223 – Landing Craft Infantry
In this podcast episode, I’m looking at the work of LCI’s, Landing Craft Infantry. These are not the smaller Higgins
Allies
222 – The D-Day Scientists Who Changed Special Operations
Operation Jubilee, the Dieppe Raid on the coast of France, was a disaster in 1942. However, it did highlight the
221 – Training the Indian Army
The Indian Army was the largest volunteer army during the Second World War. Indian Army divisions fought in the Middle
219 – D-Day Tourism
While at We Have Ways Fest, I caught Paul Woodadge, the host of WW2TV, giving an excellent talk on D-Day
217 – How the Luftwaffe Lost the skies over Germany
Starting with small raids at the start of the war, the aerial offensive grew into a massive operation. Huge air
215 – The Power of Japanese Propaganda
This episode will look at Japanese propaganda during the imperial era. With the rise of mass production of newspapers and
214 – Stan Hollis VC and the Green Howards on D-Day
The Green Howards landed in the first wave on D-Day. With them was Company Sergeant Major Stan Hollis, who had
213 – The British Empire and Commonwealth’s War Against Imperial Japan
The war in Asia and the Pacific against Japan is often seen as an American affair. While the US did
212 – Invisible Generals
When President McKinley turned down Benjamin Oliver Davis for a place at West Point due to the colour of his
211 – HG-76: Taking the Fight to Hitler’s U-boats
The convoy HG-76 sailed from Gibraltar to Britain in December 1941. The Royal Navy commander in charge was ‘Johnnie’ Walker,