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Taking half of Ukraine: Episode 56
Season 3 Episode 4
After the Battle of Kursk, Stalin and the Stavka set their sights on recapturing Smolensk, and farther south, the wealth of the Donbas and eastern Uk…
2 years, 2 months ago
The ghosts of three Russian generals: Operations Kutuzov, Rumyantsev and Suvorov
Season 3 Episode 3
When Germany attacked Kursk in 1943, they found an enemy that had prepared a complex strategy, and assembled immense forces poised to act as soon as …
2 years, 2 months ago
Prokhorovka: the impaling — Episode 54
Season 3 Episode 2
This was armoured warfare at its most brutal, with tanks slugging it out at point-blank range. The tanks were as close as 10–15m. Once hit, many of …
2 years, 3 months ago
The Battle of Kursk, Part 3: Episode 53
Season 3 Episode 1
The iconic battle on the Kursk salient in July 1943 builds into the greatest confrontation between armoured forces ever — and a four-part series on …
2 years, 3 months ago
Zitadelle—the Battle of Kursk, part 2: Episode 52
Season 3 Episode 11
What I thought would be a single episode has turned into a series. Here is Part 2 of the biggest tank battle in history — or at least, of the Second…
2 years, 4 months ago
Summer, 1943 plans: Season 3 opener, Episode 51
Season 3 Episode 1
(Originally posted 22 June 2024)
Three seasons! 51 episodes!
This season begins with a catch-up on the Eastern Front, and the planning that led to th…
2 years, 4 months ago
Bombing Hitler's Hometown: A conversation with author Mike Croissant
Season 2 Episode 20
On 25 April 1945, 700 bombers and fighters of the U.S. 15th Air Force raided Linz, Germany, the town where Adolf Hitler grew up. Although neither th…
2 years, 5 months ago
Looking back, taking stock: Episode 50
Season 2 Episode 21
For this special episode, a special treat for listeners: new theme music by composer Nicolas Bury.
At the mid-point of the fighting on the Eastern F…
2 years, 5 months ago
Meetings and agreements: Episode 47
Season 2 Episode 19
Mussolini was not happy about being in the Axis by 1943. And Stalin refused to attend the Casablanca Conference with Churchill and Roosevelt. Meeting…
2 years, 7 months ago
Bombing Hitler's Hometown, part 2: Episode 49
Season 2 Episode 18
Author Mike Croissant describes the family connection that inspired his research into the last mass bombing raid of the Second World War in Europe.
H…
2 years, 7 months ago