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Normandy’s Forgotten Battle with Paul Woodadge
Episode 86
In today's episode, we'll drill down to a relatively unknown battle from July 1944 that reveals much about the fierce fighting in the Normandy campai…
2 months ago
Should France have fought on in 1940?
Episode 85
In today's episode, we'll test the waters of a historical counterfactual. Could or should France have fought on in 1940?
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2 months, 1 week ago
From Clash to Total War: Japan vs China (1937)
Episode 84
In today’s episode, we’ll begin the story of the full-scale war between China and Japan, which started with the so-called China Incident in 1937.
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2 months, 2 weeks ago
900,000 vs 90,000: The Fight That Should’ve Ended Mao
Episode 83
In today's episode, we'll continue the story of China's civil war and war of Resistance against Japan, including the debate around the long march tha…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
How Manchuria Lit the Road to WWII
Episode 82
In today’s episode, we’ll continue the epic story of the long fuse to the Second World War in Asia, where the Chinese Civil War spills over into a cl…
3 months ago
Operation Anthropoid - The Escape & The Betrayal
Episode 81
In this week’s episode, we continue and bring to an end the fascinating and also gruesome story of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich.
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3 months, 1 week ago
Operation Anthropoid - The Assassination Attempt That Nearly Failed
Episode 80
In today’s episode, we drop into Prague in May 1942 and explore the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich and the terrible aftermath.
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3 months, 2 weeks ago
Operation Anthropoid: The Attack Plan on Reinhard Heydrich
Episode 79
In today’s episode, we’ll explore one of the Second World War’s most dramatic and daring special operations: the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
How the U.S. Took Greenland During WWII
Episode 78
In today’s episode, we’re going to take on the Second World War story of one of today’s geopolitical hotspots – the mostly forgotten story of Greenla…
4 months ago
Imperial Powers in China: The Eight-Nation Alliance
Episode 77
In today’s episode, we’re turning our attention to East Asia, and the origins of the 14-year struggle between Japan and China that some say marked th…
4 months, 1 week ago