149 – Australia’s war with France
Since starting the podcast, I’ve looked at the aspects of the war from the point of view of various countries.
WW2 Podcast
148 – Luftwaffe Special Weapons
As the course of the second world war turned against the Third Reich some radical proposals and inventive designs, were
147 – Operation Barbarossa
Buoyed by their victories over Poland and France, on 22 June 1941 the Germans launched Operation Barbarossa, and over 3
146 – Stop Lines
In Britain, after the fall of France, there was the fear that the Germans may attempt a channel crossing and
145 – Bomb Aimers
On the heavy bombers the role of the crew members was symbiotic. The pilot needed the flight engineer to fly;
144 – Alan Brooke: Churchill’s Right-Hand Critic
Alan Brooke would take over as the British Chief of the Imperial General Staff in December 1941. For the rest
143 – The Battle for Madagascar
When France capitulated in 1940 and the Vichy government came to power many of the French colonial possessions remained loyal
142 – Mackenzie King
Everyone remembers the role of Churchill and Roosevelt throughout the war, but there was a third man key to their
141 – Eighth Army versus Rommel
Cast your minds back to episode 103 I discussed Eric Dorman-Smith with James Colvin. At that time James was busy
140 – How to kill a Panther tank
It’s a simple question, how do you knock out a Panther tank? When the ‘boffins’ in Britain got hold of