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Andy @andyaitch.bsky.social · 23h

GROUND BREAKING RESEARCH KLAXON

Gosh I love looking at the newspapers…. You just stumble across nuggets of gold every single time.

Check it using the link.

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 23h

You can't beat Eric Coates, at any time. 😊
This week's episode of #NewsoftheWar was brought to you with a smidge of Roy Plumley's Desert Island Discs. And if you're wondering what #NOTW is all about - have a listen. Headlines behind the frontlines, WW2!

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 23h

We're saying nothing about Wintle's choice of luxury. 😡
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
Colonel A D Wintle
Fav track: The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Large blank book
Luxury: Dog whip

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 23h

Another rogue - Sir Douglas Bader - some of his Desert Island Discs are ... quite something.
Fav track: I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing by The New Seekers
Book: Complete works by Lord Tennyson
Luxury: Sand iron and golf balls
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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 23h

What did Field Marshal Montgomery plump for, on Plumley's Desert Island Discs?
Fav track: Sei Nicht Bos (from Der Obersteiger) by Carl Zeller
Book: The History of Warfare by Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (no, we're not making it up)
Luxury: Piano
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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 23h

That bounder, Dirk Bogarde also appeared on Desert Island Discs:
Fav track: Symphony No 5 in C Minor (Opus 67) by Beethoven
Book: The Swiss Family Robinson
Luxury: Conversation Piece by John Singer Sargent - a painting of the Sitwells
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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 23h

So here’s a 🧵with our #NewsoftheWar favourites as they appeared on Desert Island Discs. You’ll never guess what Monty’s favourite book is!
First up, here’s James Stewart
Fav track: Dream by The Pied Pipers
Book: Anything by Dave Brubeck
Luxury: Piano
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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 23h

.... we found Desert Island Discs being broadcast on Forces Radio, on January 8th, 1942. Earlier than the official reports! The truth is, DID was first commissioned to run via BBC Forces for 8 weeks.
So we got to thinking -- who, in WW2, has appeared on Plumley's show?💫

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 23h

💫What’s this, a scoop, for #NewsoftheWar?

Yes! (Almost.) It’s commonly said, Desert Island Discs was conceived in Nov 1941 and first recorded on Jan 27th, 1942. GUESS WHAT. But in this week's #NOTW we discovered something.
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
🧵🖇️ to audios below😍

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Andy @andyaitch.bsky.social · 1d

What’s the lowest point in the war for the British?……Dunkirk? Crete? Singapore? Tobruk?

I’d contest its this point, January 1942.

A blow to morale, how did we recover from it?

@newsofthewar.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 4d

It’s a dog’s life in #NOTW, and there’s no finer example of man’s best friend than a Dalmation – especially this one. Fleet, owned by George Marshall, and ‘Bill’, sworn (and scrotched) by everyone at a certain RAF station.

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 4d

It’s all happening in Malaya this week – spoiler alert, this is not how to curry favour with the RAF – but it’s also to and fro (again) in North Africa. New broom at the War Office?! Ooh sir, Suits YOU Sir!

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 4d

In entertainment news this week, we can’t get enough of this week’s Hollywood releases – they’ve got to be seen to be believed!

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 4d

Good old Photo of the Week. You can’t beat a bit of Photo of the Week in an audio broadcast – it really focuses the attention. Churchill here (on the left) and Dumbo here (on the right) and in our Cartoon of the Week.

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 4d

And we’re back! Yes, it the NOTW – as it happened in the first week of 1942. In this episode @andyaitch.bsky.social and @merrynwalters.uk look at what was in the headlines (and the personal ads) on January 8th. Brace yourselves ...

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 4d

📰 READ ALL ABOUT IT 🗞️

We’re back this Friday with a new season - 1942 is finally here. Will we see the tide of the war turning?

Join @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social wherever you get your podcasts this Friday.

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 17d

That said, what DO you know about Australia's role as an ally? And Lendlease? And cannibalism? And unexpected broadcasts by big men in high-waisted trousers? Yes, you heard it hear first - it's all in the #NewsoftheWar

News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 17d

Tracking down the news of the war - news from home, news about the Aussie's travels overseas - was easier than we thought. Lots of headlines. But not always the full story ... linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 17d

G'day, mate! Yes, it's our Australian special. In true #NewsoftheWar style, we invited Chris Olivant to be our guest-editor and share his curious fascination with the Aussies' in WW2. No roos, but plenty of rumination on Blamey, Kokoda & politics🇦🇺🐨 @merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · Sep 20

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

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James @jmcn.bsky.social · Sep 19

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.

News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · Sep 19

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).
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · Sep 19

🚨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.. .

News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · Sep 19

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.

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · Sep 19

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...

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · Sep 19

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...

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