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Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay
Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay

Episode 123

Bertram Ramsey was the mastermind behind the evacuation of the BEF from France in those crucial weeks at the end of May and the start of June in 1940…

5 years, 7 months ago

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Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-up
Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-up

Episode 122

On 6th August 1945, Colonel Paul Tibbets, flying the 'Enola Gay' a B-29 Superfortress named after Tibbets's mother, dropped the first atomic bomb on …

5 years, 8 months ago

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To Defeat The Few: The Luftwaffe's Battle of Britain
To Defeat The Few: The Luftwaffe's Battle of Britain

Episode 121

After the fall of France, Germany turned its attention to Britain. The Battle of Britain is the story of the hard pressed RAF struggling against an e…

5 years, 8 months ago

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The People's Army in the Spanish Civil War
The People's Army in the Spanish Civil War

Episode 120

The Spanish civil war has been highlighted as an important prelude to WWII with Germany, Italy and Russia providing men and materiel for the Republic…

5 years, 9 months ago

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The British Army and the Anti-Locust Campaign
The British Army and the Anti-Locust Campaign

Episode 119

As you know I like to seek out lesser known topics of the Second World War. In this episode we'll be looking at the British army's Middle-East Anti-l…

5 years, 9 months ago

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The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park
The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park

Episode 118

In this episode we're looking at the British decryption efforts centred around Bletchley Park. I'm sure to some extent you're all aware of the German…

5 years, 10 months ago

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Information Hunters
Information Hunters

Episode 117

The old adage is 'information is power', and in this episode we're going to be looking at the US operations to initially obtain information that was …

5 years, 10 months ago

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Clementine Churchill
Clementine Churchill

Episode 116

Clementine Churchill supported her husband Winston through the ups and downs of his long career. She was his most trusted confidant, counsellor and c…

5 years, 10 months ago

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To VE Day Through German Eyes
To VE Day Through German Eyes

Episode 115

80 years ago this month (thats May 2020, if you're reading this from the future) the Germans finally surrendered to the Allies. While there were a nu…

5 years, 11 months ago

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Airborne Chaplains in the Second World War
Airborne Chaplains in the Second World War

Episode 114

In this episode we're exploring the work of army Chaplains assigned to British Airborne units during the war. These men landed with the troops by par…

5 years, 11 months ago

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