135 – Spaniards in the British Army
 In previous episodes we’ve touched upon the Spanish civil war, when the war came to an end there was
WW2 Podcast
134 – The Original Jeeps
During the interwar years the US army had worked to develop a light weapons carrier, but by 1940 the ‘perfect’
133 – Rome
Rome, the ‘Eternal City’, had a peculiar war. With Italy an axis nation it was a target for allied bombers
132 – The 746th Far East Air Force Band
Richard Burt was part of the the 746th Far East Air Force Band, based in the Philippines. At the end
131 – Economists at War
Any long protracted conflict is reliant upon the resources that can be brought bear, in which case war is not
130 – The Texel Uprising: Night of Bayonets
In previous episodes 77 and 55 we looked at foreign troops serving in the German army during WWII, in this
129 – The Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign November 1942–March 1943
In episode 64 I discussed the start of the Guadalcanal-Solomons campaign with Jeffery Cox. We left that discussion of the
128 – The Doolittle Raiders and their Fight for Justice
The skill and bravery of the Doolittle raiders during WWII, who bombed Tokyo in 1942 captured the American public’s imagination,
127 – The Longest Campaign: The Battle of the Atlantic
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill said there was only one campaign of the Second World War that gave him sleepless
126 – The River Battles: Canada’s Final Campaign in Italy
After D-Day, the spotlight on the allied fighting was focused on North West Europe, yet the fighting in Italy carried