News of The War - 9th May 1945

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.

News of The War - Prime Ministers Emergency Podcast

A quick recap from 1939 and 1940 on headline news - the Prime Minister resigns! Just checking in to see how the news was reported in the broadsheets over the breakfast table ... Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters, never backward at coming forward to record an Emergency Podcast.... ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.