Major Robert 'Bob' Challoner

John Edgar Falls Dickson came from a storied family, and was one of four siblings to serve during the Second World War. A Royal Navy submariner, he was taken prisoner in the Mediterranean, and held in Italy, he was on a train bound for Germany after the Armistice when he made his escape.For You The War Is Over is a podcast, hosted by Dave Robertson and Tony Hoskins, which looks at the real life stories of Prisoner-of-War escapes from the the Second World War.If you would like to follow us on Twitter we can be found @FYTWIO we can also be found on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/FYTWIO/ or if you would prefer to send a more long form message we can also be reached via email at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Major Bob Challoner had served, and lost an eye, during the First World War, winning the Military Cross. However, that injury did not stop him from re-enlisting in the Army for the Second World War, escaping from a camp in Rouen, immediately making contact with the Resistance, before returning home to help with the preparations for D-Day. We were joined by his great-nephew, and biographer, Simon Buckley, author of "Major Challoner, Haven't You Done Enough?" to share with us Challoner's incredible escape story.For You The War Is Over is a podcast that looks at the real life stories of Prisoner-of-War escapes from the the Second World War. Hosted by Dave Robertson and Tony Hoskins, each episode looks at a new escape.If you would like to follow us, you can find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram or if you would prefer to email us, we can also be reached on [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Spitfire pilot from Oklahoma, USA, Claude Weaver had only just turned 19 when he was shot down over Sicily in 1942, he escaped from the horrendous Campo 21 at Chieti shortly after the Germans had taken control of the camp.For You The War Is Over is a podcast, hosted by Dave Robertson and Tony Hoskins, which looks at the real life stories of Prisoner-of-War escapes from the the Second World War.If you would like to follow us on Twitter we can be found @FYTWIO we can also be found on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/FYTWIO/ or if you would prefer to send a more long form message we can also be reached via email at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Corporal Norman Hogan didn't let injury and capture in France 1940 stop him from making repeated escape attempts, including some time spent in the hands of the Gestapo, before eventually escaping from a moving train in Germany, gaining help from an escape line in Belgium to get back to the United Kingdom.For You The War Is Over is a podcast, hosted by Dave Robertson and Tony Hoskins, which looks at the real life stories of Prisoner-of-War escapes from the the Second World War.If you would like to follow us on Twitter we can be found @FYTWIO we can also be found on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/FYTWIO/ or if you would prefer to send a more long form message we can also be reached via email at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One of the very last escapes of the entire war, Jack Collarbone would make four escape attempts in total during his three and a half years as a prisoner of war, in both Italian and German hands.For You The War Is Over is a podcast that looks at the real life stories of Prisoner-of-War escapes from the the Second World War. Hosted by Dave Robertson and Tony Hoskins, each episode looks at a new escape. If you would like to follow us, you can find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram or if you would prefer to email us, we can also be reached on [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Donald Lowry Boyd is one of those remarkable individuals who not only escaped captivity but he would also successfully evade capture altogether on an entirely separate occasion!For You The War Is Over is a podcast that looks at the real life stories of Prisoner-of-War escapes from the the Second World War. Hosted by Dave Robertson and Tony Hoskins, each episode looks at a new escape. If you would like to follow us, you can find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram or if you would prefer to email us, we can also be reached on [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sean Scullion, author of "Churchill's Spaniards", joined us to tell us all about the incredible life of Francisco Gerónimo, AKA Frank Williams, a Spaniard who fought in the Spanish Civil War, as well as the French Foreign Legion and the SAS, during the Second World War, squeezing an escape into his busy war!For You The War Is Over is a podcast that looks at the real life stories of Prisoner-of-War escapes from the the Second World War. Hosted by Dave Robertson and Tony Hoskins, each episode looks at a new escape.If you would like to follow us, you can find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram or if you would prefer to email us, we can also be reached on [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Series 9 of For You The War Is Over. We are delighted to be back after the bumper 'Great Escape' series, and to bring to you a brand new series with three amazing guests, and even more amazing escape stories. We hope you will enjoy this new series!For You The War Is Over is a podcast that looks at the real life stories of Prisoner-of-War escapes from the the Second World War. Hosted by Dave Robertson and Tony Hoskins, each episode looks at a new escape. If you would like to follow us on Twitter we can be found @FYTWIO we can also be found on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/FYTWIO/ or if you would prefer to send a more long form message we can also be reached via email at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Having asked our guests - families, biographers, researchers, historians, and others - for their reflections on the Great Escape, we felt it only fair that after a series running for nearly two years, and almost 100 episodes, that we ourselves also reflect upon the Great Escape, what we have learned in doing this series, and what our highlights were as well.For You The War Is Over is a podcast that looks at the real life stories of Prisoner-of-War escapes from the the Second World War. Hosted by Dave Robertson and Tony Hoskins, each episode looks at a new escape. If you would like to follow us, you can find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram or if you would prefer to email us, we can also be reached on [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It is a little known aspect of the Great Escape that many of the survivors started to hold reunions together in later life, which Bob Nelson styled the "Sagan Select Subway Society", or "SSSS" for short. Beginning in the late 1980s, they would reminisce about their experiences together, remember those they had lost, but also enjoy each others company and catch up on their respective lives. Dick Churchill was one of the regular organisers of these reunions, and we were re-joined by his sons, David and Roger Churchill, to tell us more about the Sagan Select Subway Society, and their efforts to commemorate the Great Escape into the future.For You The War Is Over is a podcast that looks at the real life stories of Prisoner-of-War escapes from the the Second World War. Hosted by Dave Robertson and Tony Hoskins, each episode looks at a new escape. If you would like to follow us, you can find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram or if you would prefer to email us, we can also be reached on [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.