We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Merry Christmas from We Have Ways of Making You Talk. Over the next 12 days Al and James are reading extracts from some of their favourite books about the Second World War. Today Al is reading from Mussolini: His Part in My Downfall, by Spike Milligan. A Goalhanger Films production Produced by Joey McCarthy and Harry Lineker Exec producer Tony Pastor Twitter: #WeHaveWays Email wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Merry Christmas from We Have Ways of Making You Talk. Over the next 12 days Al and James are reading extracts from some of their favourite books about the Second World War. Today James is reading from Straits of Messina, by Johannes Steinhoff. A Goalhanger Films production Produced by Joey McCarthy and Harry Lineker Exec producer Tony Pastor Twitter: #WeHaveWays Email wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Merry Christmas from We Have Ways of Making You Talk. Over the next 12 days Al and James are reading extracts from some of their favourite books about the Second World War. Today Al is reading from The Cauldron, by Zeno. A Goalhanger Films production Produced by Joey McCarthy and Harry Lineker Exec producer Tony Pastor Twitter: #WeHaveWays Email wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Al Murray heads to Lincolnshire to visit the RAF’s stunning collection of working World War Two aircraft. Al gets to explore a Spitfire, a Hurricane, a Dakota, and a Lancaster, while quizzing Squadron Leader Mark Discombe and Bomber Leader Neil Farrell. A Goalhanger Films production Produced by Joey McCarthy Exec producer Tony Pastor Twitter: #WeHaveWays Email wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

James Holland and Al Murray discuss newly revealed German home movies. From Hitler Youth camps to burning villages on the eastern front and the cold-blooded murder of civilians, the footage illustrates the moral bankruptcy of life under the Nazis. A Goalhanger Films production Produced by Joey McCarthy and Harry Lineker Exec producer Tony Pastor Twitter: #WeHaveWays Email wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Seventy five years on from the most brutal battle involving US troops in World War Two, Battle of the Bulge expert Peter Caddick-Adams talks to James about the circumstances leading up to the conflict. A Goalhanger Films production Produced by Joey McCarthy Twitter: #WeHaveWays Email: wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Was Churchill’s defeat in the 1945 election really a surprise? Al Murray and James Holland discuss the significance of sending the Beveridge Report to every serviceman. Plus the boys make a case for their favourite tank. Was it the Sherman what won it?  A Goalhanger Films production  Produced by Joey McCarthy and Jon Gill Exec producer Tony Pastor Twitter: WeHaveWays Email: wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

James ‘Pee-wee’ Martin parachuted into Normandy on D-Day; fought on Hell’s Highway during Market Garden; and at Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. He recently spent time with James Holland retelling his extraordinary story. Not to be missed. A Goalhanger Films Production Produced by Joey McCarthy Exec Producer Tony Pastor Twitter: #WeHaveWays Email: wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

James Holland and Al Murray discuss the famous convoy system known as the Red Ball Express, which supplied Allied forces moving across the continent after D-Day. The lads also discuss the Scheldt Campaign which opened up the shipping route to Antwerp; plus the importance of the Arctic Convoys. A Goalhanger Films production Produced by Joey McCarthy & Jon Gill Exec Produced by Tony Pastor #WeHaveWays wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

James Holland chats with Mike Neiberg, historian of war and peace at the US Army War College, about the final days of occupation in Paris. A Goalhanger Films production Produced by Harry Lineker Exec Producer Tony Pastor #WeHaveWays wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dr Alex Richie tells James Holland the harrowing story of her father-in-law Władysław Bartoszewski, a Polish Jew who was one of the first men to be sent to Auschwitz. A Goalhanger Films Production Produced by Joey McCarthy Exec Producer Tony Pastor #WeHaveWays wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Al Murray and James Holland discuss the issues of race in the US armed forces during World War Two, including the little known Battle of Bamber Bridge. Also up for discussion is the importance of the war at sea as James explains how the wrong approach by the German Kriegsmarine proved decisive. A Goalhanger Films Production Produced by Joey McCarthy Exec Producer Tony Pastor #WeHaveWays wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

James Holland reports from Washington as he continues to research his forthcoming book on the battle for Sicily. Reporting from inside the US archives, James explains his research methods and reads from the forgotten accounts and intriguing diary entries of a German, an Italian and an American involved in the battle. A Goalhanger Films production. Produced by Joey McCarthy Exec producer Tony Pastor #WeHaveWays wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Al Murray and James Holland discuss the post war historical debate in Germany. Plus, is it true that Winston Churchill offered Northern Ireland to the Republic in exchange for Irish support in the war? Other subjects up for debate are Britain’s offer to create a union with France and the German Halt Order in 1940. A Goalhanger Films production Produced by Harry Lineker Executive producer Tony Pastor  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Did Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill have a grudging respect for each other? Al Murray and James Holland discuss the two war leaders, contrasting their styles and comparing their similarities. A Goalhanger Films production Producer: Joey McCarthy Exec producer: Tony Pastor  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.