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As the Task Force leave Ascencion Island in the mid-Atlantic, making a shooting war inevitable, the British special forces turn their attention to a suspiciously positioned fishing trawler called Narwhal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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It's May 1982. British Special Forces land on East Falkland and both the Argentinian cruiser Belgrano and the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Sheffield are sunk.
Join Saul and Patrick for episode 4 of Battleground: The Falklands War, where they're joined by a former Special Forces operator who reveals his team's dramatic infiltration of the islands.
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With the Task Force sailing towards the South Atlantic, how close did diplomatic efforts come to ending the war before a shot had been fired? Journalist Simon Jenkins, who was well-connected in the corridors of power at the time, explains the challenges Mrs Thatcher had to overcome, before Bob Headland, of the British Antarctic survey, gives an eye-witness account of the Argentine capture of South Georgia - another south Atlantic island some 900 miles from the Falklands. The retaking of South Georgia by British forces was the first major action of the conflict. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Once Mrs Thatcher had resolved to send a military Task Force to the Falklands following the Argentine invasion, how easy was it for the navy to mobilise in such a short period of time? Two of the key military commanders - Rear Admiral Jeremy Larken, then captain of HMS Fearless, and Major General Julian Thompson of the Royal Marines' 3 Commando Brigade, join Patrick and Saul to discuss the 'lash-up' and the convoluted command structure under the controversial figure of Rear Admiral Sandy Woodward. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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How did a small, remote group of islands in the south Atlantic spark one of Britain's most significant diplomatic and military incidents since the Second World War? Military historians Saul David and Patrick Bishop discuss the path that led to war between Argentina and the United Kingdom, and speak to Lord Luce, a foreign office minister who was at the heart of the diplomatic effort. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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In another special episode recorded on the ground in Ukraine, we start from the pearl of the Black Sea - Odesa, where we are joined by friend of the podcast Julius Strauss. Together with Saul and Patrick, Julius discusses what ways the conflict has transformed Odesa, especially given its context as a historically predominately Russian speaking city.
You can read more about Julius' thoughts and findings on Odesa on his substack here - https://backtothefront.substack.com/p/return-to-odesa
We then take you on our Journey to Ukraine's second largest city, Kharkiv, where we give our first impressions of the embattled city. Patrick also attended mass at the Cathedral of the Assumption and spoke to Farther Oleg Kovynyov, on his experiences and thoughts about the war.
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Was it possible to avoid KGB surveillance in Moscow as a CIA agent at the height of the Cold War? What motivates someone to spy on their country for an opposing power? And how did Adolf Tolkachev manage to smuggle out the top secret documents the CIA needed to defeat the USSR?
Adolf Tolkachev has been recruited by the CIA as a mole inside a highly sensitive government department in Moscow. His job: to sneak top secret documents out to offer the US a glimpse of Russia's defence capabilities. Despite his initial success, Tolkachev knew the risks if he was caught by the KGB. But, could he justify those risks? Find out as Gordon and David share the latest instalment of the story of Adolf Tolkachev.
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How did the CIA recruit a Russian asset in Moscow during the height of the Cold War? Why would someone be so determined to defect from the Soviet Union and spy for the US? And what would happen if the KGB found out they had a traitor in their midst?
Adolf Tolkachev had a vendetta against the Soviet state and became determined to orchestrate its demise. An expert on Soviet radar, Tolkachev realised his top secret work could help the US fight his communist overlords and potentially topple the entire system. So, how did he do it? Listen as Gordon and David start to tell the story of the man who became the CIA’s most valuable Russian spy.
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Schinnen, The Netherlands, Christmas 1944.
The men of the Sherwood Rangers have a choice for Christmas 1944. Around 100 soldiers, after nearly 5 years of fighting, are eligible to return home for extended leave. But can the unit survive such a significant loss of experience in such a crucial period of fighting?
Join James Holland as he tells Al Murray and John McManus all about how the men of one of Britain's most decorated units in WW2 tried to bring a little Christmas cheer to each other and the starving Dutch children all around them.
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German-Belgian border, Christmas Eve 1944.
John McManus tells James Holland and Al Murray all about the surprising Christmas story of a family trying to survive, and an incredible reunion half a world away.
As three American soldiers seek refuge with a civilian family, they hear a knock at the door. German soldiers, desperate to seek warmth from the snow also walk in.
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Olympic skier, cigarette smuggler, countess, beauty queen, spy. Krystyna Skarbek was the first female agent of the Allied war effort, but far from the last. What drove women to join the fight against the Nazis, often deep into enemy-held territory and with nothing but their wits to aid them?
Join James Holland and Al Murray as they talk to SOE expert, Clare Mulley, on a thrilling series about the extraordinary women of SOE in an epic, but overlooked, part of WW2 history.
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Notes del programaApunta't a un curs de català o a un grup de conversa d'Easy Catalan (https://classes.easycatalan.org/)Tema del diaLa relació dels catalans amb el foc, amb la caca i amb l'anime són algunes de les peculiaritats que més us han sobtat. En aquest episodi parlem d'aquests i d'altres xocs culturals experimentats per vosaltres en terres catalanes. Som-hi!Taller de llenguaCom es diu el tronc de Nadal, tió o cagatió?BonusLa conversa continua amb altres xocs culturals viscuts per aprenents de català.TranscripcióAndreu:[0:15] Hola hola!Sílvia:[0:16] Hola, Andreu!Andreu:[0:17] Com anem?Sílvia:[0:18] Molt bé!Andreu:[0:19] Sílvia, ens va arribar un missatge fa poc a Spotify que em va fer molta il·lusió, perquè recordes l'Ana, del son jarocho?Sílvia:[0:27] Sí, clar!Andreu:[0:28] Episodi 3.Sílvia:[0:30] Clar, és que anava a dir el 3, no? Sí, sí, al principi.Andreu:[0:33] Sí, sí. Ara passem per l'episodi 155, però… ai, perdó, 145. Però sí, doncs vam rebre un missatge d'una noia que es diu Margarita, i diu: L'Ana és amiga meva. Ens vam conèixer a Barcelona. Les dos som de Mèxic, però ara fa temps que no parlem gens. El vostre pòdcast va ser la raó perfecta per cercar-la una altra vegada. Gràcies per fer aquest pòdcast. És boníssim".Sílvia:[0:59] Oh, uau! Molt bé. Això fa superil·lusió, no? Quan fa molt temps que no parles amb una amiga que havies tingut i de cop li dius: "Ei, Maria! Què, què fem?"Andreu:[1:10] Clar, i tu imagina't que et poses a escoltar un pòdcast i de cop sents aquella persona que coneixes i que fa temps que no hi parles, no?Sílvia:[1:18] Clar. Sí, sí.Andreu:[1:20] Doncs això, Margarita, molt contents que t'hagi servit el pòdcast per reprendre una amistat o reprendre el contacte amb una amistat. I a més amb l'Ana, que és supermaca.Sílvia:[1:29] Sí, molt simpàtica! Súper, que guai!Andreu:[1:33] Doncs sí, i una altra anècdota per compartir, i és que el Pierre i la Marianne, que han estat fent el curs de C1 aquest trimestre…Sílvia:[1:42] I el Campus d'Estiu.Andreu:[1:43] I el Campus d'Estiu. Doncs, el Pierre i la Marianne van anar a fer escalada a Montserrat conjuntament i l'anècdota és que, clar, ells dos, el que tenen en comú, el que els ha ajuntat com a amics, és el català.Sílvia:[1:59] I Easy Catalan, deixem-ho clar.Andreu:[2:00] I Easy Catalan, i Easy Catalan. Doncs, la seva llengua de comunicació és el català, i quan estaven allà, a Montserrat, hi havia un altre grup d'escaladors d'aquí, de Catalunya, que els van sentir parlant, van identificar que tenien un accent de fora i van dir: "Estem flipant. Es van quedar flipant de sentir dues persones que les dos són de fora… i les dos parlen en català entre si".Sílvia:[2:27] Doncs catalans, hauríeu de flipar menys, eh?Andreu:[2:29] Doncs sí, hauríeu de flipar menys i acceptar que el català al final el fem servir qui vol i molta més gent de la que ens pensem.Sílvia:[2:37] Oi tant! Sí, sí, sí. Que és una llengua per tothom.Andreu:[2:41] Doncs sí. I parlant d'això, dels cursos, avui, de fet, dia 19 de desembre, ha estat l'últim dia dels cursos trimestrals d'aquesta tardor i, bé, ha estat molt bé, ha sigut una experiència molt bonica i molt enriquidora. I si algú ha pensat a inscriure's a un curs de català, que sàpigui que aquest mes de gener comença el segon trimestre, per tant, comencen nous cursos en línia, en grups reduïts de 3 a 6 persones. I com ho podeu fer per inscriure-us?Sílvia:[3:10] Doncs heu d'entrar a la pàgina web classes.easycatalan.org i allà hi tindreu tota la informació: els dies que es faran les classes, els horaris, a quines hores, quant val i com ho heu de fer per inscriure-us-hi.Andreu:[3:23] Al final de la pàgina hi ha un apartat de preguntes freqüents, però si teniu més dubtes, més preguntes, ens podeu escriure per Instagram, per Telegram, per Facebook, per la xarxa que vulgueu.Sílvia:[3:35] També heu de tenir clar que és el segon trimestre, però que no heu d'haver fet el primer trimestre per apuntar-vos-hi. Podeu començar al gener amb forces, amb aquest any nou, amb tots els propòsits i també sou molt benvinguts.Andreu:[3:48] Exacte. I tingueu en compte que podeu fer un curs amb exercicis i explicacions, teoria sobre gramàtica, vocabulari i tota la pesca, o cursos de conversa. Teniu aquestes dues opcions.Sílvia:[4:02] Veniu a xerrar una estona i us ho passareu pipa!Andreu:[4:05] Això, això![...]Fes-te membre de la subscripció de pòdcast per accedir a les transcripcions completes, a la reproducció interactiva amb Transcript Player i a l'ajuda de vocabulari. (http://easycatalan.org/membership)
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Tema del diaQuines són les fórmules de salutació i de comiat més habituals a l'hora d'escriure correus electrònics en català? Què escrivim a l'assumpte? Hi posem emojis?Taula resum d'expressions habituals per escriure correus electrònics (https://correccioencatala.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Formules-de-salutacio-i-comiat-correu-electronic.jpg)Exemple de correu electrònic formalAssumpte: Informació sobre els cursos de catalàBenvolguts/Benvolgudes,Em poso en contacte amb vostès per sol·licitar informació sobre els cursos de català que s'imparteixen a la seva organització. M'interessaria conèixer els detalls sobre les dates, els horaris, els continguts i les condicions d'inscripció.Agrairia que em poguessin enviar la informació a través d'aquest correu electrònic o indicar-me com puc accedir-hi.Resto a la seva disposició per a qualsevol dubte o informació addicional que necessitin de la meva part.Moltes gràcies per la seva atenció.Cordialment,[Nom i cognoms][Telèfon de contacte][Adreça electrònica]Exemple de correu electrònic més informalAssumpte: Cursos de catalàEi, equip d’Easy Catalan!Com va tot? Us escric perquè m’interessa saber més sobre els cursos de català que feu. Em podeu passar informació sobre horaris, dates, continguts i com inscriure’m?Si necessiteu més dades meves, digueu-m’ho sense problema.Espero la vostra resposta.Fins aviat,[Nom]Escriu-nos un correu electrònic a [email protected] proposant-nos un tema o fent-nos una pregunta! ([email protected])Easy Catalan recomanaLanguageTool (https://languagetool.org/ca)BonusMirem com són els últims correus que hem escrit nosaltres.TranscripcióAndreu:[0:15] Hola hola!Sílvia:[0:16] Hola, Andreu! Com estàs?Andreu:[0:18] Molt bé! I tu?Sílvia:[0:19] Bé.Andreu:[0:21] Sí? Doncs, Sílvia, recordes que fa unes setmanes vaig explicar una anècdota de la Kerry, que és que, arran del vídeo de les festes de Gràcia, va organitzar un sopar de germanor amb els seus veïns?Sílvia:[0:34] Sí, oi tant, que el van recuperar, de feia molt temps.Andreu:[0:36] Sí, que feia més de 20 anys que no feien un sopar de germanor. Doncs bé, la Kerry escolta el pòdcast, també, li va fer il·lusió sentir que comentàvem això i ara ens ha enviat una actualització sobre aquesta anècdota. Llavors, escoltem el que ens diu.Kerry:[0:55] Hola, Andreu i Sílvia. Acabo d'escoltar el pòdcast on vas explicar, Andreu, el sopar de germanor que vaig organitzar a l'estiu amb els meus veïns. Tenia molta molta il·lusió d'escoltar-ho i us volia comentar que gràcies a vosaltres i tot l'equip d'Easy Catalan, em vaig sentir còmoda i capaç de parlar català amb ells, amb els meus veïns. Després de set anys vivint aquí, ja era hora. Però una cosa molt molt divertida és que vaig conèixer una dona, bé, una veïna, que es diu Olga i que va créixer a Gràcia. I quan li vaig explicar per què volia organitzar aquesta festa, aquest sopar, va flipar. I ara som molt bones amigues. Doncs, mil gràcies a vosaltres de la (meva part). Una abraçada!Sílvia:[1:51] Una abraçada!Andreu:[1:53] Una abraçada, Kerry. Que bo.Sílvia:[1:56] Que fort! És que tot això sembla que siguem una petita comunitat, però va creixent, no? Vull dir, de mica en mica vas fent lligams, vas fent lligams i cada cop tens el cercle més gros.Andreu:[2:08] Bé, una petita comunitat ho som. O sigui, a Easy Catalan tenim aquesta comunitat tan xula a Discord. La Kerry és membre de Discord, de la comunitat, i participa molt sovint als xats, a les converses. Per tant, creem comunitat. Jo crec que és xulo això, no?, que ajudem també a crear comunitat física més enllà de la virtual que tenim nosaltres. Que guai.Sílvia:[2:34] Doncs me n'alegro molt que us hagueu fet amigues i que ara tinguis una veïna més amb (qui) puguis xerrar.Andreu:[2:42] Doncs sí. Si vosaltres, els oients, teniu anècdotes que voleu compartir amb nosaltres, ho podeu fer igual que la Kerry, enviant-nos un àudio. I això ho podeu fer des de la web del pòdcast. A la web, que és easycatalan.fm, veureu que hi ha un botó vermell, és molt visual, el veureu ràpidament, i a través d'aquell botó ens podeu enviar un missatge de fins a un minut i mig. Més d'un minut i mig ja no, perquè llavors directament us hauríem d'entrevistar, no? Us hauríem de convidar al pòdcast per entrevistar-vos. Doncs això, expliqueu-nos les vostres anècdotes relacionades amb el català, amb Catalunya o la resta de zones de parla catalana, que ens fa molta il·lusió també sentir-vos. [Oi tant, sí!] I si vosaltres també voleu formar part de la comunitat, com la Kerry, recordeu que l'enllaç és easycatalan.org/membership. Amb això no només podreu participar a les xerrades i els xats, sinó també fer els exercicis, per exemple, dels vídeos.Sílvia:[3:42] Que són interactius!Andreu:[3:44] Són exercicis interactius. A Instagram publiquem històries on es mostren aquests exercicis. Per tant, doneu-hi una ullada, que són molt xulos i són molt interessants per a vosaltres.Fes-te membre de la subscripció de pòdcast per accedir a les transcripcions completes, a la reproducció interactiva amb Transcript Player i a l'ajuda de vocabulari. (http://easycatalan.org/membership)
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Don Tidey was kidnapped by the Provisional IRA in the hopes that his employer would pay the significant ransom that they demanded. What ensued instead was the largest manhunt in the history of the Irish State, which would see people lose their lives as a result of paramilitary violence. Journalist Ronan McGreevey comes on to tell this story.
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In this second episode we examine James Mitchell and his farm at Glenanne. We then dive deep into two bar attacks, one which was carried out by serving members of the RUC, and the other which took place under the watchful eye of the British military.
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On the anniversary of the German tanks rolling into the Low Countries on their way to France, Al Murray and James Holland wonder if events could have taken a very different turn. Was the ultimate success of the campaign down to German brilliance or French incompetence?
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In May 1940 the German armed forces launched a massive offensive against Holland, Belgium and ultimately France.
Al Murray and James Holland take a detailed look at the events which shaped the first half of the Second World War.
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With discussions of the Vietnam War often focusing on the United States' role and position on the Asian continent, countries like Australia and their involvement often get overlooked. However, with 60,000 Australian troops serving on the ground, in the air force, and the navy, their role was undoubtedly significant. But what caused Australia to get involved in one of the most controversial conflicts in history? And how did this affect Australia's role on the global stage?
In this episode, James welcomes author and historian David W. Cameron to the podcast to help answer some of these questions. Exploring Australian military conscription, the country's relationship with the United States, and the events of Long Tan - And how did the Vietnam War impact Australia on both the domestic and international fronts? And is it fair to say Australia's intervention in Vietnam was a success?
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After the Fall of Singapore in February 1942, the focus of the Pacific War moved closer to Australia. Japanese forces bombed Darwin and began to launch attacks on Papua New Guinea, with a view to capturing its capital Port Moresby.
If the Japanese had captured that city, they would have been able to bomb vital Allied bases in northern Australia - potentially turning the tide of the war in their favour.
In this episode, James is joined by author David W. Cameron to find out about the ferocious, desperate, and incredibly vicious seven-month struggle that followed: the Kokoda Track campaign - often claimed to be 'Australia's Thermopylae'.
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As Cold War tensions escalated in the early 1950s, the White House became obsessed with one core goal: Containing Communism. Nowhere was this more true than in Guatemala. The United States viewed the Central American country as one which was firmly within its own backyard, and thus fair game for external interference. It was for this reason that in 1954 - before the Bay of Pigs or the Cuban Missile Crisis - the CIA carried out one of its most damaging, and notorious, military coups - aiding the overthrow of Guatemala's first democratically elected President.
In this episode, James is joined by Dr Rachel Nolan from Boston University, to take a deep dive into the CIA's infamous 1954 military coup that sparked a wave of violence in Guatemala and beyond for decades. With the effects of this geopolitical scandal still felt today, what can we learn from this shocking moment in history, and how come not one, but two, US Presidents signed off on it?
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