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Former enemies

Mr. Sperry talks about how he looks at Veterans from the opposite side and what it would have been like if he had been born in their countries.

Lessons on vigilance

Mr. Sperry talks about how he hopes war never happens again.

Storm on the Atlantic

Mr. Sperry describes storms on the Atlantic and how a man was lost overboard.

Hiroshima

Mr Sperry talks about what it was like going to Hiroshima a few weeks after the Atomic Bomb was dropped.

After VE Day

Mr. Sperry talks about VE Day and the things that happened, for example, girls getting their heads shaved because they talked to the enemies.

Air Raids

Mr. Sperry describes the sound of an air raid and how it became real when his home town was bombed.

War Declared

Mr. Sperry talks about where he was when war was declared.

Werewolf Operation

Mr. Pollak talks about rumours of the Werewolf Operation, which was a fortified area in Austria of young SS who would continue to fight. He also discusses how the German High Command continued to exist after the end of the war and helped control the defeated army.

Crossing the Rhine

Mr. Pollak describes an incident while crossing the Rhine where the Canadian unit were able to decode more effectively than the British or Americans and they subsequently averted serious casualties from an artillery barrage.

21 Panzer Division

Mr. Pollak describes the 21 Panzer Division and how useful their intelligence of the signalling patterns became in tracking the German’s movements.

Differentiation of Signals (Part 2 of 2)

Mr. Pollak describes how they were able to differentiate the origin of one signal from another.

The Rhine Drop (4 of 4)

Mr. Kelly describes the gliders used in the Rhine drop and talks of a medical officer he befriended.

Date modified:: 2019-02-19