105 – Case White: The Invasion of Poland, 1939
2019 marked the 80th anniversary of the invasion of Poland by Germany and then a few weeks later, Russia. It
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104 Alarmstart: The Luftwaffe in the Mediterranean
If you cast your mind back to February 2018 I discussed the experience of German fighter pilots experience in Western
102 – D-Day Through German Eyes
June 2019 marked the 75th anniversary of D-Day, we had a month of D-Day podcasts looking at the operation from
94 – 1941: The Year Germany Lost the War
The usual narrative for WWII is that turning points of the war are in 1942 with the battles of Midway,
87 Hitler’s Death
We’ve all see the film Downfall about the Führerbunker in Berlin, in the closing days of the war. And we
85 – Alarmstart East: The Luftwaffe on the Eastern Front
“There are no more than a handful of Second World War Luftwaffe members alive today. Patrick Eriksson had the foresight
82 US Navy vs IJN Fleet Submarine, 1941-42
In this episode we’re going to be looking at Japanese submarine operations in the Pacific during the early part of
80 – The Italian Army In North Africa
Long standing listeners will have heard me chat to Walter Zapotoczny before, in episode 57 we looked at Ardennes offensive,
77 – Hitler’s Vikings
At the beginning of WWII Germany invaded and occupied Denmark and Norway, but left neutral Sweden alone. Less than a
75 – The Rise of Hitler and National Socialism
September 2018 marks the 80th anniversary of the Munich agreement, where the British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, flew to Germany