78 – Bones of My Grandfather
US Marine, Lt Alexander Bonnyman landed on Tarawa in December 1942. He was mortally wounded leading an assault on a Japanese
Allies
76 – RAF Flight Engineers
Way back in episode four of the podcast, I talked to Andrew Panton about the Lancaster Bomber; Andrew is the
73 Ghost Riders: Operation Cowboy
Last year I talked to Mark Felton about the escape attempts of British VIP prisoners, held by the Italians. That
72 Mediterranean Strategy
Back in episode 7, I talked to Alexander Fitzgerald-Black about his MA thesis which focused on the allied air campaign
71 USS Indianapolis
In this episode we’re looking at the sinking of the USS Indianapolis. Returning from delivering the atomic bomb to Tinian,
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