94. German War Heroes

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger Podcasts

Society & Culture, History, Education

4.8 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

What was it like to return to Germany as a war hero on the wrong side of history? Al Murray and James Holland debate a wide range of subjects including the role of Baron Beaverbrook in the production of fighter planes and why the Eighth Army were called the Eighth Army.

A Goalhanger Films production

Produced by Harry Lineker & Joey McCarthy

Exec Producer Tony Pastor

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0:00.0	Baba Lang Baba Lang Baba Lang Baba Lang Baba Lang Baba Lang
0:11.0	Which is of course Tagalog for Achtung Achtung
0:15.0	And as you all know, we have ways of making you talk listeners
0:18.5	Tagalog is spoken widely in the Philippines
0:20.8	In fact, about a quarter of the population speak it as their first language
0:24.0	The Philippines saw some bitter fighting after the Japanese invaded in December 1941
0:28.3	US forces lost around 23,000 men killed or captured
0:31.8	Not their finest hour and another 10,000 Filipino soldiers were also lost
0:35.9	I'm sure we'll talk about that another time
0:38.2	Yeah, we've got to deal with the Philippines and MacArthur and all the rest of it
0:41.4	Gotta do that
0:42.6	I quite like that one, I like Baba Lang Baba Lang
0:44.8	Baba, it's a bit, it's a bit sopranos isn't it, a bit better being
0:48.0	A bit, isn't it, yeah, I like it
0:50.0	Yeah, I'm good
0:51.6	Now, we're starting to get the impression
0:54.7	Some of our listeners are rather big on insubordination
0:57.3	Here's about this email
0:59.0	So that dates him from Julian Barrett
1:01.8	Who lives and listens in Australia
1:03.7	I'm very much enjoying and learning from your podcast
1:07.4	On how you'll keep up the good work
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