Episodes

  • BONUS EPISODE - 'Normandy Debrief?!'

    BONUS EPISODE - 'Normandy Debrief?!'
    Jun 19 2025

    Join Andy and Kev for an impromptu bonus episode. We talk about Andy walking the ground in Normandy, what's coming up in future episodes, and "going Commando" - literally!


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    24 mins
  • "A Real Stinker Of A Job" : Merville Battery, D-Day Assault - With Neil Barber

    "A Real Stinker Of A Job" : Merville Battery, D-Day Assault - With Neil Barber
    Jun 12 2025

    In the final part of our D-Day themed episodes commemorating the 81st Anniversary, we welcome back to the Podcast ,author and 6th Airborne expert, Neil Barber. This time to talk about the assault on the Merville Battery by the 9th Parachute Battalion in the early hours of the 6th of June 1944.....
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    34 mins
  • "Ham & Jam!" : Normandy 1944, D-DAY SPECIAL EPISODE - With Kerry Ricketts & Jane Barkway-Harney

    "Ham & Jam!" : Normandy 1944, D-DAY SPECIAL EPISODE - With Kerry Ricketts & Jane Barkway-Harney
    Jun 5 2025

    D-DAY SPECIAL COMMEMORATIVE EPISODE - Sitting down and chatting with the boys about the assault on Pegasus Bridge are Jane Barkway-Harney, daughter of Glider Pilot Geoff Barkway, and Kerry Ricketts, granddaughter of Major John Howard. What does it mean to be related to the men who participated in one of the most famous assaults of the Second World War, and why Pegasus Bridge and the veterans who were there are so special....
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    42 mins
  • "Hell & High Water" : 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, D-Day Assault 1944 - With Norma Graham

    "Hell & High Water" : 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, D-Day Assault 1944 - With Norma Graham
    Jun 5 2025

    As part of our Normandy D-Day special episodes, friend of the podcast, Norma Graham, returns to chat with the boys about 1st Canadian Parachute Battalions drop into Normandy. Find out why it was such a tough nut to crack, and why they were right for the task....
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    40 mins
  • D-Day: 6th Airborne Assault - Operation TONGA 1944 - With Stephen Wright.

    D-Day: 6th Airborne Assault - Operation TONGA 1944 - With Stephen Wright.
    May 29 2025
    Andy and Kevin are joined by Stephen Wright, author of the classic "One Night In June" and nephew of WW2 glider pilot Billy Marfleet. A very interesting look at the 6th Airborne paratrooper and glider assault on Normandy, 6th of June 1944 - D-Day...
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    29 mins
  • "Mad About The Boy?" : General FAM Browning - Hero... Or The Arnhem Villian ?

    "Mad About The Boy?" : General FAM Browning - Hero... Or The Arnhem Villian ?
    May 15 2025
    Andy and Kev discuss Boy Browning. Is his reputation a prisoner of the film "A Bridge Too Far"? The lads chat about Brownings history and his influence on the British Airborne in the lead up to Operatiom Market Garden.
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    47 mins
  • Arnhem Tragedy : The 11th Battalion - With James Daly

    Arnhem Tragedy : The 11th Battalion - With James Daly
    May 1 2025
    A very poignant and personal episode, where Andy and Kevin are joined once again by special guest James Daly. This time we talk about his Grandfather and the tragedy of the 11th Battalion the Parachute Regiment at Arnhem...
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    37 mins
  • "Boys Will Be Boys" : Britains Anti-Tank Rifle In Airborne Use - With Kallan Kriewall

    "Boys Will Be Boys" : Britains Anti-Tank Rifle In Airborne Use - With Kallan Kriewall
    Apr 17 2025
    Andy and Kevin are joined by guest Kallan Kriewall, a living historian from the USA who has a primary interest in telling the story of the British Airborne and the 9th Parachute Battalion. Before the famed PIAT, there was the Boys anti-tank rifle. Take a listen as Kallan discusses the development and history of the predecessor to the PIAT....
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    36 mins