214 – Stan Hollis VC and the Green Howards on D-Day
The Green Howards landed in the first wave on D-Day. With them was Company Sergeant Major Stan Hollis, who had
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213 – The British Empire and Commonwealth’s War Against Imperial Japan
The war in Asia and the Pacific against Japan is often seen as an American affair. While the US did
212 – Invisible Generals
When President McKinley turned down Benjamin Oliver Davis for a place at West Point due to the colour of his
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
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
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