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A Canadian in Stalin's Army
Episode 301
How does a Canadian end up fighting in the Soviet Red Army during the Second World War?
My guest today is Scott Bury, and we're going to tell the rem…
5 hours ago
Exploding Rats and the Devices of SOE
Episode 300
James Bond may have Q Branch supplying him with ingenious gadgets, but during the Second World War the agents of the Special Operations Executive had…
1 week, 3 days ago
Berlin, 1939-45
Episode 299
In this episode, I am joined by Ian Buruma to talk about life in Berlin during the Second World War. Rather than focusing on the regime at the top or…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
The Long Death of Adolf Hitler
Episode 298
In April 1945, as the Third Reich collapsed around him, Adolf Hitler died in the Führerbunker in Berlin. It is one of the most famous deaths in moder…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Pearl Harbor: Japan's Greatest Disaster
Episode 297
Pearl Harbor is often remembered as a stunning Japanese success, a perfectly executed surprise attack that changed the course of the Second World War…
1 month ago
British Brigadiers, 1940
Episode 296
For this episode, I am joined by Philip McCarty to discuss his book Point of Failure: British Army Brigadiers in France and Norway, 1940 .
It is a s…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
295 - Inside the Siege of Warsaw
Episode 295
In September 1939, during the German invasion of Poland, American photographer and film-maker Julien Bryan became the only foreign journalist to rema…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Churchills Forgotten Generals: Slim, Auchinleck & Savory
Episode 294
Today, we are heading back to the Burma campaign, but through a slightly different lens. Rather than focusing on a single battle or operation, we exa…
2 months ago
Allied POWs in WWII
Episode 293
This episode looks at a very different side of the Second World War. Not the battlefield, but captivity. It focuses on the experiences of Allied pris…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The War Chest of Colonel Kreps
Episode 292
In this episode, I talk with Erik Kreps about a remarkable family mystery. Erik's grandfather, Colonel Kenneth Ray Kreps, served in the Second World …
2 months, 3 weeks ago