29 Selling Hitler
“Hitler was one of the few politicians who understood that persuasion was everything, deployed to anchor an entire regime in
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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
25 MacArthur
In this episode I’m looking at Douglas MacArthur with Walter Borneman. MacArthur is one of those personalities that war throws
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
18 The Nazi Hunters
In this episode we’re look at Nazi war criminals and those that tracked them down. I’m joined by Andrew Nagorski.
11 Forgotten Victor: Richard O’Connor
Richard O’Connor came very close to expelling the Italians out of North Africa, if things hadn’t distracted the British drawing
08 Churchill & Britain’s Decision To Fight in 1940
By the end of 1940 Britain defiantly stood alone against Nazi tyranny. Appeasement of the late 1930s was a reaction
03 Omar Bradley
Omar Bradley commanded more Americans in combat than any other General before or since, at its peak his 12th Army Group