209 – Hospital Trains of WWII
From the middle of the 19th century, the railways had an integral role in warfare. Trains brought food, ammunition and
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208 – 2SAS and Bill Sterling
David Stirling is the name synonymous with the wartime SAS, but the real brains behind the operation was, in fact,
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
206 – The Extraordinary Life of Journalist Wallace Carroll
Journalist Wallace Carroll had a career that spanned 45 years as a journalist. His first foreign posting, in 1929, was
205 – Victory to Defeat: The British Army 1918-40
As some of you may know, I am also a First World War historian, and the academic history of the
204 – Armour in the Pacific
We do not think of armour being widely used in the Pacific campaign, and compared to other theatres, that is
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
202 – Leningrad, 1941-42
From September 1941, the Germans surrounded Leningrad, laying siege to the city for 900 days. Over 2 million Russians were
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