140 – How to kill a Panther tank
It’s a simple question, how do you knock out a Panther tank? When the ‘boffins’ in Britain got hold of
Allies
138 – Hang Tough: Major Dick Winters
Since the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers aired in 2001, Major Dick Winters of the 101st Airborne has garnered international
136 – The Defeat of Army Group South, 1944
At the start of 1944 the German army on the Eastern Front was reeling after suffering defeats at Stalingrad and
135 – Spaniards in the British Army
 In previous episodes we’ve touched upon the Spanish civil war, when the war came to an end there was
134 – The Original Jeeps
During the interwar years the US army had worked to develop a light weapons carrier, but by 1940 the ‘perfect’
131 – Economists at War
Any long protracted conflict is reliant upon the resources that can be brought bear, in which case war is not
128 – The Doolittle Raiders and their Fight for Justice
The skill and bravery of the Doolittle raiders during WWII, who bombed Tokyo in 1942 captured the American public’s imagination,
126 – The River Battles: Canada’s Final Campaign in Italy
After D-Day, the spotlight on the allied fighting was focused on North West Europe, yet the fighting in Italy carried
125 – Mechanisation of British Cavalry Units and Tank Doctrine
In episode 107, I talked to Ian Mitchell about the Battle of the Peaks and Longstop Hill in North Africa.
124 – Kais: Downed airmen in New Guinea
In 1944, Ira Barnet took off from an airfield in New Guinea. Flying a B-25 Mitchell, from the 48th Tactical