212 – Invisible Generals
When President McKinley turned down Benjamin Oliver Davis for a place at West Point due to the colour of his
Allies
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,
210 – The Battle of Italy 1943
Hot on the heels of victory in Sicily, the Allies crossed into Southern Italy in September 1943. They expected to
207 – Tank Warfare in North Africa, 1942-43
If you cast your mind back to episode 187, I discussed the war in the North African desert in 1940-41
203 – The Battle of Britain, July 1940
In this episode, I’m joined by Patrick Eriksson. If you cast your memory back, Patrick has previously joined us to
201 – The Japanese American Experience in WWII
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, over 125,000 Japanese Americans living in the continental United States were incarcerated in prison
200 – The Life of Mrs George S Patton
Few wives of prominent men are more than a footnote in many histories, but they were often central to their
199 – Patton, August – December 1944
If you cast your memory back to episode 157, Kevin Hymel joined me. We discussed General Patton from the campaigns
198 – Kesselring
In episode 144, I chatted to Andrew Sangster about Alanbrooke. Earlier this year, I noticed Andrew had a new book,
194 – The Battle of Leyte Gulf
The battle of Leyte Gulf was the largest naval battle of WWII, it consisted of four separate actions near the