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29 Prisoner of War

Update: 2018-05-08
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Great, unpublished history!

A bumper episode, packed with POW stories.

Main feature: The story of Brian Asquith, who was a Rifleman in the Kings Royal Rifle Corps and was captured at Dunkirk in 1940.
A dangerous but heart-warming adventure in war-time Poland. Learn how the Polish people and the human race come out on top despite deadly dealings by the Nazis.

"Suddenly through the haze we saw a flight of 20 large planes in arrow formation at about 10,000 feet. As they came nearer we realised they were American Fortresses".

"We found a courtyard with steps leading to a cellar and decided this would be our hiding place, but we’d only been there for about half an hour when we heard footsteps in the yard and heard a loud voice say 'Englander, Aus'."

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Full show notes and photos pending at www.FightingThroughPodcast.co.uk

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Brian Asquith, author of POW memoir Long Time No WC

 

This 13 yr old German boy was one of 60 members of the Hitler Youth captured by the 14th Armoured Division, 3rd US Army, in the vicinity of Martinszell-Waltenhofen, Germany on April 29, 1945. The group of youngsters ranged in age from 13-17 yrs old. US Army Signal Corps photo - PFC Joseph W. Lapine
Colourised by: Colour by RJM 

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7 D-Day Diary of D Gray Pt 2
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6 D-Day Diary of D Gray Pt 1
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6 D-Day Diary of D Gray Pt 1

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5 Claude Reynolds - WW2 Lancaster veteran interview 1
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5 Claude Reynolds - WW2 Lancaster veteran interview 1

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4 Wilf Shaw - WW2 army veteran interview 1
The memories of a Legion D'Honneur veteran Great, unpublished history! Paul Cheall has a coffee and chat with Wilf Shaw of 6th Battalion the Green Howards, 50th infantry division, in the British Army.  Wilf fought in many campaigns including fighting for Monty’s 8th army in Alamein, Wadi Akarit in Tunisia, Sicily and of course Normandy. He was wounded twice and still returned to battle! This is the fourth episode in the WWII podcast series Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg, based around the book of the same name which features Bill Cheall's World War 2 memoirs. Please rate and review - Thanks! A WWII military history podcast on Wilf Shaw's diary and memoirs. Recorded April 2016 in Manchester, UK Full show notes and photos at www.FightingThroughPodcast.co.uk Please note that photos below may or may not display depending on which listening platform you’re using.

4 Wilf Shaw - WW2 army veteran interview 1

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3 D-Day - Sgt Brian Moss Royal Engineers WW2
Graphic accounts of the D-Day landings taken from two veteran memoirs Great unpublished history! Startling accounts from two different perspectives - one from an infantryman, the other from a Royal Engineer, both landing on Gold Beach under heavy fire. This is the third episode in the WWII podcast series Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg, based around the book of the same name which features Bill Cheall's World War 2 memoirs. Please rate and review - Thanks! WWII military history Full show notes and photos at www.FightingThroughPodcast.co.uk Please note that photos below may or may not display depending on which listening platform you’re using. Bill Cheall, below   Brian Moss, below

3 D-Day - Sgt Brian Moss Royal Engineers WW2

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2 North Africa WW2 - Veterans' accounts of Monty's 8th Army action

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1 Dunkirk WW2 - Veteran Bill Cheall's story of the beaches
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1 Dunkirk WW2 - Veteran Bill Cheall's story of the beaches

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29 Prisoner of War

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Paul Cheall WWII