<p>James Holland reads a chapter from one of his favourite books, The Thin Red Line. Written by James Jones, the book draws upon his own experience at the Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse during World War II's Guadalcanal campaign.</p><br><p>A Goalhanger Films production</p><br><p>Produced by&nbsp;Vasco Andrade</p><br><p>Exec Producer: Tony Pastor</p><br><p>Twitter: #WeHaveWays @WeHaveWaysPod</p><br><p>Website:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.wehavewayspod.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.wehavewayspod.com</a></p><br><p>Email:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com</a></p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Al reads a chapter from Warriors for the Working Day. The novel is based on events from June 1944, during the Battle of Normandy, to the invasion of Germany in the Spring of 1945. The book describes fighting by the men of a small unit of British tanks during this period, with the focus on one tank crew.<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

James Holland reads from Richard Flannagan's "The Narrow Road to the Deep North", a novel that tells the story of a far east prisoner of war&nbsp;during the construction of the&nbsp;Burma Railway.<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>Al Murray&nbsp;reads chapters 1 through 6 from&nbsp;Life and Fate written by&nbsp;Vasily Grossman, an epic tale of a country told through the fate of a single family, the Shaposhnikovs</p><br><p>A Goalhanger Films production</p><br><p>Produced by&nbsp;Vasco Andrade</p><br><p>Exec Producer: Tony Pastor</p><br><p>Twitter: #WeHaveWays @WeHaveWaysPod</p><br><p>Website:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.wehavewayspod.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.wehavewayspod.com</a></p><br><p>Email:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>James Holland reads a chapter from Suite Francaise, the title of a planned sequence of five novels by Irène Némirovsky, a French writer of Ukrainian-Jewish origin, who was tragically murdered before she could complete all five volumes.</p><br><p>A Goalhanger Films production</p><br><p>Produced by&nbsp;Vasco Andrade</p><br><p>Exec Producer: Tony Pastor</p><br><p>Twitter: #WeHaveWays @WeHaveWaysPod</p><br><p>Website:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.wehavewayspod.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.wehavewayspod.com</a></p><br><p>Email:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>Al Murray&nbsp;reads a chapter from&nbsp;Sword of Honour&nbsp;written by&nbsp;Evelyn Waugh.</p><br><p>A Goalhanger Films production</p><br><p>Produced by&nbsp;Vasco Andrade</p><br><p>Exec Producer: Tony Pastor</p><br><p>Twitter: #WeHaveWays @WeHaveWaysPod</p><br><p>Website:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.wehavewayspod.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.wehavewayspod.com</a></p><br><p>Email:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com</a></p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>James Holland reads a chapter from Alan Furst's The World at Night. The novel follows the upper-class life of film producer Jean Casson during the German occupation of Paris.</p><br><p>A Goalhanger Films production</p><br><p>Produced by&nbsp;Vasco Andrade</p><br><p>Exec Producer: Tony Pastor</p><br><p>Twitter: #WeHaveWays @WeHaveWaysPod</p><br><p>Website:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.wehavewayspod.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.wehavewayspod.com</a></p><br><p>Email:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com</a></p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>Al Murray&nbsp;read a chapter from&nbsp;The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat. This book tells the story of the lives of a group of Royal Navy sailors fighting in the Battle of the Atlantic.</p><br><p>A Goalhanger Films production</p><br><p>Produced by Joey McCarthy</p><br><p>Exec Producer: Tony Pastor</p><br><p>Twitter: #WeHaveWays @WeHaveWaysPod</p><br><p>Website:<a href="http://www.wehavewayspod.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.wehavewayspod.com</a></p><br><p>Email:<a href="mailto:wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com</a></p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>James Holland reads a chapter from one of his own books, The Burning Blue. This book tells the story of&nbsp;a small group of RAF fighter pilots who first fight in the Battle of Britain and then&nbsp;amid the sand and heat of North Africa's deserts.</p><br><p>A Goalhanger Films production</p><br><p>Produced by&nbsp;Vasco Andrade</p><br><p>Exec Producer: Tony Pastor</p><br><p>Twitter: #WeHaveWays @WeHaveWaysPod</p><br><p>Website:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.wehavewayspod.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.wehavewayspod.com</a></p><br><p>Email:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com</a></p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>Al Murray&nbsp;reads a chapter from&nbsp;Bomber&nbsp;written by&nbsp;Len Deighton. Bomber is a fictionalised account of "the events relating to the last flight of an RAF Bomber over Germany on the night of June 31st, 1943"</p><br><p>A Goalhanger Films production</p><br><p>Produced by&nbsp;Vasco Andrade</p><br><p>Exec Producer: Tony Pastor</p><br><p>Twitter: #WeHaveWays @WeHaveWaysPod</p><br><p>Website:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.wehavewayspod.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.wehavewayspod.com</a></p><br><p>Email:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p><em>James Holland gives a guided tour of his new exhibition at the National Army Museum.</em></p><br><p><em>This episode was recorded live at the museum as a part of our Independent Company livestream. If you enjoyed this episode, join the IC on Patreon for more exclusive live content every Monday</em></p><br><p><a href="http://www.patreon.com/wehaveways" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>www.patreon.com/wehaveways</em></a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>Historian and television presenter Tessa Dunlop introduces Grace Taylor, a former royal artillery member of the anti-aircraft gun team and&nbsp;so-called 'Gunner Girl'. Grace volunteered far before conscription for women was decreed, out of both a love of her country and her boyfriend at the time.</p><br><p>If you enjoyed this conversation, you can buy Tessa Dunlop's book 'Army Girls' here;</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Army-Girls-secrets-stories-military/dp/1472282086" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Army-Girls-secrets-stories-military/dp/1472282086</a></p><br><p>A Goalhanger Films production</p><p>Produced by Vasco Andrade</p><p>Exec Producer Tony Pastor</p><p>Twitter: #WeHaveWays</p><p>@WeHaveWaysPod</p><p>Website:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.wehavewayspod.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.wehavewayspod.com</a></p><p>Email:&nbsp;wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

<p>This week’s stories take us from cricket in Australia to the skies over Nazi Germany, from life as an evacuee to setting fire to your own tank in front of Winston Churchill. Plus the story of two women facing very different forms of occupation.</p><br><p>A Goalhanger Films production</p><br><p>Produced by Harry Lineker</p><br><p>Exec Producer Tony Pastor</p><br><p>Twitter: #WeHaveWays @WeHaveWaysPod</p><br><p>Website: www.wehavewayspod.com</p><br><p>Email: wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

In this special episode of We Have Ways, (recently afflicted) journalist Autumn Hendrickson brings to Al and James a year's worth of research into the war contributions of both the men and women of Reading, Massachusetts.

Al and James discuss bugging and Intelligence during the war, Al also mentions a new We Have Ways Project.

This week’s family stories include witnessing a cavalry charge in East Africa, fighting in the Fjords, doodlebugs over London and tragedy in the Atlantic.A Goalhanger Films productionProduced by Joey McCarthyExec Producer Tony PastorTwitter: #WeH...

“December 1941 is the time the decision was made for the physical extermination of all the Jews in Europe”Al and James are joined by Waitman Beorn to discuss the Wannsee Conference and how the Nazis began the Holocaust.

Why did the Japanese get involved in the Second World War? Could they have stayed out of it altogether? Robert Lyman speaks to Al Murray and James Holland.&nbsp;A Goalhanger Films productionProduced by Joey McCarthyExec Producer Tony PastorTw...

“December 1941, you literally couldn’t pack more events into it if you tried”. Historian Mike Neiberg joins James Holland to explore the intricate complexities of American geopolitics following one of history's most audacious attacks, Pearl Harbour.

Al and James discuss the Western Desert Campaign of 1941, especially looking into the Siege of Tobruk.

On the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Al and James are joined by the 'Pacific War Trilogy' author Ian Toll to discuss the monumental event.

Did Hitler and Stalin have a misapprehension of each other? And was scale the main reason Germany couldn’t invade Moscow?

This week’s family stories include an act of outstanding bravery on the high seas, a trans-Atlantic friendship, a plate of dodgy sandwiches and a so-called ‘ordinary’ soldier’s war.

The Battle of the Atlantic was the most important theatre of the war, so why don’t we ever talk about it? Military and Naval historian, Marc Milner, joins Al and James to navigate their way through the often snubbed battle.

Al and James debate whether the British produced the best tanks during the war. They also discuss the key characters involved in the development of the Maginot Line and read extracts from the Alanbrooke Diaries.