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We’re in North Africa for this episode of the podcast. In late 1942 the Allies landed in Morocco and Algeria, this was operation Torch. With them landed elements of what would become First Army, comprising of...read more

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If you’ve ever read about the British experience in the Deserts of North Africa during WWII, one name usually gets a mention somewhere in the narrative, that of Eric Dorman-Smith, often refered to as ‘chink’.

He...read more

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Long standing listeners will have heard Angus chat to Walter Zapotoczny before, in episode 57 they looked at Ardennes offensive, and in episode 63 they looked at ...read more

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Presents the story of the 12th Bomb Group of the 9th Air Force and its role in the air campaign against the German Army in North Africa during World War II. 1944 16mm color Film (runtime 19:44) produced by the First US AAF...read more

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This project was taken onboard as a charitable contribution restoration from the world famous Bovington Tank Museum. The job was to sympathetically restore this well-known exhibited prime mover. This Kettenkrad was liberated by the British in North Africa in 1941 and brought back to Britain for...read more

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Two historians visit the scene of one of the great Australian battles of the Second World War.read more

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Lieutenant) November 19, 2014

The 1st Armored Division has made American history. From Alriea through Ilaly, you have proven your right to be known as American soldiers. I know of no higher compliment one can pay you than to soy that you fought courageously and loyally as members of Ihe
1st Armored Division. You have...read more

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"The First!" is a small booklet covering the history of the 1st Infantry Division. This booklet is one of the series of G.I. Stories published by the Stars & Stripes in Paris in 1944-1945.

The story of the Division and its units is printed herein in factual writing. Our record lives...read more

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HQ Batallón) October 15, 2014

Background.- The BMW R75 was a WWII era motorcycle used in large numbers by the German armed forces. The R75 could be fitted with a sidecar. The third side-car wheel was driven with an axle connected to the rear wheel of the motorcycle. These were fitted with a locking differential and...read more

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This book is full of untold short stories of men who created a legend, the legend of the British airborne forces during the Second World War.

Impressed by the performance of the German paratroopers in Belgium and the Netherlands in 1940, and on Crete in 1941, Winston Churchill ordered the...read more

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The Battle of the Peaks and Long Stop Hill

'Chink' Eric Dorman-Smith

The Italian Army In North Africa

Color Footage of B-25 Mitchell Bombers in North Africa "The Earthquakers"

Bovington Kettenkrad (1941) restoration process by Axis Track Services

Getting our knees brown exploring the El Alamein battlefield by Peter Stanley

The Story of the First Armored Division (USA)

The First! The Story of the 1st Infantry Division (USA)

German Motorcycle & Sidecar - BMW R75 (1/48 scale - plastic model - Tamiya)

"Paras - Voices of the British Airborne Forces in the Second World War" by Roger Rayne

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