Podcast Episodes

125. Can Ukraine become self-reliant?

In this episode of Battleground, Saul David and Patrick Bishop discuss the big event in Ukraine this week - the shooting down of a Russian surveillance aircraft by a Ukrainian missile with a Russian …

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

124. Battleground '44 - The Battle of Berlin

In this episode of Battleground 44 Saul David and Patrick Bishop are discussing the Battle of Berlin. The epic struggle by RAF’s Bomber Command and its ruthless and dynamic leader Air Marshal Arthur …

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

123. How does Ukraine see the year ahead?

In the latest episode of Battleground, Patrick Bishop and Saul David, will be looking at how Ukraine sees the year ahead, with the help of some very revealing comments made in a recent interview by P…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

122. Battleground '44 - Eisenhower

In the opening episode of our special Battleground ’44 series, Patrick Bishop and Saul David look at a character who cast a long shadow over the war in the west. The American general and later U.S. P…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

121. How the 2006 War relates to Gaza today

Today we have a fascinating interview where Patrick speaks to former Middle East correspondent Tim Butcher, who covered the 2006 Lebanon War. Tim provides some insightful analysis on the impact the 2…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

120. Is Putin looking for a Ceasefire?

In our second Battleground podcast of 2024 Saul and Patrick return to the war in Ukraine, as in the past week has seen a tit for tat of missile and drone strikes – the majority, needless to say, fire…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

119. Battleground 44

Introducing our new series - Battleground 44.

This year to mark the 80th anniversary of probably the most momentous year of the Second World War - 1944 - Patrick, Saul, and some special guests will b…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

118. The significance of 2023

Welcome to the last Battleground podcast of the year with Saul David and Patrick Bishop, who both think military historians will look back on 2023 as a very significant year with two major wars whose…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

117. Justice for war crimes in Ukraine

On today's episode we focus on the issue of accountability for war crimes, what finding justice looks like for Ukraine, and the challenges Ukraine faces in this field. To discuss this Saul speaks to …

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

116. Zelensky resists mass mobilisation calls

This week President Zelensky confessed that the Ukrainian army has asked for an extra 450-500,000 people to be mobilised to fight the war, but he had yet to be convinced that such a huge call-up was …

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago