News of The War - The SAS Special

News of The War - The SAS Special

It had to happen eventually. A one-off on the SAS, finding out how they were mentioned in the newspapers - or not - between 1939 and 1945. A touch of the David Stirling, and a smattering of the Paddy Mayne - that's the SAS for you. Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters have to do a lot of sideways thinking this week. Derring-do doesn't always make it - overtly - to the front pages, but it does appear when you look for it. Listen in for news of the SAS, but also of our next six-episode season ... ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

News of The War - Montgomery

This is the last in our six-episode of the Generalissimos - and this week, it's the turn of BLM. Bernard Law Montgomery. Was he a legend in his own lunchbreak? Or the greatest general of WW2? And how did the newspapers treat him - fairly or not?! In this last in the series of #NewsoftheWar, Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters look at the ways in which newspapers reported the antics - and achievements - of six Generalissimos. This week, it's Montgomery. One of six men whose names are well known, and whose chests were littered in ribbons; and newspapers that weren't destined for chip paper yet, but were still full news and views about those men. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

News of The War - Rommel

This week's episode of the Generalissimos series takes a closer look at the Desert Fox - Erwin Rommel. Was he wily? Could he have been out-foxed earlier? And how did the newspapers treat him - fairly or not?! In this next, six-part series of #NewsoftheWar, Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters look at the ways in which newspapers reported the antics - and achievements - of six Generalissimos. This week, it's Rommel. One of six men whose names are well known, and whose chests were littered in ribbons; and newspapers that weren't destined for chip paper yet, but were still full news and views about those men. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

News of The War - Patton

This week's episode of the Generalissimos series takes a closer look at old blood and guts himself - George S Patton. Was he maligned? Was that slap reported accurately? Did this legend in his own lunchbreak make the headlines too often? In this next, six-part series of #NewsoftheWar, Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters look at the ways in which newspapers reported the antics - and achievements - of six Generalissimos. This week, it's Patton. One of six men whose names are well known, and whose chests were littered in ribbons; and newspapers that weren't destined for chip paper yet, but were still full news and views about those men. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

News of The War - Zhukov

Dipping into the news as it was reported about Zhukov - man of many talents, not least keeping his name out of the newspapers! Was he a strategist worth worrying about? What was his relationship with Montgomery? In this next, six-part series of #NewsoftheWar, Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters look at the ways in which newspapers reported the antics - and achievements - of six Generalissimos. This week, it's Hideki Tojo. One of six men whose names are well known, and whose chests were littered in ribbons; and newspapers that weren't destined for chip paper yet, but were still full news and views about those men. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.