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Pearl Harbor: Lack of Oil or Chinese Quagmire?
Episode 26
In this episode, we continue our investigation of the Japanese decision to attack Pearl Harbour. Today we pick up the story in 1937, when Japan took …
1 year, 4 months ago
Pearl Harbor: Japan and the China Problem
Episode 25
In today’s episode, we’re going to put a new twist on an old favourite that is shrouded in its share of WW2 mythology: why did Japan decide to attack…
1 year, 4 months ago
D-Day, Deception, Deceit: Operation Fortitude
Episode 24
In today’s episode we’re going to go behind the scenes to unpack what might have been the most important deception Operation of the Second World War:…
1 year, 4 months ago
End Game in Africa -Tunisgrad 1943
Episode 23
In today’s episode, we’re off to North Africa to dissect the Desert Fox’s last battle in the field and the US Army’s baptism of fire against the Wehr…
1 year, 4 months ago
U-Boats
Episode 22
In today’s episode, we’ll get our feet wet in what Winston Churchill once called the most critical battle of the war: the Battle of the Atlantic. And…
1 year, 4 months ago
Memory Part 2 - The Legacy of WW2 in Russia, USA and UK
Episode 21
In today’s episode we’re going to revisit a hot topic - a political topic even! That is the memory of the Second World War. Today we’re going to look…
1 year, 5 months ago
Memory
Episode 20
In today’s episode we are going to visit a global battlefield of the Second World War. But this battlefield is not an operational campaign in Europe …
1 year, 5 months ago
What-ifs of World War Two: the Invasion that Never Was
In this episode, we’ll venture into the fascinating but treacherous realm of the counterfactual, the what-ifs of the Second World War. There are endl…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Greatest Allied Victory of the War?
Episode 18
In this episode we’re going to talk about the biggest operational military defeat that Germany has ever suffered in its history, a campaign that comp…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Forgotten Rhine Crossing. - Fuel waste or epic airborne operation?
Episode 17
In today’s episode, we are crossing the Rhine and push into the heartland of Germany. However, this is not the Rhine crossing you might have heard of…
1 year, 6 months ago