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The Sappers in the D-Day Gliders

Photo: Airborne gliders being towed to their target, 1944. James Holland Collection. Believed to be in the public domain.

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20 May, 2021

WW2 Pod We Have Ways

22 mins

1944

British Army

Seaborne Invasions

Engineering

Operation Overlord

Battle of Normandy

In this special edition of the podcast Al Murray reads an article written by his father, Ingram Murray, known to regular listeners as The Colonel. It tells the story of a group of men with a very specialised task in the days after D-Day.

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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

WW2 Pod We Have Ways

The Sappers in the D-Day Gliders

The Sappers in the D-Day Gliders

Meet the Speakers

James Holland

Al Murray

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