56 Haile Selassie’s Mongrel Foreign Legion
In the classic narrative, the second world war starts with the invasion of Poland in 1939, though for the Chinese
WW2 Podcast
Darkest Hour
I’ve been promising you an extra episode since September… Well it never came off, I was all prepared to discuss
55 The Flemish Waffen SS
Within a year of Belgium falling to the Germans in 1940, Belgian citizens were volunteering to join the Waffen SS
54 The Bataan Death March
We’ve spent quite a bit of time in the Pacific this year, I didn’t intend to but as its a
53 Her Finest Hour: Diana Rowden
Last year I talked to Greg Lewis about the female agents in the British Special Operations Executive, SOE, who Churchill
52 Shadow Over the Atlantic: The Luftwaffe and the U-boats: 1943–45
Between 1943-45 Fernaufklärungsgruppe 5 “Atlantik” would fly missions of up to 18 hours at a time over the Atlantic. They acted
51 The Psychological Impact of Airborne Warfare & the British Response
I was reading the British Journal for Military History and an article caught my eye titled The Psychological Impact of
50 Operation Tonga: The British Airborne on D-Day
In this episode I’m looking at Operation Tonga, the British airborne element that led the way during the D-Day landings
49 Castle of Eagles: Escape from Mussolini’s Colditz
In this episode we’re looking at high ranking British POWs held by the Italians and their attempts at escape. The middle
48 Fallen Giants: The Russian T-35 Tank
In this episode I’m looking at the giant soviet T-35 tank with Francis Pulham. As you will discover the T-35