Podcast Episodes

185. Ukraine invades Russia

This week Saul and Patrick look at the astonishing news that, at long last, Kyiv has launched a sizeable incursion into Russian territory. With the situation still unfolding the details are still a l…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

184. Battleground '44 - Pétain & de Gaulle

The dramatic quarrel between the leader of the Free French forces - Charles de Gaulle and Philippe Pétain - head of Vichy France, during the dark days of the 1940's, was in many ways a struggle for t…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

183. Wagner in Mali, Ukraine recruits prisoners, and F-16's

Returning their focus to events on the ground, Patrick and Saul discuss the latest developments on the battlefield. With the F-16's finally arriving in Ukraine, Russia continuing costly assaults amid…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

182. Battleground '44 - The July Bomb Plot

In the second of our two part series on the attempts to Assassinate Hitler, Saul and Roger discuss the most famous attempt on Hitler's life - the July bomb plot. Made famous in recent years with the …

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

181. Would Harris continue support for Ukraine?

This week Saul and Patrick digest another week of drama in the world of US politics, with the tardy but sensible decision by President Joe Biden to withdraw from the US presidential race on Sunday in…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

180. Battleground '44 - Killing Hitler

In the first of two episodes on the attempts to assassinate Hitler, Saul is joined by close friend of the show, Roger Moorhouse. Together they discuss the numerous different discussions, plans, and a…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

179. Is Russia overstretching itself?

This week to help Patrick and Saul assess what has been a dramatic past week, and to

make some sense of it, they welcome back to the podcast veteran journalist and political commentator Robert Fox.

T…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

178. Battleground '44 - The Liberation of Paris

With the Allied armies now in France, the fate of Paris and it's inhabitants was in the air, for many residents, even those who had so far co-operated or even actively helped the occupying Germans, h…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

177. Fractured Families

In this latest episode of Battleground Ukraine, Saul and Patrick take a look at the latest developments from the war in Ukraine and discuss what is likely to come out from Nato’s 75th anniversary con…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

176. Battleground '44 - Paris under occupation

In the first of two episodes Patrick delves into the remarkable tale of the events in French capital Paris during the Second World War, a place at the time was one of the most significant cultural an…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago