28 Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
In this episode I’m joined by Matt Dearden and we’re looking at the iconic WWII Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina flying boat.
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27 Anthropoid: Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich
I’d seen the 1975 film Operation Daybreak and was aware of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, but what I wasn’t
26 Operation Agreement
We’re in North Africa in this episode of the podcast. The War in the desert was full of ups and
25 MacArthur
In this episode I’m looking at Douglas MacArthur with Walter Borneman. MacArthur is one of those personalities that war throws
24 Stug Revisited and the Plasch Palatka
I’ve a bit of a different episode for you. In our look at the Stug I talked to Jon Phillips
23 Military Internees and the Irish Free State
In this episode we’re looking at the peculiar situation the Republic of Ireland, Eire, found itself during the second world
22 1941: Fighting the Shadow War
In December last year we looked at how Churchill in 1940 kept Britain in the war. In this episode we’re
21 WWII Tank Hunting
Have you ever wondered where to find surviving WWII tanks? Craig Moore’s tank-hunter.com is an invaluable resource in tracking them
20 The Castaway’s War
In this episode we’re in the Pacific in 1943 looking at the exploits of Lieutenant Hugh Miller. After his ship
19 The Winter Fortress
In this episode we’re looking at the attempts to disrupt and destroy Germany’s access to heavy water, which was essential