Podcast Episodes

165. Battleground '44 - Pegasus Bridge: ordinary men doing extraordinary things

This week as we hit the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Patrick is joined by friend of the podcast Tim Butcher. Tim tells the story of the capture of Pegasus bridge by D Company, 2nd (Airborne) Battalion,…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

164. Will Ukraine be allowed to strike inside Russia?

This week on Battleground: Ukraine, Saul and Patrick discuss the big news from this past week - that the NATO Parliamentary Assembly has called on members states to lift prohibitions against Ukraine …

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

163. Battleground '44 - D-Day's forgotten naval war

The assault phase of D-Day - Operation Neptune, was one of the most complex amphibious operations in history, involving 7,000 ships and nearly 200,000 men. But despite this immense effort, the wider …

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

162. US policy continues to restrict Ukraine

In this episode of Battleground: Ukraine Saul is again joined by Roger Moorhouse to discuss the latest set of intriguing developments emerging from the war in Ukraine in the last week.

They discuss t…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

161. Battleground '44 - A Suspicion of Spies

In our latest edition of Battleground '44 Patrick turns to the world of espionage, looking at the extraordinary story of British MI6 agent of Wilfred Biffy Dunderdale.

To help Patrick he speaks to his…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

160. All eyes on Kharkiv

With all eyes on Kharkiv and the battle to the east of Ukraine’s second city, Saul and Patrick assess this latest development as it takes on huge political, military and symbolic significance.

They al…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

159. Battleground '44 - The Battle of the Philippine Sea

On this episode of Battleground '44 Saul speaks to friend of the show Evan Mawdsley about the subject of his new book -The Battle of the Philippine Sea. The often overlooked battle was one of the ma…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

158. Zelensky avoids Assassination plot

This week Saul is joined by Roger Moorhouse who is stepping in for Patrick to discuss this week's news coming from the war in Ukraine. The big story is that Ukraine’s intelligence service has foiled …

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

157. Battleground 44' - Adolf Hitler

In our latest instalment of our Warlords series, Saul speaks to good friend of the show expert historian and occasional co-host of Battleground Roger Moorhouse about the most infamous of all the war …

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

156. Freezing the lines

A week after the US Congress finally voted to release £61 billion in military aid for Ukraine, Patrick and Saul take a look at the latest news from the war in Ukraine.

Positively there are signs that …

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago