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.
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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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New ep coming this Friday. Tune in to find out.
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New ep coming this Friday. Tune in to find out.
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January 28, 2026 at 6:53 PM
🚨 No context News of The War 🚨
New ep coming this Friday. Tune in to find out.
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@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
New ep coming this Friday. Tune in to find out.
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Another jam packed pod from @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social. Monkeys and school shoes, or the lack thereof. Shoes that is, not monkeys. As an aside I recall @spitfirefilly.bsky.social and @danellin.bsky.social did a presentation on GOMORRAH at WHWFV or F. Grim stuff.
🚨New episode of #NewsoftheWar?! Yes please!
This week, the burning issue is, how d'you pronounce a short word like 'Foggia' ~ and if THAT doesn't give you an ear worm, then wait til you hear what else was happening on 28th September 1943...
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This week, the burning issue is, how d'you pronounce a short word like 'Foggia' ~ and if THAT doesn't give you an ear worm, then wait til you hear what else was happening on 28th September 1943...
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
January 23, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Another jam packed pod from @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social. Monkeys and school shoes, or the lack thereof. Shoes that is, not monkeys. As an aside I recall @spitfirefilly.bsky.social and @danellin.bsky.social did a presentation on GOMORRAH at WHWFV or F. Grim stuff.
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In a sentence reminiscent of something Philip K Dick might ask:
Do naval monkeys recognise post traumatic stress disorder?
Please, do listen to the latest ep of @newsofthewar.bsky.social
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Do naval monkeys recognise post traumatic stress disorder?
Please, do listen to the latest ep of @newsofthewar.bsky.social
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January 23, 2026 at 9:26 AM
In a sentence reminiscent of something Philip K Dick might ask:
Do naval monkeys recognise post traumatic stress disorder?
Please, do listen to the latest ep of @newsofthewar.bsky.social
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Do naval monkeys recognise post traumatic stress disorder?
Please, do listen to the latest ep of @newsofthewar.bsky.social
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
🚨New episode of #NewsoftheWar?! Yes please!
This week, the burning issue is, how d'you pronounce a short word like 'Foggia' ~ and if THAT doesn't give you an ear worm, then wait til you hear what else was happening on 28th September 1943...
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
This week, the burning issue is, how d'you pronounce a short word like 'Foggia' ~ and if THAT doesn't give you an ear worm, then wait til you hear what else was happening on 28th September 1943...
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
January 23, 2026 at 9:20 AM
🚨New episode of #NewsoftheWar?! Yes please!
This week, the burning issue is, how d'you pronounce a short word like 'Foggia' ~ and if THAT doesn't give you an ear worm, then wait til you hear what else was happening on 28th September 1943...
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
This week, the burning issue is, how d'you pronounce a short word like 'Foggia' ~ and if THAT doesn't give you an ear worm, then wait til you hear what else was happening on 28th September 1943...
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
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Another stuffed @newsofthewar.bsky.social Everything thing from Glyndwr Michael to the UPKEEP mine. As @merrynwalters.uk points out the war is getting very busy. @andyaitch.bsky.social puts Patton into proper perspective.
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January 16, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Another stuffed @newsofthewar.bsky.social Everything thing from Glyndwr Michael to the UPKEEP mine. As @merrynwalters.uk points out the war is getting very busy. @andyaitch.bsky.social puts Patton into proper perspective.
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Hey bud, which way to the latest episode of @newsofthewar.bsky.social ?
….. È da quella parte!
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….. È da quella parte!
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January 16, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Hey bud, which way to the latest episode of @newsofthewar.bsky.social ?
….. È da quella parte!
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….. È da quella parte!
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It's still January! There's more #NewsoftheWar!
We're in 1943. Acutally, it's July 20th - and guess what's happening in the headlines? Yep, that's right. Siiiiiicily.
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We're in 1943. Acutally, it's July 20th - and guess what's happening in the headlines? Yep, that's right. Siiiiiicily.
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
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January 16, 2026 at 8:44 AM
It's still January! There's more #NewsoftheWar!
We're in 1943. Acutally, it's July 20th - and guess what's happening in the headlines? Yep, that's right. Siiiiiicily.
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
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We're in 1943. Acutally, it's July 20th - and guess what's happening in the headlines? Yep, that's right. Siiiiiicily.
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
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🚨It's the #newsofthewar. Might be our best yet: it's 10th April 1943, and it's all happening this week!
Check out the headlines behind the frontlines, and controversial hot takes on Slim, Monty, and more. Starting in North Africa...
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
Check out the headlines behind the frontlines, and controversial hot takes on Slim, Monty, and more. Starting in North Africa...
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
January 9, 2026 at 9:09 AM
🚨It's the #newsofthewar. Might be our best yet: it's 10th April 1943, and it's all happening this week!
Check out the headlines behind the frontlines, and controversial hot takes on Slim, Monty, and more. Starting in North Africa...
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
Check out the headlines behind the frontlines, and controversial hot takes on Slim, Monty, and more. Starting in North Africa...
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
New episode this Friday…. Only a fool bets against Monty.
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January 7, 2026 at 12:45 PM
New episode this Friday…. Only a fool bets against Monty.
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I’d heard of Hans Litten and his brave stance against Hitler, but we came across a story of his mother, Irmgard Litten doing a lecture tour of the UK and Ireland talking about her and Hans story and the evils of “Hitlerism”
Here she is interviewed by Leslie Mitchell
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Here she is interviewed by Leslie Mitchell
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January 2, 2026 at 10:20 AM
I’d heard of Hans Litten and his brave stance against Hitler, but we came across a story of his mother, Irmgard Litten doing a lecture tour of the UK and Ireland talking about her and Hans story and the evils of “Hitlerism”
Here she is interviewed by Leslie Mitchell
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Here she is interviewed by Leslie Mitchell
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🚨Happy #New-softheWar Year! Welcome back to 1943 - the 15th February, 1943 - and to all the headlines behind the frontlines. It's all goin' on. And only makes sense if you listen to #Newsofther
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January 2, 2026 at 9:41 AM
🚨Happy #New-softheWar Year! Welcome back to 1943 - the 15th February, 1943 - and to all the headlines behind the frontlines. It's all goin' on. And only makes sense if you listen to #Newsofther
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
🎅🤶 READALLABOUDDIT!! EMERGENCY POD!! 🎄
🚨Peeling potatoes?
🚨Crossing sprouts?
🗞️Boy, do we have you covered.
It's the NOTW Christmas Special, timed precisely to tune out the sound of rising wrapping paper. Happy Christmas Everyone!🎄
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🚨Peeling potatoes?
🚨Crossing sprouts?
🗞️Boy, do we have you covered.
It's the NOTW Christmas Special, timed precisely to tune out the sound of rising wrapping paper. Happy Christmas Everyone!🎄
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December 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
🎅🤶 READALLABOUDDIT!! EMERGENCY POD!! 🎄
🚨Peeling potatoes?
🚨Crossing sprouts?
🗞️Boy, do we have you covered.
It's the NOTW Christmas Special, timed precisely to tune out the sound of rising wrapping paper. Happy Christmas Everyone!🎄
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@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
🚨Peeling potatoes?
🚨Crossing sprouts?
🗞️Boy, do we have you covered.
It's the NOTW Christmas Special, timed precisely to tune out the sound of rising wrapping paper. Happy Christmas Everyone!🎄
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@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
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Later in the day, Mrs Churchill would be loaned a greatcoat by a Polish officer since her own thin affair was by no means adequate for Cupar's weather.
🇵🇱 “Prime Minister and Mrs Churchill accompanied by CIGS - Sir John Dill, Maj Gen Ismay and Commander Thomson inspect Polish battalions. They are met by General Sikorski at Cupar, Scotland” 🏴
🎥 AYY 49
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🎥 AYY 49
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December 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Later in the day, Mrs Churchill would be loaned a greatcoat by a Polish officer since her own thin affair was by no means adequate for Cupar's weather.
🇵🇱 “Prime Minister and Mrs Churchill accompanied by CIGS - Sir John Dill, Maj Gen Ismay and Commander Thomson inspect Polish battalions. They are met by General Sikorski at Cupar, Scotland” 🏴
🎥 AYY 49
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk @silenceinpolish.bsky.social
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🎥 AYY 49
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk @silenceinpolish.bsky.social
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December 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🇵🇱 “Prime Minister and Mrs Churchill accompanied by CIGS - Sir John Dill, Maj Gen Ismay and Commander Thomson inspect Polish battalions. They are met by General Sikorski at Cupar, Scotland” 🏴
🎥 AYY 49
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk @silenceinpolish.bsky.social
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🎥 AYY 49
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk @silenceinpolish.bsky.social
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🇵🇱 Gosh this was a lot of fun. 🇵🇱
Jenny is a genuine expert and very kindly schooled us two on how the newspapers recorded the Polish experience in wartime Britain.
Check out the new episode here:
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🎥 IWM (CPD 105)
Jenny is a genuine expert and very kindly schooled us two on how the newspapers recorded the Polish experience in wartime Britain.
Check out the new episode here:
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
🎥 IWM (CPD 105)
December 19, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🇵🇱 Gosh this was a lot of fun. 🇵🇱
Jenny is a genuine expert and very kindly schooled us two on how the newspapers recorded the Polish experience in wartime Britain.
Check out the new episode here:
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
🎥 IWM (CPD 105)
Jenny is a genuine expert and very kindly schooled us two on how the newspapers recorded the Polish experience in wartime Britain.
Check out the new episode here:
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
🎥 IWM (CPD 105)
🇵🇱🚨READ ALL ABOUDDIT!!
Yes, it’s a #NewsoftheWar special, and we’re welcoming a very Special Guest Editor, @silenceinpolish.bsky.social , Jenny Grant, to give us all the low-down on Polish troops, as found in the news, from 1939 to 1945.🗞️
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
Yes, it’s a #NewsoftheWar special, and we’re welcoming a very Special Guest Editor, @silenceinpolish.bsky.social , Jenny Grant, to give us all the low-down on Polish troops, as found in the news, from 1939 to 1945.🗞️
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
December 19, 2025 at 9:53 AM
🇵🇱🚨READ ALL ABOUDDIT!!
Yes, it’s a #NewsoftheWar special, and we’re welcoming a very Special Guest Editor, @silenceinpolish.bsky.social , Jenny Grant, to give us all the low-down on Polish troops, as found in the news, from 1939 to 1945.🗞️
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
Yes, it’s a #NewsoftheWar special, and we’re welcoming a very Special Guest Editor, @silenceinpolish.bsky.social , Jenny Grant, to give us all the low-down on Polish troops, as found in the news, from 1939 to 1945.🗞️
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
Special guest editor episode, coming this Friday…
The brilliant historian Jenny Grant ( @silenceinpolish.bsky.social ) joins @andyaitch.bsky.social & @merrynwalters.uk
To look at how the Poles in Britain appeared in the wartime newspapers.
It’s a cracker.
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The brilliant historian Jenny Grant ( @silenceinpolish.bsky.social ) joins @andyaitch.bsky.social & @merrynwalters.uk
To look at how the Poles in Britain appeared in the wartime newspapers.
It’s a cracker.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Special guest editor episode, coming this Friday…
The brilliant historian Jenny Grant ( @silenceinpolish.bsky.social ) joins @andyaitch.bsky.social & @merrynwalters.uk
To look at how the Poles in Britain appeared in the wartime newspapers.
It’s a cracker.
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The brilliant historian Jenny Grant ( @silenceinpolish.bsky.social ) joins @andyaitch.bsky.social & @merrynwalters.uk
To look at how the Poles in Britain appeared in the wartime newspapers.
It’s a cracker.
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Another terrific pod from @merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social and @newsofthewar.bsky.social. Definitely a highlight of my week.
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December 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Another terrific pod from @merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social and @newsofthewar.bsky.social. Definitely a highlight of my week.
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One of my favourite eps to do. For two reasons:
1) Walters and I have finally, after a 4 season battle, sorted out our numerous and maddening audio issues.
2) Finally the war has swung irreversibly in the favour of the allies.
Check it out, if you fancy.
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1) Walters and I have finally, after a 4 season battle, sorted out our numerous and maddening audio issues.
2) Finally the war has swung irreversibly in the favour of the allies.
Check it out, if you fancy.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:16 AM
One of my favourite eps to do. For two reasons:
1) Walters and I have finally, after a 4 season battle, sorted out our numerous and maddening audio issues.
2) Finally the war has swung irreversibly in the favour of the allies.
Check it out, if you fancy.
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
1) Walters and I have finally, after a 4 season battle, sorted out our numerous and maddening audio issues.
2) Finally the war has swung irreversibly in the favour of the allies.
Check it out, if you fancy.
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
🚨 READ ALL ABOUDDIT!!
It's the 17th December **1942**, and in a shocking turn of events, New Guinea turns out to be mahoosive. Who knew?!
All the headlines, all the frontlines (and there's a lot of 'em) now - this is the #NewsoftheWar
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It's the 17th December **1942**, and in a shocking turn of events, New Guinea turns out to be mahoosive. Who knew?!
All the headlines, all the frontlines (and there's a lot of 'em) now - this is the #NewsoftheWar
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
December 12, 2025 at 10:11 AM
🚨 READ ALL ABOUDDIT!!
It's the 17th December **1942**, and in a shocking turn of events, New Guinea turns out to be mahoosive. Who knew?!
All the headlines, all the frontlines (and there's a lot of 'em) now - this is the #NewsoftheWar
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
It's the 17th December **1942**, and in a shocking turn of events, New Guinea turns out to be mahoosive. Who knew?!
All the headlines, all the frontlines (and there's a lot of 'em) now - this is the #NewsoftheWar
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
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Derek Acorah would be loving this
December 10, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Derek Acorah would be loving this
Coming this Friday on News Of the War…
The annual report from the Scottish Society for Recording Abnormal Happenings 1942.
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The annual report from the Scottish Society for Recording Abnormal Happenings 1942.
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December 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Coming this Friday on News Of the War…
The annual report from the Scottish Society for Recording Abnormal Happenings 1942.
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@merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social
The annual report from the Scottish Society for Recording Abnormal Happenings 1942.
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@merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social
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APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF COVENTRY….
On NOTW this week, with @merrynwalters.uk and I, we read an article about a character that lived in Coventry during the war. we can’t find anything also about him… anyone from the Cov area know anything? It would be great to find out.
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On NOTW this week, with @merrynwalters.uk and I, we read an article about a character that lived in Coventry during the war. we can’t find anything also about him… anyone from the Cov area know anything? It would be great to find out.
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December 6, 2025 at 11:11 AM
APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF COVENTRY….
On NOTW this week, with @merrynwalters.uk and I, we read an article about a character that lived in Coventry during the war. we can’t find anything also about him… anyone from the Cov area know anything? It would be great to find out.
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On NOTW this week, with @merrynwalters.uk and I, we read an article about a character that lived in Coventry during the war. we can’t find anything also about him… anyone from the Cov area know anything? It would be great to find out.
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The Germans have stuck their head in the noose of Stalingrad, and this funny little man has taken over the 8th army in the desert…
It’s the 19th of September 1942, join us to find out the news headlines of the day.
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It’s the 19th of September 1942, join us to find out the news headlines of the day.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The Germans have stuck their head in the noose of Stalingrad, and this funny little man has taken over the 8th army in the desert…
It’s the 19th of September 1942, join us to find out the news headlines of the day.
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It’s the 19th of September 1942, join us to find out the news headlines of the day.
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🚨 READ ALL ABOUT IT!
There's a war on, y'know.
After a mammoth session with the Big Green Book – we get into Stalingrad. @andyaitch.bsky.social does his naval voice. Twice. @merrynwalters.uk has the low-down on Wavey Davey, and it's all go on the 19th September 1942.
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There's a war on, y'know.
After a mammoth session with the Big Green Book – we get into Stalingrad. @andyaitch.bsky.social does his naval voice. Twice. @merrynwalters.uk has the low-down on Wavey Davey, and it's all go on the 19th September 1942.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🚨 READ ALL ABOUT IT!
There's a war on, y'know.
After a mammoth session with the Big Green Book – we get into Stalingrad. @andyaitch.bsky.social does his naval voice. Twice. @merrynwalters.uk has the low-down on Wavey Davey, and it's all go on the 19th September 1942.
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There's a war on, y'know.
After a mammoth session with the Big Green Book – we get into Stalingrad. @andyaitch.bsky.social does his naval voice. Twice. @merrynwalters.uk has the low-down on Wavey Davey, and it's all go on the 19th September 1942.
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