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British Air Raid Precautions 1938-1940
By 1939, Britain was poorly prepared for the onslaught of the blitz, with weal central administration and most responsibility for air raid protection…
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Japan's Merchant Shipping Losses 1941-45
Despite a devastating attack on the USA at Pearl Harbour, Japan paid little attention to the safety of its merchant shipping and faced economic devas…
8 years, 7 months ago
Beginning the Battle for North Africa: 1940
The desert war, a battle that Hitler did not want and Mussolini did, became an opportunity for Churchill to show that the fight was being taken to th…
8 years, 7 months ago
The First Day of the Blitz: Britain, September 1940
As the Luftwaffe's operations in Britain switched from RAF airfields to towns and cities, the first target was East London's docks. In this podcast w…
8 years, 7 months ago
War Reporting 1939
The experience of managing information in the First World War shaped how Britain and Germany would control propaganda in the next conflict. Both soug…
8 years, 7 months ago
The USSR and the aftermath of the Six Day War
A devastating air campaign against Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Iraq saw the Arab forces that faced Israel destroyed and the balance of power in the Midd…
8 years, 7 months ago
Franco German cooperation 1926-32
In the aftermath of the First World War, France and Germany sought ways to cooperate throughout the 1920s in order to provide economic stability and …
8 years, 7 months ago
Hitler's decision making 1940-1941
The months that followed the fall of France were crucial in determining the future outcome of the war. Hitler's decision making became more impulsive…
8 years, 7 months ago
David Ben Gurion and Palestine 1945-48
The rising star of the Zionist movement by the end of the Second World War, Ben Gurion was a mercurial figure with complex and often antagonistic rel…
8 years, 8 months ago
World War One and the creation of the Mandate system
During and immediately after the First World War, a range of plans were devised to distribute and manage German and Ottoman colonies and the process …
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