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News Of The War Pod

@newsofthewar.bsky.social

The headlines behind the frontlines: NOTW pod, hosted by Andy and Merryn. We take a look at the stories being read by the public during the war. 6 random dates every year of the war. https://linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

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Nina Baker@ninabake2.bsky.social · 5d ago

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.
JMcN@jmcn.bsky.social · 5d ago

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.

News Of The War Pod@newsofthewar.bsky.social · 6d ago

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!

Andy@andyaitch.bsky.social · 2w ago

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

News Of The War Pod@newsofthewar.bsky.social · 2w ago

🚨 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!

Andy@andyaitch.bsky.social · 3w ago

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

News Of The War Pod@newsofthewar.bsky.social · 3w ago

We start, as we always do, by breaking our own rules. News of the War, 1939 - 1945 ... and yet here's Montgomery, waaaaay before he was Monty. Phwooooar. You get it all, here, in the News of the War. linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

JMcN@jmcn.bsky.social · 4w ago

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.

Andy@andyaitch.bsky.social · 4w ago

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

Andy@andyaitch.bsky.social · 4w ago

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

News Of The War Pod@newsofthewar.bsky.social · 4w ago

🚨 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

Andy@andyaitch.bsky.social · last mo.

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

News Of The War Pod@newsofthewar.bsky.social · last mo.

Utter scandal in the #NewsoftheWar — the infamous "slapping incidents." Patton nearly slapped himself clean out of a command, and the British press followed every twist with barely-disguised glee.

Andy@andyaitch.bsky.social · last mo.

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

News Of The War Pod@newsofthewar.bsky.social · last mo.

“Zhukov? Never heard of him.” – probably most British readers in 1939. But by 1945 the papers were scrambling to cover this Soviet commander's leadership, helping to stop Hitler cold. How the headlines changed from 1939 - 1945… linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

Andy@andyaitch.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Strong contender for history’s most contemptible little shitebags, we bring you the second ep of our Generalissimo series: Hideki Tojo. Oh to be able to slap that heed of his. linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

News Of The War Pod@newsofthewar.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In this week's #NewsoftheWar, it became clear that the newspapers weren't sure what to say about Tojo in the early days. But as news reached Britain from the far east, opinions settled on despot and dastardly being useful descriptions. linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

Andy@andyaitch.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Join us, for our first episode in our Generalissimos series. To kick us off we have Marshal Pietro Badoglio - a nasty little shitbag if ever I saw one. Find us here: linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

News Of The War Pod@newsofthewar.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🚨 It's the Generalissimos! We're back, and we're back with a new, 6-part series. Six of the best generals, and how their wars were reported in the #NewsoftheWar from 1939 - '45. First up - Marshal Pietro Badoglio. 🇮🇹 @andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar