175 – Dünkirchen, 1940
The evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk in 1940 is one of the iconic moments of the Second
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174 – The Pacific, August 1945
In this episode, we are looking at the closing weeks of the war in 1945. August would see the Russians
173 – The Maritime Struggle in the Mediterranean and Middle East
In this episode of the podcast, we shine a light on the naval conflict in the Mediterranean and the Middle
171 – The Battle of Stalingrad
The German offensive to capture Stalingrad began in August 1942, using Friedrich Paulus’s 6th Army and elements of the 4th
171 – Tom, Dick and Harry
I’ve been trying to slip in an extra episode of the podcast for a while but never seem to manage
170 – The German Battle of the Bulge
In December 1944 the Germans launched the battle of the Bulge, their last major offensive in the west. Commencing in
169 – The U-Boat War
The usual historical narrative of the U-boats during WWII usually revolves around the ‘Battle of the Atlantic’, and the struggle
168 – Operation Foxley
Operation Foxley was the name of the secret plan supported by Winston Churchill to assassinate Hitler in 1944-45. Different methods
167 – John Basilone
In episode 158, I talked to Henry Sledge about his father’s experiences with the US Marines in the Pacific, which
166 – Rodolfo Graziani
Rodolfo Graziani, Marshal of Italy, Viceroy of Ethiopia and one of Mussolini’s most valued generals remains to this day a