56 Haile Selassie’s Mongrel Foreign Legion
In the classic narrative, the second world war starts with the invasion of Poland in 1939, though for the Chinese
Battles
47 Flying to Victory: The Western Desert Campaign 1940-41
In this episode we’re in the Western Desert in 1940-41 looking at the air campaign fought by Raymond Collishaw and
42 The Battle of the Coral Sea
In January I had an email from Bob Drury, if that name sounds familiar it’s because I chatted to Bob
41 Amphibious Operations in WWII
We’re looking at amphibious operations during WWII in this episode. Until I started researching I hadn’t realised how many there
38 The Race for the Rhine
Once the Allies had crossed the English Channel on D-Day the next large natural barrier would be the crossing of
26 Operation Agreement
We’re in North Africa in this episode of the podcast. The War in the desert was full of ups and
19 The Winter Fortress
In this episode we’re looking at the attempts to disrupt and destroy Germany’s access to heavy water, which was essential
14 The Java Sea Campaign
In this episode we’re looking at the Java Sea Campaign, with Jeffrey Cox. Jeff’s book Rising Sun, Falling Skies: The
07 Eagles over Husky: The Allied Air Force over Sicily
The invasion of Sicily would be the largest Allied amphibious landing at that time undertaken. After just 38 days of