Al and James discuss the Battle of Manila and how it split opinions between the US Navy and Army. Was the battle even necessary?
The chaps also reflect on how crucial Allied adaptability was to success at D-Day.
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What makes the best gun and how complicated is the development of small arms? Al Murray and James Holland are joined by Dr Matthew Ford from the University of Sussex to talk about the small arms used during the Second
James Holland reads from Richard Flannagan’s “The Narrow Road to the Deep North”, a novel that tells the story of a far east prisoner of war during the construction of the Burma Railway.
Part two of our extraordinary interview with Selma van de Perre, a Dutch resistance fighter who was 17 years old when the Second World War began. Using an alias and fake ID she risked her life travelling across the Netherlands,
Today’s family stories include the desert experiences of an Eighth Army medic, the Sicilian adventures of a dispatch rider and how wooden sheep helped fool the Luftwaffe.