67 Luftwaffe Night Fighter ‘Ace’, Wolfgang Thimmig
Joining me today is Max Thimmig, Max’s grandfather was the German WWII night fighter ace, Wolfgang Thimmig. Wolfgang joined the
Axis
60 Alarmstart: German Fighter Pilots in Europe
When I plan the podcast episodes I don’t usually sit down and look at the subject and how it relates
59 Case Red: The Collapse of France
In this episode I’m looking at ‘Case Red’ the German attack on France post Dunkirk. Often when we talk about
56 Haile Selassie’s Mongrel Foreign Legion
In the classic narrative, the second world war starts with the invasion of Poland in 1939, though for the Chinese
55 The Flemish Waffen SS
Within a year of Belgium falling to the Germans in 1940, Belgian citizens were volunteering to join the Waffen SS
54 The Bataan Death March
We’ve spent quite a bit of time in the Pacific this year, I didn’t intend to but as its a
52 Shadow Over the Atlantic: The Luftwaffe and the U-boats: 1943–45
Between 1943-45 Fernaufklärungsgruppe 5 “Atlantik” would fly missions of up to 18 hours at a time over the Atlantic. They acted
51 The Psychological Impact of Airborne Warfare & the British Response
I was reading the British Journal for Military History and an article caught my eye titled The Psychological Impact of
47 Flying to Victory: The Western Desert Campaign 1940-41
In this episode we’re in the Western Desert in 1940-41 looking at the air campaign fought by Raymond Collishaw and
43 The Red Cross: Humanitarians at War
The role of the International Committee of the Red Cross during WWII is complicated. Closely bound to Switzerland the ICRC