89 Cork Wars
A few months ago I got email from David Taylor asking if I’d ever considered looking at the cork industry
WW2 Podcast
88 – Division Leclerc
In this episode we’re going to be looking at the Free French and the Division Leclerc, commanded by Philippe de
87 Hitler’s Death
We’ve all see the film Downfall about the Führerbunker in Berlin, in the closing days of the war. And we
86 – SAS in Italy, 1943-1945
The SAS made their name in the North African desert, but less well known is after that they continued to
85 – Alarmstart East: The Luftwaffe on the Eastern Front
“There are no more than a handful of Second World War Luftwaffe members alive today. Patrick Eriksson had the foresight
84 – Shot Down
In this episode we’re going to be looking at the story of Howard Snyder, a B-17 ‘Flying Fortress’ pilot, flying
83 Operation Crossbow
In 1943 allied surveillance picked up the construction of  V1 and V2 rocket sites in France. Without quite knowing the
82 US Navy vs IJN Fleet Submarine, 1941-42
In this episode we’re going to be looking at Japanese submarine operations in the Pacific during the early part of
81 – Britain’s Blockade of Europe & the response of the ICRC
At the outbreak of WWII Britain put into motion the strategy of using the Royal Navy to blockade Germany, depriving
80 – The Italian Army In North Africa
Long standing listeners will have heard me chat to Walter Zapotoczny before, in episode 57 we looked at Ardennes offensive,