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In this Episode of The Thermal, we're devoting a full show to the story of WW2 British combat Glider Pilot Frank Hughes and his role in Operation Market Garden…also known as the Battle of Arnhem.   It's a remarkable tale of a young man who flew a fully loaded HORSA combat glider into a war zone and survived the ensuing battle.

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In the late hours of hours of June 5th, 1944 six Horsa gliders, towed by Halifax bombers made their way across the channel.  Inside the lead glider, codenamed Chalk 91, sat 30 men readying themselves for one of the most daring missions of D-Day. Little did the men realise that the next 24 hours would turn into a desperate battle for survival, as they became surrounded, deep behind enemy lines attacked by tanks, snipers and the full might of the Nazi army.  Sadly, some would never see home again.  These soldiers wore the maroon berets of the airborne forces, known to enemy as The Red Devils.  To us, they have become known as The Dare Devils of D-Day Sign up to our newsletter for exclusive discounts here: http://eepurl.com/imr7Dk Buy our D-Day magazine here: https://bit.ly/AmazingVehiclesDDayMagazine Visit: amazingwarstories.com to find our more about this initiative. Have a war story to tell? email mystory@amazingwarstories.com Contributors: Henry Whitington - Archivist, Army Flying Museum Chris "Freddie" Kruger - Ex British Para, Amateur Historian & Curator, The Crompton Collection Dr Chris Mann - Director of The War Studies Department, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Episode Credits- Written, Researched and Executive Produced by Ed Sayer Associate Producer Lois Crompton Editing, Sound design & 3D mastering by Vaudeville Sound Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! El concepto de asaltos aerotransportados fue observado por todas las potencias de los años 30, pero no fue hasta mayo del 40, cuando los comandos alemanes lo utilizaron en la batalla del fuerte Eben-Emael que empezó a ser considerado como una pieza muy útil para operaciones reales e incluso determinantes para el uso en desembarcos. Normandía se llenó de planeadores Horsa y Waco la noche del 6 de junio del 44, y posiblemente fue decisivo. En este episodio para FANS explicamos las tácticas, los usos y los modelos de los principales planeadores de asalto de toda la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Con Antonio Gómez y Dani CarAn. 🔗 Enlaces para Listas de Episodios Exclusivos para 💥 FANS 👉 CB FANS 💥 https://bit.ly/CBPListCBFans 👉 Histórico 📂 FANS Antes de la 2GM https://bit.ly/CBPListHis1 👉 Histórico 📂 FANS 2ª Guerra Mundial https://bit.ly/CBPListHis2 👉 Histórico 📂 FANS Guerra Fría https://bit.ly/CBPListHis3 👉 Histórico 📂 FANS Después de la G Fría https://bit.ly/CBPListHis4 Casus Belli Podcast pertenece a 🏭 Factoría Casus Belli. Casus Belli Podcast forma parte de 📀 Ivoox Originals. 📚 Zeppelin Books zeppelinbooks.com es un sello editorial de la 🏭 Factoría Casus Belli. Estamos en: 👉 https://podcastcasusbelli.com 👉 X/Twitter https://twitter.com/CasusBelliPod 👉 Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CasusBelliPodcast 👉 Instagram estamos https://www.instagram.com/casusbellipodcast 👉 Telegram Canal https://t.me/casusbellipodcast 👉 Telegram Grupo de Chat https://t.me/casusbellipod 📺 YouTube https://bit.ly/casusbelliyoutube 👉 TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@casusbelli10 👨💻Nuestro chat del canal es https://t.me/casusbellipod ⚛️ El logotipo de Casus Belli Podcasdt y el resto de la Factoría Casus Belli están diseñados por Publicidad Fabián publicidadfabian@yahoo.es 🎵 La música incluida en el programa es Ready for the war de Marc Corominas Pujadó bajo licencia CC. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/ El resto de música es bajo licencia privada de Epidemic Music, Jamendo Music o SGAE SGAE RRDD/4/1074/1012 de Ivoox. 🖼 La miniatura es un detalle de una obra de Nigel Bangert. 📧¿Queréis contarnos algo? También puedes escribirnos a casus.belli.pod@gmail.com ¿Quieres anunciarte en este podcast, patrocinar un episodio o una serie? Hazlo a través de 👉 https://www.advoices.com/casus-belli-podcast-historia Si te ha gustado, y crees que nos lo merecemos, nos sirve mucho que nos des un like, ya que nos da mucha visibilidad. Muchas gracias por escucharnos, y hasta la próxima. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

In this episode, Shawn discusses the kingdom of Kent, the first of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England post-Roman Britain as told by Bede's "Ecclesiastical History of the English People" and the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle". Shawn delves into the legendary figures of Kent's inception, focusing on the brothers Hengest and Horsa, whose lineage traces back to the All-Father, Odin. He discusses King Aethelberht of Kent, the pioneering Anglo-Saxon monarch to embrace Christianity, setting a precedent for future rulers. The discussion extends to King Ecbert of Wessex, whose familial ties to Kent through his father, King Ealmund, raise intriguing questions about the kingdom's sovereignty. Despite their direct descent from Cerdic of Wessex, Ecbert's actions indicate a desire to assert Wessex's dominance over Kent, leading to its subjugation under Wessex's rule.Errors:Shawn misstated the beginning of Ida of Northumbria's reign as 457 CE, intending to reference the year 547 CE.Shawn's wording regarding Penda of Mercia's conversion implied he was the last to convert, whereas he remained a staunch pagan until his death. The correction clarifies that he was the last pagan Anglo-Saxon king, with Mercia converting after his reign.In reference to the West-Saxon king, Shawn inadvertently used "Cadwalla" instead of "Ceadwal".Shawn apologizes for any confusion arising from discussing two separate individuals named Ecbert without clearly distinguishing between them.Ways to support us:If you have been enjoying our show, please write a 5 star review on itunes to help spread our podcast to a wider audience:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/between-two-ravens-a-norse-mythology-podcast/id1604263830Buy Shawn a Beer or Coffee: https://ko-fi.com/tworavenpodcastFollow us or leave a message on Instagram:Instagram: (@BetweenTwoRavens): https://www.instagram.com/betweentworavens/Check out David's writing: Prosoche Project (www.prosocheproject.com).Walled Garden (https://thewalledgarden.com/davidalexander)Our podcast is part of The Walled Garden Podcast Network. The Walled Garden is committed to the pursuit of Truth, Wisdom, Virtue, and the Divine, wherever it might be found. Visit thewalledgarden.com to learn more.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5910787/advertisement

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The film opens during Caesar's invasions of Britain, with Mark Antony (Sid James) struggling to lead his armies through miserable weather. At a nearby village, cavemen Horsa (Jim Dale) and Hengist Pod (Kenneth Connor) attempt to alert Boudica to the invasion, but are captured by the Romans. Once in Rome, Horsa is sold by the slave-trading firm Marcus et Spencius, and Hengist is destined to be thrown to the lions when no-one agrees to buy him. Horsa and Hengist escape and take refuge in the Temple of Vesta. Whilst hiding there, Julius Caesar (Kenneth Williams) arrives to consult the Vestal Virgins, but an attempt is made on his life by his bodyguard, Bilius (David Davenport). In the melee, Horsa kills Bilius and escapes, leaving Hengist to take the credit for saving Caesar's life and to be made Caesar's new bodyguard. When a power struggle emerges in Egypt, Mark Antony is sent to force Cleopatra (Amanda Barrie) to abdicate in favour of Ptolemy. However, Mark Antony becomes besotted with her, and instead kills Ptolemy off-screen to win her favour. Cleopatra convinces Mark Antony to kill Caesar and become ruler of Rome himself so that they may rule a powerful Roman-Egyptian alliance together. After seducing one another, Mark Antony agrees, and plots to kill Caesar. Caesar and Hengist travel to Egypt on a galley, along with Agrippa (Francis de Wolff), whom Mark Antony has convinced to kill Caesar. However, Horsa has been re-captured and is now a slave on Caesar's galley. After killing the galley-master (Peter Gilmore), Horsa and the galley slaves kill Agrippa and his fellow assassins and swim to Egypt. Hengist, who had been sent out to fight Agrippa and was unaware of Horsa's presence on board, again takes the credit. Once at Cleopatra's palace, an Egyptian soothsayer (Jon Pertwee) warns Caesar of the plot to kill him, but Mark Anthony convinces Caesar not to flee. Instead, Caesar convinces Hengist to change places with him, since Cleopatra and Caesar have never met. On meeting, Cleopatra lures Hengist, who accidentally exposes both Cleopatra and Mark Anthony as would-be assassins. He and Caesar then ally with Horsa, and after defeating Cleopatra's bodyguard Sosages (Tom Clegg) in combat, Hengist and the party flee Egypt. Caesar is returned to Rome, only to be assassinated on the Ides of March. Horsa and Hengist return to Britain, and Mark Antony is left in Egypt to live "one long Saturday night" with Cleopatra.

Genevieve Kruyssen at the Where the Wild Things Are bookshop in Brisbane and literacy expert Sharon Callen chat about 18 new releases and how they can support teachers in the classroom. Sharon makes connections with the books for teachers, answering questions she often gets from them in schoolsSome of the discussions are about:How to find books that are for everyone, with amazing vocabulary that suits the story perfectlyWhy we can't underestimate the power of reading aloud - it can increase comprehension, fluency, vocabulary, empathy, understanding the world etcHow we can help struggling readers find great booksHow we can find books with delicious words that want to form themselves in your mouthThe importance of wordless pictures books and graphic novels 29: 50Why reading children's books is so good for adults. It sustains, gives sense of wonder  38: 00Finding books that have a strong sense of place and strong charactersSome of the books included in the chat are (see the books here: Booklist from the podcast)PICTURE BOOKSMatt Formston - Surfing the Dark, John Dickson and Phillip Bunting  07: 14NT Mob Sharing Stories and Language, Bill Forshaw (Editor) 11: 36The Boy and the Elephant, Freya Blackwood 16: 57Stay for Dinner, Sandra Parappukkaran; Michelle Pereira 17: 30White Sunday, Litea Fuata, Myo Yim 18: 23Come Over to My House, Sally Rippin; Eliza Hull; Daniel Gray-Barnett (Illustrator) 22: 49The Bunyip and the Stars, Adam Duncan; Paul Lao (Illustrator) 25: 02The Garden at the End of the World, Cassie Polimeni; Briony Stewart 27: 22GRAPHIC NOVELS/WORDLESS PICTURE BOOKSPebble and Wren, Chris Hallbeck, 30:28 (a warm up to graphic novels)Legend of the Yearling - Guardians of Horsa, Roan Black 32: 36Wombats Go Camping, Maddie Frost 35: 21NOVELSHarriet Hound, Kate Foster; Sophie Beer (Illustrator) 38: 50 (Years 1-3)Leeva at Last, Sara Pennypacker 43: 02October, October, Katya Balen, Angela Harding 46: 58The Mud Puddlers, Pamela Rushby 52: 23  (Years 5-7)The Wrath of the Woolington Worm: Miss Mary-Kate Martin's Guide to Monsters - Karen Foxlee, Freda Chiu  53: 50 (Years 3-5)Pearly and Pig, Sue Whiting  59: 16 (Years 3-5)Whalesong, Kate Gordon  59:57The duo delve deeply into the themes, writing styles and impact of books and authors and how they can enhance teaching in the classroom - and much more!Genevieve Kruyssen loves weird magic. Working in a bookstore has been a dream of hers since she was ten when she used to get in trouble for reading under her desk in class. Her most favourite books have lonely landscapes, whether they be moors, castles or windswept snows.Enjoy, and let us know thoughts and feedback in our Facebook Group.Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favourite podcast player.FEATURED RESOURCESBook StoresBooklist from the podcast - by Where the Wild Things Are bookstore in BrisbaneJOIN CUE LEARNING'S NEXT LIVE WEBINAR!Find upcoming events here and previous webinars (online video courses) here.Other matching PDF resources can be found at Teachific.Got any questions? Feedback? Thoughts? Email the Cue office at: admin@cuelearning.com.auThe Teacher's Tool Kit For Literacy is the free podcast for motivated teachers and school leaders who want the latest tips, tricks and tools to inspire their students and school community in literacy learning. Hear from literacy expert and founder of Cue Learning, Sharon Callen, and special guests.At Cue Learning, our literacy specialists draw on over 30 years of teaching and international consulting experience to deliver world-class learning solutions. We equip, empower and support teachers to become their authentic selves. To find out about upcoming events, and about how Cue can help you and your school, visit the Cue Learning website http://www.cuelearning.com.au/ and sign up to our newsletter https://cuelearning.com.au/contact/And you can get even more amazing teaching resources, right now, at Teachific https://www.teachific.com.au/.To make sure you don't miss any literacy learning tips and insights, please subscribe to our show on your favourite podcast player.MORE INFORMATION AT A GLANCE:Visit cuelearning.com.auSubscribe to the Teacher's Tool Kit For Literacy podcasts  or join on Apple  Podcasts hereContact the Cue office:  admin@cuelearning.com.auJoin our Teacher's Toolkit facebook groupFind connected resources on TeachificSee upcoming online eventsSee our online video courses hereAnd finally, read our insightful blogs hereProduced by Apiro Media https://apiropodcasts.com

This extract is taken from ‘A Man of Heart' by Liam Guilar, published by Shearsman in January 2023. The Venerable Bede dated this event to 450 AD. The British, attacked on all sides, abandoned by Rome, hired mercenaries to help them to fight their enemies. Traditionally, they hired three boat loads of ‘Germanic Warriors', led by Hengist and his brother, Horsa. On the beach watching them depart is his daughter, Rowena, who will play a significant role in subsequent events. Their story is told in 'A Man of Heart.'

Una misión llevada a cabo por unos pocos hombres audaces que se arriesgaban a no salir con vida, requirió de esquís, equipos de escalada y explosivos.Seis planeadores Horsa aterrizaron cerca de Cabourg (Francia) para lanzar un ataque sorpresa con el propósito de tomar el puente Pegasus, en el río Orne.

Australia manúic óttu gonda bec gori kiyalla ham gora forer

"with battleaxes and spears in their hands"

It's been a busy couple of weeks since the last podcast. The succession of storms had an impact and Paul foolishly agreed to appear on BBC South Today to talk about the deprivations of a whole three days without electricity. What an embarrassment. Thirty minutes or so after the BBC left the power came back on! Meanwhile Glyn was dodging the roof of the Wetherspoons pub that was flying low over Trowbridge. But what we experienced in the south was nothing compared to our fellow countrymen in the north, some of whom went for weeks without power a short while ago. And certainly nothing compared to those people who live that way every day of their lives. This minor inconvenience was a sobering reminder of how fortunate we are. Paul has also recommenced volunteering for Natural England. The Parsonage Down volunteers have been stood down since December. But the venue this week was the stunning Prescombe Down, which Paul visited during a walk in June 2020. The walk can be found at the link below and was called Eden's Last Post. We covered it in podcast 17. Prescombe Down is part Natural England National Nature Reserve and part SSSI (which Natural England is responsible for monitoring). The Natural England team spent a day brush cutting and “tree popping” in what was a truly hidden side valley, visible only from the entrance to the valley itself or from a bridleway high on the slopes above. This really is a beautiful place with a sense of remoteness about it, often closed to the public because of the local shoot. Glyn is also back to volunteering for Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, counting sheep at Dunscombe Bottom close to Knook Camp which is busy with Army personnel at the moment. Following in the footsteps of the last podcast and the story of Sarah Lucas and her family who last lived in Wiltshire 30 years ago, we had another of life's wonderful coincidences. Something that would complete a circle for us. We recently received a book order from Wiltshire thatcher Brian Chalk. Since he lives only around 15 minutes away Paul said he'd deliver the book. We then received an email from Brian to say that Kay Chalk, who featured in podcast 11 and in the walk Paul did in August 2020 which was written up in the blog dated 27 August 2020 entitled Searching for Kitt's Grave (In Memory of Kay Chalk 1929-2019), was his mother! Anyone who listened to podcast 11 will know that when he found the bench erected in memory of Kay Chalk, Paul became quite emotional as Kay was almost the same age as his own mum albeit Kay lived a lot longer. It was a poignant reminder.    Brian shared some photos of his mum and told us the story of how, from the age of 5, she used to walk to school alone from her parent's lonely cottage at Hut and Lodge Farm on Ox Drove, down Church Bottom to Broad Chalke – a distance of around 3.5kms. And the real shock for Paul was that Kay's ashes were scattered by the bench that bears her name. This might explain why Paul was so deeply affected by the experience of being there. You can almost feel Kay's presence. Brian shared photographs and more remarkable stories about his family who have lived in that part of Wiltshire for hundreds of years. You'll have to listen to the podcast to find out more. But for Glyn and Paul, this is what makes Hidden Wiltshire so worthwhile. Joining the dots and connecting to the history of Wiltshire through its present day inhabitants.  We eventually got to the main theme of the podcast – the World War II RAF bases of Blakehill and Ramsbury. Glyn takes us on a journey through the landscape of what used to be two RAF airfields.  Blakehill Farm is now an important Wiltshire Wildlife Trust nature reserve and the north Wiltshire headquarters for the Trust (the southern headquarters is at Coombe Bissett Down (spelled “Combe” on the 1:25,000 OS map)). It adjoins Stoke Common Meadow and lies to the south west of the Saxon town of Cricklade - once home to the Royal Mint from 979 to 1100 AD. RAF Blakehill was the base for a number of tactical air transport squadrons that operated RAF C-47 Dakotas and Horsa gliders. The airfield played a key role in the D-Day landings when the Dakotas towed gliders full of airborne troops to France in support of Operation Overlord in June 1944. It also served as a listening post during the Cold War. Little remains of the airfield's past but the runways are still evident from above as crop marks. It is now a vast hay meadow of 264 ha/650 acres and when Glyn visited in June 2017, armed with permission from WWT to fly his drone, it took him 90 minutes to walk from the entrance at Stoke Common Meadow all the way across to the far side of Blakehill Farm. You'll find a link to his original blog with photographs and links to more information about the reserve and its past below. RAF Ramsbury, to the south west of the village of Ramsbury, started life as a base for the Training Units from RAF Bomber Command. Pilots were trained on two-engined Airspeed Oxfords before moving on to four-engined Avro Lancaster bombers located at other bases. But following America's entry into the war it became a base for the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) for troop carrying operations. As with RAF Blakehill, C-47 Dakotas operated from Ramsbury but this time they were USAAF aircraft. Apart from carrying paratroopers they also towed American Waco as well as British Horsa gliders. Again, Ramsbury played a critical role in supporting the D-Day landings in June 1944. Little remains of the airfield now but you can read more about it in Glyn's two blogs dated 14 March 2019 and 15 June 2019 linked below. There are lots of photographs. There's also a link to a website about the history of the airfield below. Then on to the wrap up: Steve Dixon's piece leading into our main subject today could only be “Eyes Looking East” for a host of obvious reasons. As ever the piece in the introduction and at the end of the podcast is entitled “The Holloway”. Don't forget to check out the Hidden Wiltshire online shop on the website if you'd like to help us keep the lights on. Both Hidden Wiltshire books can be purchased there. The second book is also available at Devizes Bookshop, Wiltshire Museum in Devizes and now Wiltshire's libraries. And don't forget to subscribe to the Hidden Wiltshire Newsletter from the website. Links: The Eden's Last Post blog about a walk that takes in Prescombe Down can be found here - Eden's Last Post The Searching for Kitt's Grave (in Memory of Kay Chalk 1929 - 2019) blog can be found here - Searching for Kitt's Grave Glyn's 2017 blog about Blakehill can be found here - HW Blakehill Farm and Stoke Common Meadows Wiltshire Wildlife Trust's page about Blakehill Farm and Stoke Common Meadows can be found here - WWT Blakehill Farm and Stoke Common Meadows The webpage includes a link to the RAF Blakehill Farm website. You can find Glyn's brief blog about his first visit to RAF Ramsbury here RAF Ramsbury Commemoration You can find Glyn's blog about his second visit to RAF Ramsbury here RAF Ramsbury Memorials More about the history of Ramsbury Airfield - Ramsbury Airfield Glyn's photographs can be seen on his Instagram feed @coy_cloud He is also very active on Twitter where his username is @Glyndle Paul's photography can be found on his website at Paul Timlett Photography and on Instagram at @tragicyclist Steve Dixon's sound art can be found on Soundcloud where his username is River and Rail Steve Dixon River and Rail. His photographs can be found on Instagram at @stevedixon_creative and his graphic design business website is at Steve Dixon Creative And finally you'll find the Hidden Wiltshire online shop here Hidden Wiltshire Shop  and a link to Glyn's blog about the latest book and how to purchase a copy here Hidden Wiltshire from near and far

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Gabriele Cortesi, vicepresidente esecutivo di Horsa, è il protagonista IT che dialoga al microfono con Primo Bonacina.Grande appassionato di bicicletta, Gabriele consiglia agli ascoltatori un itinerario "storico" da non perdersi sui pedali. E poi discute di Digital Transformation, che per Horsa significa anzitutto "portare l'informatica nel mondo fisico". Per Gabriele, questa disciplina non è più un semplice supporto per le aziende ma è ormai da tempo parte integrante dei processi che governano la vita delle aziende medesime.Una parte delle sue considerazioni riguarda ovviamente le piattaforme, ma con una particolare attenzione al ruolo di quelle hardware nello scenario evolutivo. E con una conclusione sintetica che sottolinea una certa amarezza per come le istituzioni e la politica continuino a non considerare l'informatica un settore decisivo per lo sviluppo economico, al punto da non aver ancora definito gli "informatici" come una precisa categoria professionale.Buon ascolto!Episodio podcast realizzato in collaborazione con ICT Village, la prima fiera digitale in 3D dell'innovazione tecnologica e gestionale, e partner di RADIO IT.

Gabriele Cortesi, vicepresidente esecutivo di Horsa, è il protagonista IT che dialoga al microfono con Primo Bonacina.Grande appassionato di bicicletta, Gabriele consiglia agli ascoltatori un itinerario "storico" da non perdersi sui pedali. E poi discute di Digital Transformation, che per Horsa significa anzitutto "portare l'informatica nel mondo fisico". Per Gabriele, questa disciplina non è più un semplice supporto per le aziende ma è ormai da tempo parte integrante dei processi che governano la vita delle aziende medesime. Una parte delle sue considerazioni riguarda ovviamente le piattaforme, ma con una particolare attenzione al ruolo di quelle hardware nello scenario evolutivo. E con una conclusione sintetica che sottolinea una certa amarezza per come le istituzioni e la politica continuino a non considerare l'informatica un settore decisivo per lo sviluppo economico, al punto da non aver ancora definito gli "informatici" come una precisa categoria professionale.Buon ascolto!Episodio podcast realizzato in collaborazione con ICT Village, la prima fiera digitale in 3D dell'innovazione tecnologica e gestionale, e partner di RADIO IT.

The Dark Ages are the time that Britain forgot. With that in mind let's try to pierce the veil with a story that almost definitely didn't happen!When the Romans abruptly pack up, leaving the locals with no protection one enterprising British Warlord will look to upgrade with some German muscle in the form of two guys who can trace their lineage back to the gods themselves. As long as they don't have an ulterior motive everything should be fine.... Right?Guest Host: Matt Hare See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The king of the Anglo-Saxon gods was Woden, a German version of the Scandinavian god Odin, who had two pet wolves and a horse with eight legs. Other gods were Thunor, the god of thunder; Frige, goddess of love; and Tiw, the god of war. No detailed account of Woden and his mythic adventures survives from the Anglo-Saxon era; nevertheless, this ancestral figure remains present in the cultural imagination of the English people even centuries later. The famous ecclesiastical historian Bede is the first known Anglo-Saxon author to describe this mythic genealogy in Book I, apitula 15 of his Historia claiming: Duces fuisse perhibentur eorum primi duo fratres Hengist et Horsa….Erant autem filii Uictgilsi, cuius pater Uitta, cuius pater Uecta, cuius pater Uoden, de cuius stirpe multarum prouinciarum regium genus originem duxit, “From the first, their leaders (the Anglo-Saxons) were held to be two brothers, Hengest and Horsa….They were sons of Wictgils, whose father was Witta, whose father was Wecta, whose father was Woden.”

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Help us make more episodes – http://www.patreon.come/medievalpodcast “In a short time, swarms of the aforesaid nations came over into the island, and the foreigners began to increase so much that they became a source of terror to the natives themselves who had invited them. Then, having on a sudden entered into league with the Picts, […]

Coming up in Episode 20 on the WW2 Nation Podcast, it is Part Two of Talking the Day The Devils Dropped In with historian Neil Barber and in which we will be discussing the actions by those men of the 7th Parachute Battalion and OBLI in holding the two bridges (Horsa & Pegasus) over the River Orne and Caen Canal. We will also be chatting about commemoration beyond the 75th Anniversary as well as a few of the brave actions that took place around the bridges in those first 24 hours, including one Neil believes should have seen a Victoria Cross given for. Music Featured: Hearts & Flowers by Jeff Kaale

In questo episodio intervisto Nicola Basso, General Manager di HORSA, societa' leader italiana nell'ICT. Trovate show notes e link discussi su https://it.officeofcards.com/podcasts Buon Ascolto!

The first men to land at Normandy on D Day flew in Horsa gliders as part of a daring raid to capture a bridge.  This is the remarkable story of their mission.     Title image created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence.

Synopsis Based on a true story. Ted and Florrie were childhood sweethearts who in 1936, married in the church on top of the Hill where they both lived, unaware of the dark rumblings from Europe, which in a few short years were to change their lives forever.  Ted is called up and joins an elite Airborne glider force tasked with capturing and holding the Pegasus and Horsa bridges in enemy-held Normandy vital to the success of the D-Day invasion. Their mission is a complete success but this is only the awful beginning. From there he continues to fight at the bloody Rhine Crossing, across Germany until finally meeting the Russian Army on the Baltic coast. Casualties are terrible.  In 1946 Ted is demobbed and returns to Florrie and his young family unscathed. But only physically so, for Florrie doesn't recognise the man who returns and soon the experience of constant death and the horror of battle takes its destructive toll on him. Both he and Florrie struggle to understand and come to terms with the problem in the buttoned-up society of the 1940s and 50s. To make matters worse, Florrie's mental health begins to deteriorate. How will Ted deal with this? With the same heightened sense of duty and loyalty that won the war, or will that same stubbornness turn on him and destroy him?  The story also looks at the lives of ordinary people in post-war England, at their values and culture, from the greyness of the fifties with the horse-drawn baker's van and the black footprints of the coal-man, to a country slowly emerging from the devastation of war and is a must read for fans of historical fiction.  Pegasus to Paradise is an ode to both the extraordinary efforts of ordinary men and women during the Second World War, and a moving portrait of duty, survival, humour and the power of love in post-war Britain. Excerpt Ted clicked through the metal gate and opened the front door. He would be glad to put all this shopping down. His forehead felt clammy and he rubbed a dull ache away in his chest. ‘Florrie. You there?’ There was no answer. Probably asleep. Better have a look. The landing was quite dim and he didn’t see it at first. The blood red smear on the white bathroom door and the mark of two fingers. ‘What the hell?’ The words gasped. Now he could see the dark drops on the landing carpet leading to the bedroom. His heart froze and he leant for a second against the wall. There was no sound. ‘Oh no Florrie.’ He pushed the bedroom door open, slowly, and stepped inside. Florrie was lying on her back on the bed, both arms outstretched. Her hands and arms and clothes were soaked red. A smudge of colour around her nose. A streak slashed across her throat. Her eyes closed. Behind her, the wall was smeared and splattered crimson. Ted recoiled as the violent scene screamed into his senses. ‘Jesus Christ.’ And hot tears flooded into his eyes. Then he realised. Something about the smell. This wasn’t blood. He knew what blood smelled like, lots of blood. And the colour...? He moved beside Florrie and placed his fingers on her neck. The pulse beat strongly. Beside her on the bed lay

Dans le cadre de l'opération 70 voix de la liberté, des élèves du centre de formation d'apprentis de l'industrie du Calvados et de la Manche (CFAI) rencontrent à Londres Gordon NEWTON, vétéran allié : parachutiste britannique qui a sauté d'un planeur Horsa, à l'aube du 6 juin 1944 sur Merville-Franceville.

At 00:16 on June 6th, 1944, glider number one landed right next to the Bénouville bridge. Two more gliders would be landing just behind it and the German defenders had no idea the British paratroopers were there. The bridge was right … Continue reading →

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