War Memoirs, WWII

88 Christmas/Hogmanay at War 2022 WWII

87 German Boy Soldier 2 - Save the Last Bullet

86 Mighty Eighth podcast preview USAAF WW2 V2

85 Bill Turner, POW, and the Cockleshell Heroes, WW2 Commandos

84 Canadian Lance Corporal David Johnson, Italy WW2

83 Australian Corporal Leslie Cook and the Japanese Doll

82 Coffee with Cpl Leslie Cook Part 2, Australian

81 Coffee with Cpl Leslie Cook Part 1, Australian

80 Ukraine 2022 Appeal, & Dutch Hunger Winter

79 German Submariner Part 2: Atlantic U Boat!

78 German Submariner Part 1: Atlantic U-Boat, POW in Canada.

77 CBI Hump Pilot lost in China - The Seabees

76 Christmas at War 2021 WW2 History

75 Coffee with Ken Cooke D-Day veteran Part 2

74 Coffee with Ken Cooke D-Day veteran Part 1

73 Jack Stansfield British POW in WW2

72 More Seabees and family stories WWII

71 The Battalion Artist, US Seabees in the Pacific War

70 LCpl Jack Betley WWII comrade

69 German Boy Soldier Willi Langbein WW2

68 Leslie Cook 5 - Australian in Burma WWII

67 Leslie Cook 4 - Sand, Sangers and Home Sweet Home WW2

66 Leslie Cook 3 Aussie in New Guinea WW2

65 Leslie Cook Part 2 Greece PLUS The Great Escape!

64 Cpl Leslie Cook Part 1, Australian in Burma & New Guinea WW2

63 Jean Lindsay, Child of the Second World War

62 Churchill's Hellraisers by Damien Lewis PART 2 WW2 history

61 Churchill's Hellraisers preview - Damien Lewis, WWII History

60 Omaha PART 5 - D-Day WW2

59 Omaha PART 4 - D-Day WW2

58 Omaha PART 3 - D-Day WW2

57 Omaha PART 2 - D-Day

56 Omaha PART 1 - D-Day WW2. Overseas and Then Over the Top

55 Les Rutherford interview - Lancaster bomb aimer, WW2 history

54 Okinawa - Saul David - Crucible of Hell WW2

53 Sniper Harry Furness, Second World War

52 For You the War is Over

51 Episode Fifty Special! Pt Two - Dunkirk 80 & more

50 Episode Fifty Special! Pt One - Dunkirk 80 & more

49 Christmas at War 2019, Second World War History and Poetry

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