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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

New episode, this Friday… Join @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social this Friday for our second instalment of our Less Expected Destinations series. This week we go to Britains oldest ally, Portugal. Find out how they navigate neutrality during the war linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

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JMcN @jmcn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A darker follow up. Katja Hoyer and Chris Dillon recently covered the ‘Life Unworthy of Life’, Aktion T4 on their Reichs & Republics pod. open.spotify.com/episode/25MS...

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Episode 26: A Bureaucracy of Death: Nazi Germany's T4 Programme (Ad Free)

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Argentina is not all about Nazis you know * Our latest episode looks at the political landscape during the war. Listen here: linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar *there’s also a lot of stuff about Nazis

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Andy @andyaitch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My takeaway from this episode is that British policy to Argentina in the SWW centred entirely on securing an uninterrupted supply of bully beef. * Find out all about Argentina in the war in this weeks episode *Fray Bentos: Uruguayan company - overwhelmingly Argentinian beef linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🇦🇷Buenos dias🇦🇷 Welcome to this, the first in our next six-part series. It's not all hide n' seek, y'know. This is all about 'Less Expected Destinations of WW2' - places we don't find as fast in the footnotes. The #NewsoftheWar - it's revolutionary. @merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

No episode last Friday, we were recovering from festival shenanigans. So our new series: Less Expected Destinations starts this Friday, 25th. We kick off with our first place Argentina. Oh Lordy 👀 linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar @merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social

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Andy @andyaitch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Fancy a little sideways look at the most talked about British battle of all time? We did an Arnhem Ep a few weeks ago on @newsofthewar.bsky.social linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

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Lucy @lucyt.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Great weekend at #whwf6 after missing last yr. So many great talks incl Alex Ritchie, @waitmanwbeorn.com , John McManus, Jon Parshall, @silenceinpolish.bsky.social , @rednavy70.bsky.social , Katya Hoyer, David Stahel, @lmbd1418.bsky.social , @newsofthewar.bsky.social & @jonathanfennell.bsky.social

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JMcN @jmcn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Top @newsofthewar.bsky.social day. Another great pod and a LIVE performance! Great to chat briefly with @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social.

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

You’re all off to WeHaveWaysPod Fest - so are we! And here’s this week’s football special… linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar @andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🔥 Going to WeHaveWaysPod Fest? 🎙️ Want a podcast while you're queueing to get in? ⚽️ BACK OF THE NET - it's our football special. ⏰ 0600 Friday 11th. #NewsoftheWar. @andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk [AND WE'LL SEE YOU SATURDAY TOO!] linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

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Andy @andyaitch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Still very struck by this photo of Stanley Maxted and Guy Byam. Taken the day after they’d escaped over the Rhine from Oosterbeek at broadcasting house. But especially Maxted. He looks exhausted, mentally and physically. Still wearing his mud covered uniform.

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JMcN @jmcn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Some pics from a few years ago.

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Andy @andyaitch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Arnhem. We decided the world needed another podcast about Arnhem. So here it is. Not a blow by blow account though, it’s a look at how it was reported in the papers. And I enjoyed it immensely. Give it a try here linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🚨 We can avoid it no longer ! In this, the sixth in our Battle series, we're off to Arnhem. Not for a blow by blow account, but for a deep-dive into the newspapers ... to see how Theirs Was The Glory. @andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Our final instalment of our battles series….. and it’s a biggie… We delve into what the papers said about the Battle of Arnhem. Optimism, false home, introspection and myth making, it’s all there. Join @andyaitch.bsky.social and @merrynwalters.uk this Friday linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Stuck for something to do on the 12th of September 2026? You could always pop along to watch us at @WeHaveWaysPod fest. @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social will be diving into the headlines behind the frontlines, live. 1845hrs, The Arsenal. See you there.

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John C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

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Andy @andyaitch.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Join us this week on NOTW where we bravely report on the forgotten air battle over Britain in 1940. How did the newspapers report on the battle? Listen here linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

🚨 ALAAAARM!!! ALAAAARM!!! It's the Battle of Britain, and it's our biggest episode yet - digging in to see how the newspapers handled day after day of aerial action. @merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Coming tomorrow, our 5th episode in our Battles series…. The Battle of Britain. Join us, wherever you get your podcasts linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar @andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk

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JMcN @jmcn.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Another terrific pod from @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social. One of those campaigns one knows of but not about. The shameful brutality of the Japanese armed forces laid bare. Personal bonus was a blink and you miss it mention of Brits in Vietnam. Yes, folks it was slightly our fault.

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

🚨 Brace yourselves, we're heading East to Java. This week, as news reaches Britain of what's happening where, it's a voyage of discovery in column inches... and a battle on land and sea. linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar @merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Join us tomorrow for the latest instalment of our Battles series. We head to South East Asia and look at how the newspapers report on the battle for Java and its legacy. Find us wherever you get your podcasts. linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar @merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social

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Andy @andyaitch.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The story of Bloody or Edson’s ridge is one of my favourites from Guadalcanal. The Detroit Times has a story from a survivor of that battle… here’s a great USMC archive film of the marines digging and preparing positions on the ridge, shortly before Kawaguchis forces attacked.

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Andy @andyaitch.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Enjoyed doing this episode… I mentioned History Underground a few times this week in the ep. His YouTube channel is amazing and specifically his Guadalcanal videos. They cover all the bits we talked about today. Go check his YouTube out! youtu.be/VxEGdzoMotg?is…

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

🚨 Guadalcanal! Is it a battle, or is it a campaign? Tune in to this week's #NewsoftheWar to find out, as @andyaitch.bsky.social and @merrynwalters.uk go deep into the Pacific... linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

This Friday, our latest instalment in our Battles series…. We go to tropical paradise/hell hole Guadalcanal. Find out how this pivotal battle was reported in the newspapers, this Friday. linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar @andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk

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JMcN @jmcn.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Another fascinating pod from @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social. The first historian I heard talk about Cassino was Richard Holmes. As I recall he went hard on the terrain. The first book I read was PCA’s Monte Cassino: Ten Armies in Hell. Great place to start in my view.

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

🚨 In this week's News of the War, we're off to Cassino, and to the battle(s) breaking through the Liri Valley. How was it reported? And why? And, tell us, do you think of Monte Cassino and then think of Maori?! It's all in the News of the War... @andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk

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Nina Baker @ninabake2.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I don't suppose anyone who follows me on here will be going to Russia anytime soon. I know I won't but I did visit the amazing Museum of the Siege of Leningrad in St Petersburg some years ago. It isn't on any of the normal tours but highly recommended. Grim? Oh yes. Should be compulsory.

Display of booklets and newscuttings at Museum of the siege of Leningrad.

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JMcN @jmcn.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Another fascinating pod from @merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social and @newsofthewar.bsky.social. Accounts of terrible privation mixed with mangled Russian names. Seriously though, bloody hell, grim history.

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

And so we dive into our next 6-part series on News of the War. This time it's what was in the newspapers during the Biggest, Baddest Battles*, and first up is Leningrad! @andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk (*battles-ish) ваше здоровье!

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

NEW SERIES COMING… This Friday we change course, from the Generalissimos to the Battles, 6 of them… …This Friday our first is Leningrad. How was the longest siege in the SWW reported in the papers? @andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

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Andy @andyaitch.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Quite hard to like David Stirling, in this weeks SAS special we picked up a letter written in the 70s, reacting to Stirlings gang GB75. Essentially a military coup if Stirling and his cronies lifestyles were threatened. Adam Curtis covered it in his Mayfair Set film. linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

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Andy @andyaitch.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Some top plastic model making action in this weeks special SAS episode. Find out how I got on making the Tamiya SAS Jeep (36 years ago) linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

🚨 Well, here we go - Who Shares Wins, eh. Our very own rogue zeroes, @andyaitch.bsky.social and @merrynwalters.uk , bring you this special episode on the Special Air Service. What appeared in the newspapers 1939 to 1945. What didn't - and why. You'll only find this in the #NewsoftheWar!

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Join us tomorrow for the big cash in… It’s the News Of The War SAS Special! Join @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social as they discuss how the exploits of the Special Air Service was reported in the newspapers. linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

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Andy @andyaitch.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The Field Marshal on the three most memorable moments of his life. ITN 1956 Perhaps not the ones people might expect. I wonder if privately, the death of his wife would have been on the list. linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

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Andy @andyaitch.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Even if you don’t listen to the episode, can you just take a second to appreciate the outfit? GOAT. linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

🚨 Heeeeeere's Monty! Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein - the one and only, bringing this six-part series on The Generalissimos to an end. What a man. What a myth. What a moment. @andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

This Friday, the last on our generalissimos series… the big dog himself. Monty had a pretty high opinion of himself, but what did the people reading the papers think? Join @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social this Friday, wherever you get your podcasts linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

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JMcN @jmcn.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Another top pod from @andyaitch.bsky.social and @merrynwalters.uk. Good to hear Andy push back on the mythology around Rommel. Rommel owes Desmond Young a great deal.

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Andy @andyaitch.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

We land on Rommel this week. Inevitable really. It’s interesting to see in the papers just when the legends any myths around him start. He looms large in the articles from 1941 onwards. Listen to how they came across in @newsofthewar.bsky.social pod. linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

🚨 Welcome to the News of the War! In this, the fifth in our 6-part series on Generalissimos, it's the turn of Erwin Rommel - the Desert Fox himself. @andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

🚨 New episode out tomorrow 🚨 It’s celebrity pop star generalissimo time… der große Käse Join us on tomorrow a @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social look at what the newspapers were saying about the desert bogey man. linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

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Andy @andyaitch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Naughty, naughty, George. General George S Patton speaks at a Boston war bond drive. Joking of course about the malingerers in army field hospitals… some of whom he “interacted” with personally. New ep, Patton, out today. linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

🚨 It's Patton Day! 🚨 TThis week's Generalissimo needs no introduction — or does he? General George S. Patton, Old Blood and Guts himself. But with ivory-handled pistols and a slap-happy attitud', how did the British papers clock him in 1939-45? @merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social

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News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

🚨 NEW EPISODE OUT TOMORROW 🚨 Our latest episode from the Generalissimos series is out tomorrow, wherever you get your podcasts. This week it’s Ol’ Blood n Guts himself - General George S Patton. @merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

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Andy @andyaitch.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The greatest general of the Second World War, and Zhukov meet in Berlin… Monty presented Zhukov the Order Of The Bath on behalf of King George VI. I do like this little Monty Zhukov bromance Find out more on NOTW pod linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

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