297 – Pearl Harbor: Japan’s Greatest Disaster
Pearl Harbor is often remembered as a stunning Japanese success, a perfectly executed surprise attack that changed the course of
Battles
290 – Your WWII Questions Answered
For this episode of the podcast, we are doing something a little different. Rather than focusing on a single subject,
288 – Beyond Burma: The Forgotten Armies
The fighting in Burma during the Second World War was among the most demanding of the entire conflict. Soldiers faced
287 – Tunisgrad: The Battle for Tunisia and the Fall of Tunis
By late 1942, after the success of Operation Torch, the Allies had finally gained a foothold in North Africa. What
286 – Rhineland, 1944-45
By the autumn of 1944, the Allies had driven across France and Belgium and reached the borders of Germany. Ahead
282 – The Battle for Arakan, Burma 1945
In early 1945, the Allies were advancing in Burma after their hard-won victories at Kohima and Imphal. The focus shifted
280 – MacArthur and the Philippines
Douglas MacArthur was one of the most prominent — and controversial — generals of the Second World War. As Field
279 – The Vistula-Oder Offensive 1945
By January 1945, the war in Europe neared its final phase. In the west, the Allies had repelled the Ardennes
263 – The Halbe Pocket, 1945
In the final weeks of the Second World War, as Soviet forces closed in on Berlin, tens of thousands of
260 – Operation Bagration
For this episode, I am by Prit Buttar to discuss Operation Bagration—the massive Soviet offensive launched in the summer of