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Who Has Who Surrounded?
The Soviet front around Kiev is crumbling fast. Over 40 divisions are cut off and surrounded. No help is coming and Stalin has forbade a retreat. Mos…
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Strange Inventions of WW2
Many new innovations were created during the war. Some were good, some were bad. This is the story of the less than perfect ones.
Want to go beyond th…
1 year, 6 months ago
Top 5 WW2 Movies
Ryan Fairfield and Tony Lupo, hosts of The Warrior Next Door Podcast come back on, this time invited, to discuss the Top 5 WW2 movies. You may not ag…
1 year, 6 months ago
Listen Now: American History Tellers First Ladies
The Cold War, Prohibition, the Gold Rush, the Space Race. Every part of your life - the words you speak, the ideas you share - can be traced to our h…
1 year, 6 months ago
Kiev is Trapped
As Gen. Guderian comes south and Gen. von Kleist rushes north, if no one stops them, then Kiev and all its defenders will be trapped. Thus soviet tro…
1 year, 6 months ago
Guderian Approaches
As Axis forces build up to capture Kiev, the bridges over the Dnieper River are contested. Fierce fighting follows, but in the end, the Germans take …
1 year, 6 months ago
Keep Them Guessing
So far, Army Group South had done a tremendous job, but now they come upon Kiev. And protecting Kiev’s western approaches in almost 20 miles of anti …
1 year, 7 months ago
My Tank is Thicker Than Your Tank
Operation Barbarossa is launched, but the soviets don’t have their best men in place as they have been killed by Stalin’s purges. In time they will l…
1 year, 7 months ago
Interview: Michel Paradis, The Light of Battle, Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower
Michel Paradis returns to the show to discuss his latest book, The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower. A ne…
1 year, 7 months ago
Interview: From Biplanes to Fast Jets: A Pilot’s Life in the Royal Air Force 1942–1973
Ken Aedy was a teenager when WW2 broke out. He joins the RAF and his life is changed forever. His son Mark joins me to discuss his father's many adve…
1 year, 7 months ago