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 Teniente) November 15, 2018

The Forgotten Dead: Exercise Tiger

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‘On a dark night in 1944, a beautiful stretch of the Devon coast became the scene of desperate horror. Tales began to leak out of night-time explosions and seaborne activity. This was practice for Exercise Tiger, the main rehearsal for the Utah Beach landings…’

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 Teniente) November 01, 2018

Bones of My Grandfather

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US Marine, Lt Alexander Bonnymanlanded on Tarawa in December 1942. He was mortally wounded leading an assault on a Japanese bunker, which was key to defense of the island, and act for which he would posthumously...read more

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 Teniente) October 16, 2018

Recreación histórica de la Segunda Guerra Mundial: Normandía 1944 Infantería Británica y Canadiense

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La recreación histórica de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, aunque manteniendo el mismo espíritu, presenta unas características propias marcadas por la relativa cercanía temporal a los hechos, la presencia de combatientes aún vivos y la posibilidad de adquirir abundante material de época de todo tipo...read more

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 Teniente) October 15, 2018

Hitler's Vikings: The Scandinavian Waffen SS

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At the beginning of WWII Germany invaded and occupied Denmark and Norway, but left neutral Sweden alone. Less than a year later citizens from all three of those Scandinavian nations were volunteering to join the Waffen-SS. By the end of the war in 1945 the number of Scandinavians who had fought...read more

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 Teniente) October 01, 2018

RAF Flight Engineers

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Way back in episode fourof the podcast, Angus talked to Andrew Panton about the Lancaster Bomber; Andrew is the pilot of Lancaster ‘Just Jane’ here in the UK. Whilst chatting the role of flight engineer came up...read more

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 Teniente) September 15, 2018

The Rise of Hitler and National Socialism

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September 2018 marks the 80th anniversary of the Munich agreement, where the British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, flew to Germany to meet Hitler; in an attempt to avert war. He famously returned with an agreement which he believed would deliver ‘peace in our time’.

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 Teniente) September 01, 2018

The M3 'Grant' Tank

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The American built M3 tank was one of the first tanks purchased and supplied in large numbers to the British army in WWII, where it was known as the 'Grant' or the 'Lee'.

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