British Band Of Brothers: The Fight For Point 103 (Part 3)
6/3/20261 hr 11 min
Why was there a lot of churn among British tank crews after D-Day? How did British armoured units use specialised tanks like Fireflies and Churchill AVREs? What was important about Point 103? Join Al Murray and James Holland for part 3 of this engaging new serial on the men and tanks of the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry, one of the most hard-fighting British units of 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! Get your WHW Merch here! A Goalhanger Production Produced by James Regan Editor: Charlie Rodwell Assistant Producer: Alfie Norris Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Social: @WeHaveWaysPod Social Producer: Harry Balden Email: wehaveways@goalhanger.com Membership Club: patreon.com/wehaveways Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsAl Murray· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Thank you for listening to We Have Ways of Making You Talk. Sign up to our Patreon to receive bonus content, live streams, and our weekly newsletter with money off books and museum visits as well, plus early access to all live show tickets. That's patreon.com/wehaveways. [upbeat music] "For five months, our sleeping and waking thoughts had been preoccupied with how the hell we were gonna get to shore, and what the hell was gonna happen if we couldn't. And now it was all over, and we hadn't really thought about what happened next." And that's John Semken reflecting on, on landing in Normandy in June 1944.
James Holland· Host0:51
Yes, onto Gold Beach, which is pretty chaotic, but they pull it off.
Al Murray· Host0:55
Yeah. So welcome to We Have Ways of Making You Talk with me, Al Murray, and James Holland for our, the next installment, episode three of our British Band of Brothers, our recurring serial, I think, is the way we're looking at it.
James Holland· Host1:05
[laughs] Recurring serial, yeah.
Al Murray· Host1:05
Looking at the fate of the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry, um, uh, as they fight from Normandy to the Netherlands, in fact, as- Yeah ... that's a spoiler there for people if they don't know where they end up at the end of the war.
James Holland· Host1:15
Well, no, they end up in Hamburg.
Al Murray· Host1:16
Do, do, do they?
James Holland· Host1:17
Yes.
Al Murray· Host1:18
I th- I thought they ended up in- No, they're right up in Germany ... oh, right okay, 'cause you said... When you, when you went- It's been a while since you've read it. It is a while since I read it, and you sent lots of photos from, from Holland. Those were the ones you were really interested... Anyway, it doesn't matter. There we go. They