96 Christmas at War with the V1 missiles - 2023 Fighting Through WWII Stories & History

Christmas at war, with more seasonal tales, including a special feature on what Christmas was like in various countries around the globe during WW2.  
Specials in this episode:
German Boy Soldier's Christmas Shoes
V1 Doodlebug bombs over Manchester
The Last Flight of Lancaster DV189
The Journal of Flight Sergeant Jim Browning
Christmas at war around the world
And just to remind you, if you want to fill your December with a catch up on all the previous Christmas episodes for this podcast, you can access them easily by clicking on the episodes item on the website menu and selecting - Christmas!
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Links to features in the show:
Manchester V1 attack WW2 and comments
https://aircrashsites.co.uk/air-raids-bomb-sites/luftwaffe-v1-attack-on-manchester-christmas-eve-1944/

Bomber enemies in WWII became friends
https://nation.time.com/2012/12/20/a-christmas-story-but-not-by-charles-dickens/

Eugene Fluckey’s book Thunder Below about USS Barb submarine. 
https://amzn.to/4a9dS3k
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