
Patrick Bishop
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Sep 15, 2026
History's Secret Heroes - Series 4: Airey Neave: Escape from Colditz Castle
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19:58Helena Bonham CarterNARRATOR
When Niamh and Lucien arrived, there were no more southbound trains, so they had to hang about in the town.

Patrick BishopGUEST
It's pretty much disappeared from German shops since the beginning of the war.
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21:29Helena Bonham CarterNARRATOR
They hurried to a nearby village and boarded another train.
Classic Debate: The Allied bombing of German cities in World War II was unjustifiable
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14:17Jeremy O'GradyMODERATOR
Ladies and gentlemen, Patrick Bishop.

Patrick BishopGUEST
The first was delivered in a BBC radio commentary broadcast a few days after the RAF had just launched its first thousand bomber raid on Cologne on the night of 30th to the 31st of May 1942.

Patrick BishopGUEST
I quote, in 1940, when the Germans were bombing Britain, they did not expect retaliation on a very heavy scale, the speaker said.

Patrick BishopGUEST
They were not afraid to boast in their propaganda about the slaughter of civilians which they were bringing about and the terror which their raids aroused.

Patrick BishopGUEST
Now, when the tables have turned, they're beginning to cry out against the whole business of aerial bombing, which they declare to be both cruel and useless.
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59:42Jeremy O'GradyMODERATOR
How much was that, rather than any finely judged moral concerns, the basis for dumping all these bombs on civilians?