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Canadian Army Civil Affairs Units
Episode 153
One lesson the allies learned from the fall of France in 1940 was that civilian populations needed managing, to keep them away from military operatio…
4 years, 5 months ago
152 - U.S. Naval Gunfire Support in the Pacific
Episode 152
Before the outbreak of war, the US Navy and the Marines had put considerable effort into developing a doctrine to support amphibious operations from …
4 years, 5 months ago
Escape from Greece
Episode 151
I've an incredible story for you in this episode of Shanghai born John Robin Greaves, 'Jack', who emigrated to Australia in 1939 and volunteered for …
4 years, 6 months ago
Eisenhower's Broad Front Strategy
Episode 150
I recently read David Colley's The Folly of Generals: How Eisenhower's Broad Front Strategy Lengthened World War II.David has analysed some of the mi…
4 years, 6 months ago
Australia's war with France
Episode 149
Since starting the podcast, I've looked at the aspects of the war from the point of view of various countries. But, one glaring omission has been any…
4 years, 7 months ago
Luftwaffe Special Weapons
Episode 148
As the course of the second world war turned against the Third Reich some radical proposals and inventive designs, were put forward by armaments manu…
4 years, 7 months ago
Operation Barbarossa
Episode 147
Buoyed by their victories over Poland and France, on the 22 June 1941 the Germans launched Operation Barbarossa, and over 3 millions men advanced ove…
4 years, 8 months ago
Stop Lines
Episode 146
In Britain, after the fall of France, there was the fear that the Germans may attempt a channel crossing and invade in 1940. If the Wehrmacht got sho…
4 years, 8 months ago
Bomb Aimers
Episode 145
On the heavy bombers the role of the crew members was symbiotic. The pilot needed the flight engineer to fly; the navigator got the plane to the targ…
4 years, 9 months ago
Alan Brooke: Churchill's Right-Hand Critic
Episode 144
Alan Brooke would take over as the British Chief of the Imperial General Staff in December 1941. For the rest of the war Brooke would organise and co…
4 years, 9 months ago