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WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

21. Take No Prisoners

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger Podcasts

Society & Culture, Education, History

4.85.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Al Murray and James Holland look back on a murderous incident on D-Day plus one. Plus the lads use hindsight to decide which World War II regiment, squadron or ship they would choose to serve with or on. Also up for discussion are Operations Epsom, Goodwood and the much maligned Italian forces. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Sivasmus, Sivasmus. Which those of you who spend your summers wearing Union Jack shorts

0:10.2

at the beach in Fellerac, will know is Greek for Arthong, Arthong. Yes, Greek. Well, well,

0:16.0

that was my Greek accent. Well, welcome to We Have Ways To Make You Talk, which may or

0:19.9

may not be the podcast, your podcast or choice amongst British sun-seeking holiday makers

0:24.1

this summer. Lots to get through in today's show. A lot of questions today, I think, rather

0:28.8

than a solid subject, so without further ado, my podcast pal, James Holland, will get

0:33.6

us started. Yeah, well, actually, I've got a cracker here to start us off with, from Mark

0:37.7

Jaffrey, who got in touch on Twitter to ask, if you had been serving in World War II,

0:43.6

which regiment, squadron or ship would you, if possible, have served in on and why? Well,

0:51.8

your thing is, er, er, the whole point is to kind of think, thank God we didn't have

0:56.0

to do that. Well, exactly. First things first, thank God I've never had to do any of these

0:59.8

things. I mean, I was, I was at, I was at hand in the other day and looking at the bombers

1:03.6

and you think, no, that's shit, I wouldn't want to be in a bomber. Right. Because at night,

1:09.0

you get shot down, killed by the flat, shragum music, something like that would happen

1:12.9

to you. Yeah. And it's at night and it's at night, terrifying.

1:16.2

Um, er, daylight bomber, no thanks, um, er, fight a plane. Call P-Doh bomber across the

1:21.5

Mediterranean. Yeah, no thanks. No thanks. Er, worse, I think that was worse of all. Yes,

1:25.1

coastal command, which is really boring. You know, it's boring. Um, and dangerous,

1:29.1

dangerous. No thanks. Um, right. So that's the area. Inventory, forget that. Inventory. Absolutely

1:33.6

forget that. No way. Um, er, tank crew, I don't want to be bored alive in a metal container.

1:39.8

Thank you. Thank you very much. Oh, my head shot off every time I turn around and look

1:43.0

out of the thing. No. Um, er, artillery, well, counter battery fire, I won't much, I want

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