How did the US Military become the powerhouse it is today? John C. McCManus talks about the political decisions that caused the US Army to expand massively in the early 1940s. A Goalhanger Films ProductionProduced by Vasco AndradeExec Producer: Tony PastorTwitter: #WeHaveWays @WeHaveWaysPodWebsite: <a href="http://wehavewayspod.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wehavewayspod.com</a>Email: <a href="mailto:wehavewayspod@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wehavewayspod@gmail.com</a>

USA: We Have Ways - A Standing Start

The trio chat about James Holland's latest exploits in Monte Sammucro. How did the Allies keep up the momentum in the barren mountains of Italy and overwhelm the disorganised Nazi army? A Goalhanger Films ProductionProduced by Joey McCarthyExec Producer: Tony PastorTwitter: #WeHaveWays @WeHaveWaysPodWebsite: <a href="http://wehavewayspod.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wehavewayspod.com</a>Email: <a href="mailto:wehavewayspod@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wehavewayspod@gmail.com</a>

USA: We Have Ways - Americans in Italy

In the final instalment of our Italy adventure, James Holland arrives at Monte Cassino. What happened here in 1944 that makes the monastery so memorable? A Goalhanger Films ProductionProduced by Vasco AndradeExec Producer: Tony PastorTwitter: #WeHaveWays @WeHaveWaysPodWebsite: <a href="http://wehavewayspod.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wehavewayspod.com</a> Email: <a href="mailto:wehavewayspod@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wehavewayspod@gmail.com</a>

Walking The Ground - Monte Cassino

Al and James speak to flying instructor Sam Worthington-Leese about his 6 million pound mission to restore a Hawker Typhoon back to airworthy status. A Goalhanger Films ProductionProduced by Joey McCarthyExec Producer: Tony PastorTwitter: #WeHaveWays @WeHaveWaysPodWebsite: <a href="http://wehavewayspod.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wehavewayspod.com</a>Email: <a href="mailto:wehavewayspod@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wehavewayspod@gmail.com</a>

Restoring The Typhoon

In another wide-ranging chat, Al Murray and James Holland talk about partition in India, saving Scampton airfield and an extraordinary report from the end of the Italian campaign. A Goalhanger Films ProductionProduced by Harry LinekerExec Producer: Tony PastorTwitter: #WeHaveWays @WeHaveWaysPodWebsite: <a href="http://wehavewayspod.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wehavewayspod.com</a>Email: <a href="mailto:wehavewayspod@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wehavewayspod@gmail.com</a>

Saving Scampton, Indian Adventures and Lessons from Italy

Today’s family stories include tales of an Irishman in the British Army, the last days of fighting in Europe and the extraordinary experience of a Kiwi in the Solomon Islands. Family Stories runs every Sunday, telling your stories from the Second World War. A Goalhanger Films productionProduced by Joey McCarthy and Robin Scott-ElliotExec Producer: Tony PastorTwitter: #WeHaveWays @WeHaveWaysPodWebsite:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.wehavewayspod.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.wehavewayspod.com</a>Email:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com</a>

Family Stories Series 4: Episode 2

It was the war movie that won five Oscars and changed the genre forever, but does the history of 'Saving Private Ryan' hold up? Al Murray, James Holland and John McManus talk about what Spielberg got right with his Second War epic. A Goalhanger Films ProductionProduced by Joey McCarthyExec Producer: Tony PastorTwitter: #WeHaveWays @WeHaveWaysPodWebsite: <a href="http://wehavewayspod.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wehavewayspod.com</a>Email: <a href="mailto:wehavewayspod@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wehavewayspod@gmail.com</a>

USA: We Have Ways - The Real Saving Private Ryan

“These men of mine must never know how afraid I really am,Help me lead them in the fight so they will say: 'He was a man'." James Hollands explains in detail his latest Second World War obsession, The Battle of Ortona, doing so from the site of the battleground itself. A Goalhanger Films ProductionProduced by Vasco AndradeExec Producer: Tony PastorTwitter: #WeHaveWays @WeHaveWaysPodWebsite: <a href="http://wehavewayspod.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wehavewayspod.com</a>Email: <a href="mailto:wehavewayspod@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wehavewayspod@gmail.com</a>

Battle of Ortona

In the second part of our look at Operation Sea Lion, Al and James discuss Paddy Griffith’s 1974 wargame where high ranking officials from both the Allied and Axis sides met at Sandhurst&nbsp;to find out what might have happened had Nazi Germany actually launched the operation back in 1940. A Goalhanger Films ProductionProduced by Harry LinekerExec Producer: Tony PastorTwitter: #WeHaveWays @WeHaveWaysPodWebsite: <a href="http://wehavewayspod.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wehavewayspod.com</a> Email: <a href="mailto:wehavewayspod@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wehavewayspod@gmail.com</a>

Operation Sea Lion: Part 2

Today’s family stories include the morale-raising tale of one of the world's best-selling authors, protecting the crown jewels, the battle of the Pacific and the struggle for survival in a POW camp Family Stories will run for the next ten weeks on Sunday mornings. A Goalhanger Films productionProduced by Joey McCarthy and Robin Scott-ElliotExec Producer: Tony PastorTwitter: #WeHaveWays @WeHaveWaysPodWebsite:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.wehavewayspod.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.wehavewayspod.com</a>Email:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com</a>

Family Stories Series 4: Episode 1