Another great line-up of WW2 sniper stories featuring female snipers, British veteran Harry Furness, the psychology of sniping and stories from Crete and Sicily along with one or two more surprises. And the usual PS's!

Great Unpublished History!

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Gary Yee's book: World War II Snipers (1939-45) The Men, Their Guns, Their Story
Here's a link to Amazon in the US:

https://www.amazon.com/World-War-II-Snipers-Illustrated/dp/1636240984

Google extracts from Gary Yee’s book
https://www.google.com/books/edition/World_War_II_Snipers/MtBkEAAAQBAJ?q=el+alamein+sniping+spots&gbpv=0#f=false

The High Road Sniper Story forum:
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/a-collection-of-bedtime-stories-or-sharpshooter-sniper-tales.36853/page-19

Military History Company
https://www.worldwarsupply.com/

The Secret Drop - James Papalia's new book, covered in the Christmas episode.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSWGJRTT?ref_=cm_sw_r_apin_dp_GZHD1DWSD9AFSJ9M3YW3&language=en-US&fbclid=IwAR1E2IBqfEsTX0_On3vxT6twWN9SLID7fVRpbeZ2_2ftR6r0Lr2dxMc-svU_aem_AXaujzVFtVPlekILmZr_1-21D6F34E2-lSslmNoaYr5-V0lDjwetkGK2z7GFVNzoFac

Reddit war stories forum
Sgt Carbonero said:
https://reddit.com/r/ww2/s/7zhCVvj7sr

Another tranche of Sniper stories based around the book, World War II Snipers - The Men, Their Guns, Their Story, by Gary Yee. Features selection of personnel, training, tactics and the weapons themselves. Lots of WW2 stories and eye witness accounts from around the world.

Great Unpublished History!

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Links to features in the show:

Gary’s book: World War II Snipers (1939-45) The Men, Their Guns, Their Story
Here's a link to Amazon in the US:

https://www.amazon.com/World-War-II-Snipers-Illustrated/dp/1636240984

Google extracts from Gary Yee’s book
https://www.google.com/books/edition/World_War_II_Snipers/MtBkEAAAQBAJ?q=el+alamein+sniping+spots&gbpv=0#f=false

The High Road Sniper Story forum:
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/a-collection-of-bedtime-stories-or-sharpshooter-sniper-tales.36853/page-19

Military History Company
https://www.worldwarsupply.com/

The Secret Drop - James new book, covered in the Christmas episode.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSWGJRTT?ref_=cm_sw_r_apin_dp_GZHD1DWSD9AFSJ9M3YW3&language=en-US&fbclid=IwAR1E2IBqfEsTX0_On3vxT6twWN9SLID7fVRpbeZ2_2ftR6r0Lr2dxMc-svU_aem_AXaujzVFtVPlekILmZr_1-21D6F34E2-lSslmNoaYr5-V0lDjwetkGK2z7GFVNzoFac

Reddit war stories forum
Sgt Carbonero said:
https://reddit.com/r/ww2/s/7zhCVvj7sr

Christmas at war, with more seasonal tales, including a special feature on what Christmas was like in various countries around the globe during WW2.
Specials in this episode:
German Boy Soldier's Christmas Shoes
V1 Doodlebug bombs over Manchester
The Last Flight of Lancaster DV189
The Journal of Flight Sergeant Jim Browning
Christmas at war around the world

And just to remind you, if you want to fill your December with a catch up on all the previous Christmas episodes for this podcast, you can access them easily by clicking on the episodes item on the website menu and selecting - Christmas!

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Manchester V1 attack WW2 and comments
https://aircrashsites.co.uk/air-raids-bomb-sites/luftwaffe-v1-attack-on-manchester-christmas-eve-1944/

Bomber enemies in WWII became friends
https://nation.time.com/2012/12/20/a-christmas-story-but-not-by-charles-dickens/

Eugene Fluckey’s book Thunder Below about USS Barb submarine.
https://amzn.to/4a9dS3k

Sounds
Lancaster crashing - Plane Crash.flac Copyright 2013 Iwan Gabovitch, CC-BY3 license.

http://freesound.org/people/Snipperbes/sounds/145365/