If you enjoy our monthly analysis of the German Occupation of the Channel Islands you should listen to our friends over on @newsofthewar for wider WW2 news. They are much funnier and do impersonations! Although somehow Monty and Churchill seemed to get a bit mixed up.

Can’t shift Grandma? Get her into CONVOY. The only game anyone’s playing this week in 1939. Legit. 🚢🎅🏼🎄 #NewsoftheWar Christmas Special. The perfect accompaniment to the washing up. 🫡

Happy Christmas Everyone. Hope it's a good one. @AndyAitcheson and @rentaquill will be back with their usual #NewsoftheWar💫 🗞️ next week. https://t.co/uV47brsNUy

... aaaaand it's not a #NewsoftheWar Christmas Special unless there's a Pub Quiz Special Mastermind University Challenge Bring Your Own jokes 💫QUIZ💫 Round 3. Top up your sherries. Play along. https://t.co/uV47brsNUy

Big news in the Christmas #NewsoftheWar. Yes, that's the General - not General Waverly (two points for the reference, listen *right* to the end of the pod for the answer) - but General Patton. Gawd luv 'im. 🎄Grave Concerns, but Christmas Cheer.

Dang. That means the pictures aren't in order. Nope. Not redoing it now. Pass That Sherry. DO YOU HAVE A SPY IN YOUR MIDST? HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE - 🎄🎄🎄 #NewsoftheWar

🎄Of course, there are also many Christmas stories we know well - this is one. (Outstanding work by @project4_4 recently btw: check out the action) - ORTONA! In the news, but not **all** the news headlines are true! Listen in to find out more... 🇨🇦🐭 https://t.co/uV47brsNUy

There are Christmas games in the newspapers today. When you get to it, you'll understand why @rentaquill calls these ***** **** *****, and @AndyAitcheson is banging is head on the sideboard and reaching for the sherry. 🎅🤶

As we rip right through from 1939 to 1945 in the #NewsoftheWar today, we'll be touching on headlines trickling back from *all* the frontlines. Only one thing better than a bonus pod: double helpings of turkey and an extra portion of bread sauce. 🎄 https://t.co/uV47brsNUy

🎅🤶 READALLABOUDDIT!! EMERGENCY POD!! 🎄 🚨Peeling potatoes? 🚨Crossing sprouts? 🗞️Boy, do we have you covered. It's the #NewsoftheWar Christmas Special, timed precisely to tune out the sound of rising wrapping paper. Happy Christmas Everyone!🎄 @AndyAitcheson @rentaquill

Do join us tomorrow… headphones on so at least you can drown out the noise of your kids asking you to fit batteries, build Lego, plug in PlayStations, set up iPhones etc. https://t.co/xSkH3bhlMt

PSA: It’s the #NOTW Christmas Special. Timed to be the perfect accompaniment for peeling sprouts, tomorrow. 10am. @AndyAitcheson 🎅🏼 @rentaquill 🤶🏻 🎄It’ll be crackers.🎄 🎄BRING YOUR OWN JOKES.🎄

WANTED: Podcast Host.

Comedian Tommy Trinder gets a haircut in Italy from Gunner Gardiner of Hamilton, Lanark, 20 January 1944. IWM (NA 11376), Sgt Loughlin, AFPU

Let's see how this works out @Airfix

🇵🇱 “Prime Minister and Mrs Churchill accompanied by CIGS - Sir John Dill, Maj Gen Ismay and Commander Thomson inspect Polish battalions. They are met by General Sikorski at Cupar, Scotland” 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🎥 AYY 49 @AndyAitcheson @rentaquill @SilenceInPolish https://t.co/uV47brsNUy

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🇵🇱 Gosh this was a lot of fun. 🇵🇱 Jenny is a genuine expert and very kindly schooled us two on how the newspapers recorded the Polish experience in wartime Britain. Check out the new episode here: https://t.co/xSkH3bhlMt 🎥 IWM (CPD 105)

And what’s next after this #NewsoftheWar special? Great recommendations for you, from @silenceinpolush – check out General Maciek's memoirs, the Forgotten Few, and Ksawery Pruszynski too. Thanks Jenny!

By what's in the newspapers, it's clear Polish soldiers in Scotland brought smiles amid the chaos. This 1940 sketch by Feliks Topolski shows Poles cavorting with an ice cream lady (so says the @iwm) ...