John Frost

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3,379 appearances 10 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 3d ago

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WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk · Stalingrad Of The Adriatic: The Sangro (Part 1) · 23 Sep 2026 podcast

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The Sangro has been bridged again and supplies are coming through. matched

And the 24th Battalion attacks Castel Frentano on the 1st of December with the support of Shermans of the 4th Armoured Brigade and the Division's Artillery. matched

And Roger Smith and his platoon are supporting three Shermans as they enter the town. matched

And it's a weird thing because you you the the Route 84 winds up, you then does a dog sort of loops round. matched

Crosses over a railway line, climb up again, and then you've got this little dog leg back into the town, which is like all the towns in Italy perched on another ridge. matched

So Route 84 has to do this sort of sharp 90 degree corner turn to reach the center. matched

And the lead Sherman is just starting to make his turn when there's a crack and a solid shot anti-tank round hits the wall of the house next to the tank and whales its way on down to the ridge. matched

So the Sherman matched

German very quickly pulls back. matched

which because it's a German tank it can do quickly. matched

And the commander clambers round and has a look around, and together with Smith and the rest of the platoon, they realise that behind the house, on the corner of this matched

this turning, there's a little narrow triangular matched

alleyway, which is sort of running up behind it, so they can instead of expose themselves round this corner, they can just do a little s shortcut up this little alleyway. matched

After getting back in his tank, the commander closes the hatch, swivels the tank, lurches forward. matched

And and and Smith notes that there was a clattering crash, a squeal of treks above the roar of the motors, and the Sherman disappeared into the house in a most impressive manner, enveloped in a cloud of dust and debris. matched

That building is someone's house. matched

Yeah. matched

And Smith says matched

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