71 USS Indianapolis
In this episode we’re looking at the sinking of the USS Indianapolis. Returning from delivering the atomic bomb to Tinian,
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70 Aerial Warfare
In the last episode we looked at the development of the world’s navies during the interwar period. To compliment that
69 Interwar International Naval Policy
After WWI there was a series of naval agreements aimed at putting limits on the navies of the world. The
66 Northrop P-61 Black Widow
The P-61 was built in response to the Blitz on Great Britain, in 1940. The RAF were in need of
65 Lt Col William Edwin Dyess
This episode, is released just after the 75th anniversary of the escape of ten American prisoners of war, and two
64 The Early Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign
One of my first guests was Jeffrey Cox, we discussed in length the Java Sea campaign in episode 14. Jeff
63 Strafbattalion: Hitler’s Penal Battalions
In episode 57 I talked to Walter Zapotoczny about Ardennes Offensive, chatting with him he told me he had a
62 Betrayed: The Buchenwald Airmen
In this episode we’re going to be discussing the plight of 168 Allied Airmen who found themselves imprisoned in Buchenwald
61 RAF Liberators Over Burma: Flying with 159 Squadron
If Slim’s 14th army was the ‘Forgotten Army’ the RAF bombing campaign in the Far East is even more forgotten!
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