Videos tagged with germany
Experience in Cold War Germany
Peter discusses military service and being posted to Germany.
The Story of a German Girls Escape from the Russian Forces in WWII
Peter Whelan recants a story told to him by a German girl he met while serving as a Sergeant in Allied-Occupied Germany, He tells of her Escape from the Russians as a small child running through snow all the way to Berlin and what faced her upon her arrival.Peter Whelan recants a story told to him by a German girl he met while serving as a Sergeant in Allied-Occupied Germany, He tells of her Escape from the Russians as a small child running through snow all the way to Berlin and what faced her upon her arrival.
Childhood Memories of the War
Peter discusses the influence his brother and being a child in the war had on him wanting to become a playwright.
Living through WWII (Part 2) Getting Back in Contact
Carla Field talks about the loss of contact between herself and the German side of her family that lasted even after the end of the War, she also tells of some of the experiences that the German side of her family had.
Living through WWII (Part 1) German Heritage and the Blitz
Carla Field talks about her father who was a German Corespondent for a British Newspaper and mother who was German and what it was like to grow up during the Second World War and the London Blitz In Part 2 Carla talks about the divide and loss of contact between the German side of her family that lasted even after the end of the War
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BOMB EXPLODES ON HMS ANTELOPE Part 2 Falklands War
On May 23rd 1982 Warrant Officer John Phillips and his colleague Staff Sergeant James Prescott were called to HMS Antelope to defuse two 1,100 pound (500 kg) bombs...when one exploded.... In his e
FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORY Seeing a Zeppelin
William Walker was born in 1913 and later went on to serve in the RAF during World War Two. Here he recalls his earliest memory of seeing a German Zeppelin during the First World War.
CRASH LANDING AT GATWICK AIRPORT during World War Two
Wing Commander Bob Foster was born in 1920. He decided to join the Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve in January 1939. He flew a Hurricane fighter in the Battle of Britain but had an unlikely landi
An eye witness of a communist execution
With Germany out of their way, Tito's communist party came back to power. Rrahim Rexhepi, a World War Two survivor, explains how the Yugoslavian communists executed people that simply refused to obey
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THE IMPRISONMENT OF RUDOLF HESS
In 1983, James was a Major in Berlin and among his responsibilities was taking care of Hitler's former deputy, Rudolf Hess. He met Hess frequently, and tells of the extraordinary relationship between
ATOMIC BOMBING OF NAGASAKI Part 2
John Baxter was captured by the Japanese in 1942 and held first on Java. He was then transported to a camp on mainland Japan near Kyushu a coal mining area. Here he talks about being in Nagasaki in 19
BOMB EXPLODES ON HMS ANTELOPE Part 2 Falklands War
On May 23rd 1982 Warrant Officer John Phillips and his colleague Staff Sergeant James Prescott were called to HMS Antelope to defuse two 1,100 pound (500 kg) bombs...when one exploded.... In his e
HMS COVENTRY ATTACKED Part 2 Falklands War
On 25th May 1982, one of Argentina's National days, HMS Coventry, accompanied by HMS Broadsword was ordered to take up position in Falkland Sound to act as a decoy to draw away Argentinian aircraft fr
HURRICANES AND SPITFIRES
William Walker was born in 1913 and later went on to serve in the RAF during World War Two. He flew Spitfire's during the Warm notably in the Battle of Britain.
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