The memories of a Legion D'Honneur veteran
A 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.
More great unpublished history - of the Second World War.
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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
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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
48 Captain H E Hovell - First World War History
47 D-Day Through German Eyes Part Two - Jonathan Trigg Preview
46 D-Day Through German Eyes Part ONE in the Second World War
45 Gold Beach Normandy trip WW2
44 Sidney Stevens Lancaster Pilot WW2 history
43 Canadian Seaman Ray Fitchett POW and HMS Exeter,
42 D-Day 75 - Landing Craft Tank in WWII - Eric Clarke
41 A last coffee with Wilf Shaw, WW2 history
40 Four Brits & a Frenchman at Dunkirk plus Gallipoli
39 Stan Perry Listener Feedback and WW2 Quiz
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