The Sherman Tank

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger Podcasts

Society & Culture, History, Education

4.8 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Al and James discuss the Sherman Tank, and why the German’s lack of tanks cost them the war. They also chat about Douglas Porch’s book: Defeat and Division A Goalhanger Films Production Produced by Harry Lineker Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Twitter: #WeHaveWays @WeHaveWaysPod Website: wehavewayspod.com Email: [email protected] 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	Thank you for listening to We Have Ways of Making You Talk.
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0:11.0	with money off books and museum visits as well plus early access to all live
0:15.1	show tickets that's patron dot com slash we have ways acting. Actung, actung.
0:35.0	Welcome to We Have Ways of Making You Talk with me, Al Murray and James Holland.
0:39.0	Jim, how are you?
0:40.0	Well, I'm all right, thank you.
0:42.0	God, I was blowing a gale last night, though'm all right, thank you. Oh God, I was blowing a girl last night, though.
0:44.0	I mean, windows rattling and...
0:46.0	Yeah, well, I was on... I was on the Royal Engineers Historical Society.
0:49.0	Oh yes, you were!
0:50.0	How was that?
0:51.0	About Suis, with the the colonel with his recollections of Operation Musketeer.
0:56.7	Fascinating stuff and it is was all the breakdown of what the Corps of Engineers were up to
1:01.7	what their tasks were.
1:04.0	Absolutely fascinating.
1:05.7	So the British basically handled the right flanks,
1:07.8	so the Western end of things and the French handled the left flank,
1:11.2	so the eastern end of things.
1:12.3	And you put a parachute battalion. handle the left flank, so the eastern end of things.
1:12.8	And you put a parachute battalion on,
1:15.7	the British put a parachute battalion on an airfield
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