Belfast, Bunkers, and Vichy Show Trials

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger Podcasts

History, Education, Society & Culture

4.8 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Why did the Germans expend so much to defend the Norwegian coast? What does the engine room of HMS Belfast have in common with abstract art? How did Vichy show trials collapse into farce? Join Al Murray and James Holland as they discuss the major events of every April 14th in WW2. Start your free trial at ⁠patreon.com/wehaveways⁠ and unlock exclusive content and more. Enjoy livestreams, early access, ad-free listening, bonus episodes, and a weekly newsletter packed with book deals and behind-the-scenes insights. Get your ticket for We Have Ways Fest 6 here! A Goalhanger Production Produced by James Regan Assistant Producer: Alfie Norris Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Social: @WeHaveWaysPod Social Producer: Harry Balden Email: wehaveways@goalhanger.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:04.4	Achtung, welcome to We have Wayser making you talk
1:06.9	with me, Al Murray, and him, James Holland,
1:10.1	your Second World War podcast for all your Second
1:12.2	World War needs. And we're war waffling today, aren't we, Jim? Well, we haven't done one for a while
1:19.0	and they're always good fun. And we've been doing all sorts of war stuff outside of the podcast,
1:23.9	haven't we? So there's much to discuss. You've been firing rifles and machine guns and
1:29.0	Vickers machine guns. I've been to Norway. We've been into the belly of HMS, Belfast. I've been looking
1:36.9	at ludicrous German coastal guns in the Arctic Circle in northern Norway. And we've just been, just before this, we've
1:47.0	been reading out extraordinary stories of women in the Second World War.
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