News of The War

News of The War - VICTORIA CROSSES Part I

In this week's #NewsoftheWar, Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters get straight into the debate on Victoria Crosses, and then find out more about how the news of VC recipients was reported in the newspapers. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

News of The War - 6th November 1945

"News of The War" – is it all over? Definitely not. There's more to come - not just news of politics, tsunamis that aren't tsunamis, angry wives, mothers who've lost their sons, GI brides, divisions of Germany, Indian troops, what's happened to Hitler, and The Big Sardines' Update ... there's even more. This isn't the end of the News of the War - this is just the beginning! Have a listen. It's 6th November 1945. You'll get the idea. It all makes sense in the News of the War ... as we dig into the newspapers, chasing the stories that didn’t make it into the history books. Expect dry wit, sapper grit, deep dives, and detours into what lurks in the photos, gossip, scandal, news, and letters to the editor during the Second World War. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

News of The War - 15th September 1945

"News of The War" – it's our spiciest episode yet, as Andy and Merryn dig into the immediate post-war headlines. V2s, disgruntled RADAR operators, mentions of Buchenwald, the Japanese philosophy on talking about the war, artists making something important out of nothing, and Bader doing what Bader did, and that's the least of it! Have a listen. It's 15th September 1945. You'll get the idea. It all makes sense in the News of the War ... as we dig into the newspapers, chasing the stories that didn’t make it into the history books. Expect dry wit, sapper grit, deep dives, and detours into what lurks in the photos, gossip, scandal, news, and letters to the editor during the Second World War. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

News of The War - WW2 The Whole War in Half an Hour

"News of The War" – with some help from friend of the show, the Civil and Military Gazette from Lahore ... this is our VE Day Meditation Special. The whole of the Second World War in more or less half an hour. It's the end of the war in Europe, so newspapers around the world are producing celebration pieces, and reflecting on what's happened so far. So we decided a special was in order. The war - as it happened - according to the newspapers of the time - but in brief. Have a listen. You'll get the idea. It all makes sense in the News of the War. May 1945 ... we dig into the newspapers, chasing the stories that didn’t make it into the history books. Expect dry wit, sapper grit, deep dives, and the detours into what lurks in the photos, gossip, scandal, news, and letters to the editor during the Second World War. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

News of The War - 9th May 1945

"News of The War" – Is it time to celebrate? I'ts the 9th May, so you'd think so. But there's more to the end of this war than 'sign a few bits of paper on Luneburg Heath'. Inside the newspapers, there's still a spotlight on the Far East - and on, what happens now in Europe? - and on the celebrations in London, of course. Montgomery makes his speech, the Princesses make a dash for it, and what on earth do you make of the tax on cats?! It's 1945 - It all makes sense in the News of the War. May 1945 ... dig into the newspapers, chasing the stories that didn’t make it into the history books. Expect dry wit, sapper grit, deep dives, and the detours into what lurks in the photos, gossip, scandal, news, and letters to the editor during the Second World War. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.