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 an absolutely superb explanation about what it was like fighting in the French bocage.
Interview with Claire and Steve from the Soldier’s Charity about a very special Normandy tour you will wish to join later this year.
Loads of family stories!
Full show notes, photos and transcript at:
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/92-the-82nd-airborne-letters-from-sicily-and-italy-in-WWII
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Links to features in the show:
Links for episode 82
ABF The Soldiers’ Charity on their event ‘The Frontline Walk’
Visit www.soldierscharity.org/frontlinewalk for more information.
Normandy specific website: The Frontline Walk: The Normandy Beaches 2023 (soldierscharity.org)
Normandy route
Day 1: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/39060395
Day 2: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/39060402
Day 3: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/39060403
Video:
Frontline Walk 2022 - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9wAFB6h7MFoohx7WiH7LTA
Song for the Bad Guys - Nick Feint
Nick’s music is hosted on the bandcamp website and there’s a link to in the shownotes
https://nickfeint.bandcamp.com/track/song-for-the-bad-guys
https://open.spotify.com/track/0YEOGDmc5v3Foe8IDfujTt?si=vcK-KBDTT4i4UITLbLoOFQ
Nick Feint - Coming Up Roses
https://open.spotify.com/track/0YEOGDmc5v3Foe8IDfujTt?si=vcK-KBDTT4i4UITLbLoOFQ
505 Parachute Infantry Regiment website
http://www.505rct.org/SICILY.asp
D-Day and TimeGhost History's 24 hour coverage of D-Day, as it really happened. Clips, playlists, and all the chapters of that day as it unfolded.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9wAFB6h7MFoohx7WiH7LTA
Great British Life online Magazine – link …
https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/people/22630675.story-behind-luftwaffes-attack-new-mills/
Fred Thomas 504 PIR WW2
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
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