Legasee: The Veterans' Voice
In the last episode of the current series I talk to the founder of Legasee, an organisation that films and archives interviews with British military veterans from the Second World War to...
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Jackie Moggridge: Trailblazing Aviatrix and World War Two Pilot
Jackie Moggridge learnt to fly at 15, flew over 1500 aircraft during the war and went on to become a successful commercial pilot. This is her story...Any questions or comments please get...
Joseph R Beyrle: US paratrooper who fought in Normandy and later on the Eastern Front with the Red Army
Joseph R. Beyrle is the only known American soldier to have served in combat with both the United States Army and the Soviet Red Army during World War II. Hear how this...
Tom Dobney: the 15 year old World War Two RAF pilot
Lying about your age to enlist in time of war was not unusual, but to go on and pilot an aircraft on bombing missions almost beggars belief. Listen to Tom Dobney's incredible...
Pegasus Bridge: The First Action of D Day 1944
As we approach the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, this is the often overlooked story of the first action of that day, the 6th June 1944. Any questions or comments please get in...
The Murder of Captain Fryatt
In 1916 a British Merchant Steam Ship's Captain tried to avoid being captured by a German U-boat whilst in the North Sea. He succeeded but paid the ultimate price a year later....
The 'King' of Lampedusa
In June 1943, a British RAF pilot was forced to land on the Italian island of Lampedusa. There he encountered a garrison of over 4,000 Italian soldiers. What happened next was later...
The Hundred Years War
A medieval conflict that gave us some of Shakespeare's greatest calls to arms, the origin of our patron saint's day, the story of Joan of Arc and the dominance of an English...
Stalag Luft III
Stalag Luft III was the POW camp from which the 'Great Escape' took place, but it was also the scene of other escapes and a temporary home for some interesting characters... See...
Barney Hines, the 'Souvenir King'
In 1917 a photograph of this Australian soldier taken on the Western Front created the legend that is Barney Hines. A fearless soldier on the battlefield but away from it he was...
