Podcast Episodes

145. Battleground 44' - Agent Zo

This episode of Battleground 44' explores the incredible story of Polish resistance fighter Elzbieta Zawacka, who ended the second world war as one of the most highly decorated women in Polish histor…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

144. How big is NATO's presence in Ukraine?

In this episode of Battleground - in the wake of Putin's "re-election" - Patrick Bishop and Saul David, ask how much that support is actually genuine and just how solid are the foundations of Putin’s…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

143. Battleground 44' - The Battle of Shangshak

In this episode of Battleground 44' Saul takes us through the extraordinary but relatively unknown story of the heroic stand made by the 50th Indian Parachute Brigade at the Battle of Shangshak. This…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

142. An exercise in fake democracy

Today Russians go to the polls to select a president for the next six years, with only one result to come - the re-election of President Vladimir Putin for a record fifth term in office.

To help Sau…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

141. Battleground 44' - The Eastern Front

On this edition of Battleground 44' Saul and Patrick speak to the historian Richard Overy, about the vast and devastating theatre of war that was the European Eastern front. They discuss what the sit…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

140. Can Ukraine rely on Germany?

This week on Battleground, Saul and Patrick will be speaking to German Historian Katja Hoyer who will be shedding light on both German political attitudes towards Ukraine and the latest governmental …

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

139. Battleground 44' - The Great Escape

The 1963 film The Great Escape immortalised the audacious real-life mass escape of 76 Allied airmen in March 1944 from the German Luftwaffe prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft III in eastern Germany, no…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

138. Will western troops be sent to Ukraine?

As we enter the third year of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Saul and Patrick delve into the latest developments in the conflict, with the news emerging in the past week looking a little be…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

137. Battleground 44' - The French Resistance

In this latest episode of Battleground ’44 with Saul David and Patrick Bishop, the subject is Resistance and in particular the French Resistance. Their importance to the struggle in the West at least…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

136. Two years of bloodshed

With the second anniversary of Russia’s full scale invasion upon us, it is, it must be said a rather gloomy occasion. Saul and Patrick take a look back over the past two years and delve into the many…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago