News Of The War Pod

Thank you Ian! That’s so kind
We we thinking it could have come through being captured in the western desert or through contacts in Portugal

Another top pod from @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social. Marvel as Merryn slips seamlessly from Antipodean to RP. Once again a pleasure to catch up with Merryn and Andy at WHWFF.

🚨Last but not least - it's a #NewsoftheWar scoop!
Did you know when Kit Kat was invented? Neither did we. Check it out, in this week's episode - all the headlines behind the frontlines on 3rd November 1941.. .

Photo of the Week? We head to the Russian front. There's a name for this mud. Do you know what it is? Find out in the #Newsofthewar.

And our dictator of the week this week is ... a man who's holding back Nazi tyranny. Single-handed, by all accounts. It's all kicking off I tell you...

The Duke of Bedford - what a rogue, what a traitor! He's complaining. Loudly. But there’s not much anyone can do about it, above the noise of his 400 parrots...

It’s 1941. Hard to believe the headlines about three men walking 300 miles out of the desert (so we checked it out) -- tune in to the #Newsofthewar to find out more!

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Bonjour. The words 'love triangle' and 'prisoner of war' don't often appear in the same sentence. But they do in this week's episode of the #Newsofthewar ! It's the tale of the two Johns (honestly, we don't make these up).
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Thanks James, great to meet you at the weekend

News of the War - 30th August 1941

Another banger from @merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social and @newsofthewar.bsky.social. Pleasure to chat briefly with Merryn and Andy at WHWFF.

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And who is ‘Dictator of the Week’, this week? Why it’s that absolute rogue, Mr You-Know-Who, making a standout appearance in the rogue’s gallery.

You don’t get much more Soviet-looking than this particular Soviet. Solomon Abramovich Lozovsky - a prominent Communist and Bolshevik revolutionary, and man about town...

1941. To and fro, east and west. Are we still in the Western Desert? Why yes we are ... and SO much of that deserted expanse looks nothing like desert, it’s truly a thing to marvel at (and dig into, in the #NewsoftheWar).

Cartoon of the Week (we really must rename this ‘Picture of the Week’), is anything but a cartoon: Ukraine, in the evil clutches of Nazi Germany. Here's the link, people... linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

New episode, for #NewsoftheWar! As you all rattle towards Silverstone today, the race is on in 1941 – it’s 30th August! Let’s start with one heck of an assault on the senses ... it’s all goin’ on, by the Dnieper.

We’re stumped at NOTW HQ…. @andyaitch.bsky.social and @merrynwalters.uk can’t make out what type of tank this on the transporter, it’s in our new episode, out tomorrow….. Can you help?

Taken in August 1941 in the western desert…. Let us know what you think.

Another top notch pod from @merrynwalters.uk, @andyaitch.bsky.social and @newsofthewar.bsky.social, with added medical expert. That dangerous fool RFK Jnr should listen. I have to say penicillin is a big thing in my home; saved my life. As ever a book recommendation.

Don't forget, you can get another 'dose' of @prof-tregoning.bsky.social next week at WeHaveWaysPod WHWFest ... there's more to John than meets the eye! Author of Live Forever?, he also played the drums (IYKNK) - and knows his stuf, WW2-wise ...

With @prof-tregoning.bsky.social as our special guest editor this week, we have hard-hitting facts - and EXCELLENT RABBIT HOLES - about gangrene, penicillin, mortality, immunology, and more. @andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk

How much do you know about the medicine used on the battlefield? Was it worth carrying? How many men died as a result of 'illness' rather than 'wounds'? #NewsoftheWar

Jolly excited doesn't begin to cover it! From Moran to Morell, with infections, gangrene (😷), immunology and all things medical in between - our guest editor this week on #NewsoftheWar is @prof-tregoning.bsky.social ...

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Jolly excited about this weeks episode, in a mid season break of 1941 we have our first guest editor for News Of The War!

@prof-tregoning.bsky.social joins @andyaitch.bsky.social and @merrynwalters.uk to talk about infections, immunology, horse serum and much more.
🚨 Friday 5th September 🚨

Got a bit emotional in NOTW towers today..
This daft wee podcast is just a bit of fun between two mates @andyaitch.bsky.social and @merrynwalters.uk

But coming across a review like this just makes it worthwhile.

Thank you to whoever you are. It means such a lot.

News of the War - 13th June 1941

Another top drawer pod from @newsofthewar.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social.

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Dumbing down the history of the Second World War, episode by episode. Brought to you by Dumb ( @merrynwalters.uk ) and Dumber ( @andyaitch.bsky.social )

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And finally, there's nothing quite like coming across some of your family's artwork in the local newspapers. Join @andyaitch.bsky.social and @merrynwalters.uk to find out the story - THE story! - behind this week's 'cartoon' of the week, only in #NewsoftheWar!

And – speaking of things going east to west – Hitler, of course, has decided now is a good time to engage with Uncle Joe. But how was it reported in the News of the War?! Turn those pages, tune that dial...

Meanwhile, out in the Syria ... things are hotting up in the desert, as Allied troops and Axis forces try to work out who’s going in which direction. 1941. It's not the turning point, it's THE end of the first six months of (perhaps) the most crucial year of the war.

In this week’s #NewsoftheWar headlines of course, if it’s June 1941 then it’s got to be drama on the high seas with the Bismarck, and HMS Hood. Local heroes!
Listen now...
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