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85 Bill Turner, POW, and the Cockleshell Heroes, WW2 Commandos
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How the Cockleshell Heroes upset Nazi supply lines with canoes!
The Cockleshell Heroes, Operation Frankton, was a commando raid on ships in the German occupied French port of Bordeaux in southwest France
PLUS: How British Royal Fusilier, Bill Turner, survived for 3 years as a German POW. Featured in Episode artwork.
More great unpublished history!
Support the Cockleshell 2022 team for December 22 and donate to the Royal British Legion: https://bit.ly/CockleshellFightingThrough Paul Britton, Senior reporter at Manchester Evening News. Twitter: @PaulBrittonMEN Facebook: www.facebook.com/PaulBrittonjournalist
Cockleshell article in Manchester Evening News:https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/following-in-the-footsteps-of-24453884
Cockleshell article BBC:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12914628
On This Day Australian military history - Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/OTDAustralianMilitaryHistory/
Donate To Salvation Army Ukraine Crisis Appeal https://bit.ly/FightingThroughSalvationArmy
Red Cross/ Disasters Emergency Committee https://bit.ly/FightingThroughRedCross
Full show notes, photos and transcript at:
www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/85-Bill-Turner-POW-and-Cockleshell-Heroes-WW2
Reviews on main website:https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/reviews/new/
Apple reviews: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ww2-fighting-through-from-dunkirk-to-hamburg-war-diary/id624581457?mt=2
Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaulCheall
Follow me on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/FightingThroughPodcast
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Manage episode 336378881 series 1472694
How the Cockleshell Heroes upset Nazi supply lines with canoes!
The Cockleshell Heroes, Operation Frankton, was a commando raid on ships in the German occupied French port of Bordeaux in southwest France
PLUS: How British Royal Fusilier, Bill Turner, survived for 3 years as a German POW. Featured in Episode artwork.
More great unpublished history!
Support the Cockleshell 2022 team for December 22 and donate to the Royal British Legion: https://bit.ly/CockleshellFightingThrough Paul Britton, Senior reporter at Manchester Evening News. Twitter: @PaulBrittonMEN Facebook: www.facebook.com/PaulBrittonjournalist
Cockleshell article in Manchester Evening News:https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/following-in-the-footsteps-of-24453884
Cockleshell article BBC:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12914628
On This Day Australian military history - Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/OTDAustralianMilitaryHistory/
Donate To Salvation Army Ukraine Crisis Appeal https://bit.ly/FightingThroughSalvationArmy
Red Cross/ Disasters Emergency Committee https://bit.ly/FightingThroughRedCross
Full show notes, photos and transcript at:
www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/85-Bill-Turner-POW-and-Cockleshell-Heroes-WW2
Reviews on main website:https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/reviews/new/
Apple reviews: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ww2-fighting-through-from-dunkirk-to-hamburg-war-diary/id624581457?mt=2
Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaulCheall
Follow me on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/FightingThroughPodcast
YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnlqRO9MdFBUrKM6ExEOzVQ?view_as=subscriber
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