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WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

328. Time for Tea?

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger Podcasts

History, Education, Society & Culture

4.85.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

How did the myth develop that British soldiers were always stopping for tea? And who were the first Allied troops back into Dunkirk in the final days of the war? These questions and other rabbit-holes answered and explored by Al Murray and James Holland. We Have Ways supports the charity DKMS which aims to delete blood cancer. Register to be a blood stem cell donor here: https://www.dkms.org.uk/register-now We Have Ways is running a weekend festival from September 17th to 19th. There will be fifty military vehicles and a host of top speakers. Plus lashings of ale. Tickets can be booked here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/153466810361 A Goalhanger Films production Produced by Harry Lineker Exec Producer Tony Pastor Twitter: #WeHaveWays @WeHaveWaysPod Website: www.wehavewayspod.com Email: wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com 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

Paznia, Paznia which is of course a Croatian for Achtung, Achtung, cries of that ringing

0:17.0

out around Zagreb, I'm sure last night. When England did a strange thing, didn't they?

0:23.6

Were they one their first match? No only they'd lose their first match to make themselves

0:26.8

realise it's all actually happening. That's the usually England pattern is they have to give

0:30.4

themselves a fright. Yeah do you think they're now getting really complacent and lose

0:33.1

to Scott? I expect so. So we are of course recording today's episode in the middle of

0:38.2

a football tournament. We thought we'd regale you today with the language of the team

0:41.6

conquered by the plucky English at the weekend. The crushing one-neil defeat. Yes, yes,

0:47.4

why, why New Zealand? Oh God, let's not go there. I mean that's the good thing about

0:53.3

the Euro's coming on. Normally I resent having football in the summer when it's crooked

0:56.6

time but right now it's quite useful distraction. Blasting out from everyone's consciousness.

1:02.6

Anyway, welcome to We Have Ways to Make You Talk with me, Elmarie. Am I regular co-pilot?

1:07.0

Well flight engineer James Holland. Well not sat on a minute. I think I think I was piloting

1:11.4

the other day. It was my you ever. Yeah that's true. That's true. And I think I absolutely

1:15.6

think that's the right way around. I'd rather you had responsibility for the crate

1:22.6

anyway. We are of course recording this in the middle of a British heatwave as well.

1:28.3

That's right the concept does exist for those of you not familiar with UK weather. It's

1:32.1

more Alamane than North Atlantic today and a massive post bag in response to our two

1:36.2

part series on the dams raid. Good. Lots of people asking follow up questions. One of

1:42.7

the main ones being why didn't follow command attack the repair works. Oh yeah this

1:49.5

reminds me actually I must tell you the story. So I'll tell you a minute but I'll tell you

1:54.9

the why they didn't attack the repair works. Because the only way you've been to really

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