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Machine Guns, Crete and the End of the War

Photo: New Zealand Machine Gunner, 1942 – Public domain vintage photo from the New Zealand archive. Free to use with no copyright restrictions. Source: Library of Congress.

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16 May, 2022

WW2 Pod We Have Ways

57 mins

Fighting Doctrine

Battle of Crete

Weapons Development

Al Murray and James Holland talk about the effectiveness of machine gun fire throughout the 20th century and the battle for Crete. The boys also discuss the fantastic new book by friend of the show Peter Caddick-Adams about the final days of the Second World War.

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Meet the Speakers

James Holland

Historian, writer, and podcaster, specialises in World War II and hosts "We Have Ways" podcast.

Al Murray

Al Murray, comedian, writer, and historian, co-hosts the WWII podcast We Have Ways of Making You Talk and writes on