It serves as testament to the fact that during the war, the United States had a favourable view of the Soviet Russia.ĭuring World War Two, in the town of Cowra in central New South Wales, thousands of Japanese prisoners of war were held in a POW camp. Recorded by a capella gospel group Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet (and written by member Robert Wyatt) in 1943, this piece of history praises the Soviet Army and Joseph Stalin’s fight against Nazi Germany. Its Italian version, Fischia il vento, became one of the most popular songs of the Partisans. KatushaĬomposed by poet Mikhail Isakovsky and popular composer Matvey Blanter in 1938, this Soviet war song is equal parts peasant folk music, patriotic battle anthem and love song. In this episode to mark the Dieppe Raid's 80th anniversary in 2022, James is joined by David O'Keefe who has uncovered declassified material proving how the disastrous raid concealed a secret pinch mission to steal one of the Nazis' Enigma code machines. 80 years ago today on 19 August 1942, a 6,000 strong combined Allied landing force took part in a raid on Dieppe, Northern France.
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