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 Browning Christmas at war around the world
And just to remind you, if you want to fill your December with a catch up on all the previous Christmas episodes for this podcast, you can access them easily by clicking on the episodes item on the website menu and selecting - Christmas!
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Links to features in the show:
Manchester V1 attack WW2 and comments https://aircrashsites.co.uk/air-raids-bomb-sites/luftwaffe-v1-attack-on-manchester-christmas-eve-1944/
Bomber enemies in WWII became friends https://nation.time.com/2012/12/20/a-christmas-story-but-not-by-charles-dickens/
Eugene Fluckey’s book Thunder Below about USS Barb submarine. https://amzn.to/4a9dS3k
SoundsLancaster crashing - Plane Crash.flac Copyright 2013 Iwan Gabovitch, CC-BY3 license.
http://freesound.org/people/Snipperbes/sounds/145365/
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
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!
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