Podcast Episodes

175. How Will the Current Elections Affect the War in Ukraine?

Season 1 Episode 175

This week Saul and Patrick will be concentrating on three elections whose outcomes will have profound effects on the war in Ukraine.

The British general election which took place on Thursday, the Fre…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

174. Battleground '44 - The pow experience in the Far East

The conditions for allied servicemen in Japanese prisoner of war camps were notoriously brutal, with the pow's having to deal with malnutrition, rampant diseases, and cruelty at the hands of their ca…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

173. Explaining UK-led training programme for Ukrainian infantry

Season 1 Episode 173

This week key Trump advisors revealed that if the Donald becomes president, he will threaten to cut weapons supplies to Ukraine as part of a plan to end the war. Meanwhile in Britain, Nigel Farage ha…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

172. Battleground 44' - Operation Bagration

A matter of weeks after the western allies landed on the beaches in Normandy and began their offensive in the west of Europe, the Soviet Red Army began a larger and probably more significant offensiv…

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171. How significant is Russia's Alliance with North Korea

This week Vladimir Putin met with fellow autocrat - the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un in another public demonstration of what is being touted as another step in the construction of a new security…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

170. Battleground '44 - The SAS

In this episode of Battleground '44, Saul speaks to former SAS troop commander Tom Petch - author of the book Speed, Aggression, Surprise: The Untold Secret Origins of the SAS.

Together they discuss t…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

169. Taking on Russian propaganda

In a special bonus episode Patrick and Saul speak to Russian-American Ilya Nuzov, who is the Head of Eastern Europe and Central Asia Desk for the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH).

Ilya…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

168. Will Russia loose its satellite navigation?

This week Saul and Patrick look at the interesting developments that have emerged both on and off the battlefield. Noticeably the results of the relaxation of the use of western weapons by Ukraine in…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

167. Battleground '44 - The Massacre at Graignes

In this latest episode of Battleground '44, Patrick tells us of the heroic stand made by American airborne forces at the small Normandy village of Graignes, in the often forgotten and overlooked Batt…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

166. A Significant Escalation

This week Saul and Patrick discuss the recent and significant escalation in the Ukraine conflict, that is the decision by the US and other Nato countries to allow the long range weapons they have giv…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago