# Fighting Through WWII Stories & History A podcast by Paul Cheall WW2. Second World War Stories, WWII Memoirs & interviews. Dunkirk, D-Day, North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Omaha, USAF, RAF, POWs, - Britain, USA, Australia, Canada … all the forces … WW2. ... Over 500 5-star ratings. "Thank you for what you are doing. It's incredible and I'm absolutely hooked" AB Feed: https://rss.libsyn.com/shows/83891/destinations/396338.xml ## Latest episodes - [126 Christmas at War 2025 WW2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/72d94cd58e97) (2025-12-13, 88 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/126_Christmas_at_War_2025.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [125 (Pt 2) Britain's Darkest WW2 Newspaper Headlines 1940 PART TWO](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/b5e7a0e7f812) (2025-11-26, 57 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/125_Britains_Darkest_WW2_Newspaper_Headlines_PART_TWO.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [124 (Pt 1) Britain's Darkest WW2 Newspaper Headlines 1940 PART ONE](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/b5967d667392) (2025-11-25, 55 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/124_Britains_Darkest_WW2_Newspaper_Headlines_PART_ONE.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [123 (Pt 3) Battle of Stalingrad Through German Eyes WW2 BY Jonathan Trigg](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/c6ecc7112e9f) (2025-10-25, 81 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/123_Stalingrad_Through_German_Eyes_second_world_war.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [122 (Pt 2) Battle of Stalingrad Through German Eyes WWII](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/4072f8e8194b) (2025-10-22, 90 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/122_Stalingrad_Through_German_Eyes_second_world_war_part_two_-2.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [121 (Pt 1) Battle of Stalingrad Through German Eyes, Second World War, Jonathan Trigg](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/02a217d5ce9b) (2025-10-18, 95 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/121_Stalingrad_Through_German_Eyes_second_world_war.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [120 Christmas at War 2024, Chat with Cecili Howard and Ken Cooke](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/d36036b149d8) (2024-12-20, 92 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/120_Christmas_at_War_2024_Sicily_and_Ken_interviews.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [119 Ch 24-25: Post-war Germany - Oberhausen, Essen and Duisburg](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/4f3ce2d29f42) (2024-12-10, 35 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/24-25_Oberhausen_Duisberg_Germany.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [118 Ch 22-23: Germany, Hamburg, Devastation at the end of WWII](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/a8d7614986df) (2024-12-09, 53 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/22_Back_to_Duty.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [117 Ch 20-21: D-Day plus 1 to D plus 30 - Bill Cheall's WWII memoirs](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/65776fa418c7) (2024-12-08, 69 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/20_D_plus_1_to_D_plus_30.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [116 Ch 18-19 D-Day - Bill Cheall's WWII memoirs](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/82f0b2f97ac2) (2024-12-01, 61 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/18-19_D-day_WWII.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [115 Ch 15-17 D-Day Preparation, Bill Cheall's memoirs](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/ba8c185fd3ff) (2024-11-29, 56 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/151617_Preparing_for_D-Day.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [114 Ch 13-14 Sicily, Bill Cheall's memoirs, WW2 history.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/ceacf4f3f886) (2024-11-29, 62 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/1314_Preparing_for_Sicily_and_Sicily.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [113 Ch 10-12: North Africa, Battle of Wadi Akarit,. Bill Cheall's memoirs](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/42d99359ec9f) (2024-11-29, 63 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/10-12_The_Desert_Egypt_and_Wadi_Akarit_North_Africa.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [112 Ch 8-9: Queen Mary voyage to N Africa, Bill Cheall's memoirs. WW2 history.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/aac62aa82efb) (2024-11-29, 42 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/8-9_I_am_Posted_Queen_Mary_ww2.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [111 Ch 5-7: Dunkirk Aftermath, Bill Cheall's memoirs,WW2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/d581acf51acd) (2024-11-29, 62 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/567_Aftermath_Reorg_Training.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [110 Ch 4: Dunkirk. Bill Cheall's memoirs, WWII history.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/7bf993378846) (2024-11-29, 24 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/4_Dunkirk.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [109 Chapter 3, British Expeditionary Force, France, 1940. Bill Cheall's memoirs of WW2 history.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/8f17b2b69bf9) (2024-11-29, 30 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/3_We_Join_the_British_Expeditionary_Force_BEF.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [108 Chapters 1-2, The Beginning. Bill Cheall's WW2 memoirs](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/ebee65d3cca0) (2024-11-29, 25 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/1-2_The_Beginning_2_Call_Up_2_.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [107 Bill Cheall's complete war memoirs - Dunkirk intro & Prologue. The Book, Fighting Through From Dunkirk to Hamburg - by Bill Cheall](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/9443a7e9872d) (2024-11-29, 22 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/0_Introduction_and_prologue_2.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [106 Blitz, Tanks, D-day and Sappers - Tenth Anniversary PART THREE](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/2163b1331074) (2024-11-10, 149 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/106_Tenth_Anniversary_PART_THREE_WW2_final.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [105 Sniper, POW, Blitz, more WW2 stories - Tenth Anniversary PART TWO](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/24f88a4bf0e3) (2024-11-01, 124 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/105_Tenth_Anniversary_PART_TWO_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [104 Germany stories and Bismarck - Tenth Anniversary PART ONE](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/4a8a11d055f4) (2024-10-28, 124 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/104_Anniversary_Part_One_-_German_stories_and_Bismark.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [103 Matt Cain interview on Lady of Mann, Dunkirk Little Ship, Manxmen in WW2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/054f63497fbc) (2024-08-29, 124 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/103_Lady_of_Mann_MASTER_3.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [102 Arctic Convoy with WW2 memoir Armageddon in the Arctic Ocean, by Paul Gill](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/fa3f1d9ef640) (2024-08-11, 157 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/102_Arctic_Convoy_WW2_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [101 Legacy of D-Day WWII, AKA Get off the beach, lads! AKA New Tank Tracks, Coffee and Donuts!](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/07cb925c7d95) (2024-06-24, 75 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/101_Green_Howards_Meeting_final.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [100 D-Day 80th anniversary special – Gold, Omaha and more](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/9e4974837bfd) (2024-06-04, 52 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/D-Day_80_WW2_special_final.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [99 Omaha Heroes and their WW2 stories](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/b032553c3757) (2024-05-29, 81 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/99_Omaha_Heroes_V1.f.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [98 World War II Snipers Part TWO - The Men, Their Guns, Their Story](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/a00141d5851c) (2024-04-19, 75 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/98_Sniper_3_V2_final.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [97 World War II Snipers Part ONE - The Men, Their Guns, Their Story](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/57b3faaaafb8) (2024-04-17, 80 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/97_Sniper_2_V2_final.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [96 Christmas at War with the V1 missiles - 2023](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/948068d03026) (2023-12-14, 103 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/96_Christmas_at_War_Around_the_World_2023.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [95 Bob Metcalfe memoirs PART TWO Dunkirk/N Africa/Sicily/Italy WW2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/127f6f7813f9) (2023-11-26, 78 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/95_Robert_Metcalf_Dunkirk_PART_TWO_WW2_Green_Howards_history.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [94 Bob Metcalfe memoirs PART ONE Dunkirk/N Africa/Sicily/Italy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/63f9cd68ea9e) (2023-11-18, 102 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/94_Robert_Metcalf_Dunkirk_PART_ONE_WW2_Green_Howards_history_2.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [93 The 82nd airborne Part 2, letters from Sicily and Italy WW2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/dcce9dfc7d78) (2023-08-07, 89 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/93_The_82nd_airborne_Part_2__letters_from_Sicily_and_Italy_WW2.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [92 The 82nd airborne Part 1, letters from Sicily/Italy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/19ca90033340) (2023-07-31, 81 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/92_The_82nd_airborne_letters_from_Sicily_final.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [91 Kisses on a Postcard - Blitz evacuees of WW2 - Interview with Dominic Frisby](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/f49ef4b7f2ef) (2023-03-12, 105 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/91_Kisses_on_a_Postcard_WW2_evacuees_3.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [90 Alf Blackburn Part 2, British Infantry War Memoirs, WWII](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/d0d3643116c7) (2023-02-10, 63 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/90_Alfred_Blackburn_War_Memoirs_Part_2.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [89 Alf Blackburn Part 1, British Infantry War Memoirs, WWII](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/ce04cd50da63) (2023-02-06, 67 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/89_Alfred_Blackburn_WW2_War_Memoirs_Part_1.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [88 Christmas/Hogmanay at War 2022 WWII](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/a51afcbbc3cf) (2022-12-05, 102 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/88_Christmas_at_War_2022_WW2.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [87 German Boy Soldier 2 - Save the Last Bullet](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/a631e090d2cc) (2022-11-08, 64 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/87_German_Boy_Soldier_Part_two_-_V2.1.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [86 Mighty Eighth podcast preview USAAF WW2 V2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/95fb0509ff8a) (2022-11-05, 60 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/86_Mighty_Eighth_podcast_USAAF_WW2_V2.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [85 Bill Turner, POW, and the Cockleshell Heroes, WW2 Commandos](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/fb7811aa9d6e) (2022-08-01, 104 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/85_Bill_Turner_POW_and_the_Cockleshell_Heroes_WW2_2.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [84 Canadian Lance Corporal David Johnson, Italy WW2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/76b749ecc65f) (2022-05-18, 57 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/84_Canadian_L-Cpl_David_Johnson.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [83 Australian Corporal Leslie Cook and the Japanese Doll](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/76ec514e7cbb) (2022-05-13, 67 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/83_Corporal_Leslie_Cook_and_the_Japanese_Doll.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [82 Coffee with Cpl Leslie Cook Part 2, Australian](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/0047f34e2c4c) (2022-04-27, 79 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/82_Coffee_with_Cpl_Leslie_Cook_Part_2.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [81 Coffee with Cpl Leslie Cook Part 1, Australian](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/c380a768a318) (2022-04-24, 73 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/81_Coffee_with_Cpl__Les_Cook_Part_1.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [80 Ukraine 2022 Appeal, & Dutch Hunger Winter](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/f4f2f923ead1) (2022-03-13, 48 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/80_Ukraine_2022_and_Dutch_Hunger_Winter.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [79 German Submariner Part 2: Atlantic U Boat!](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/51dac89c3230) (2022-02-21, 103 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/79_German_submariner_WW2_North_Atlantic_U-Boat_Part_2.1.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [78 German Submariner Part 1: Atlantic U-Boat, POW in Canada.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/414aac9284d7) (2022-02-11, 80 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/78_German_submariner_WW2_North_Atlantic_U-Boat_2.mp3?dest-id=396338 - [77 CBI Hump Pilot lost in China - The Seabees](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/624581457/ab599eea8db4) (2022-01-03, 137 min): audio https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fightingthrough/77_The_Able_Queen_Indiana_Hump_Pilot_Lost_in_the_Himalayas_-_by_Rainy_Hovarth_WW2.mp3?dest-id=396338 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. 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