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Feeding the Bear: Lend Lease to the USSR
Episode 271
In this episode, we're doing something a little different. I recently joined Scott Bury on his podcast Beyond Barbarossa, which takes a close look at…
8 months ago
Bruce Lockhart and the Political Warfare Executive
Episode 270
In this episode of the WW2 Podcast, I am joined by Professor James Crossland to discuss the extraordinary life of Robert Bruce Lockhart — a British d…
8 months, 1 week ago
The Diary of a German POW
Episode 269
In this episode of the WW2 Podcast, I am joined by Bernd Häber to discuss the remarkable story of his grandfather, Fritz Häber — a German soldier who…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
The First US Army Rangers of WWII
Episode 268
In the early stages of America's involvement in the Second World War, the U.S. Army began forming a new kind of fighting force—elite units trained fo…
9 months ago
The T-13 Tank Destroyer
Episode 267
During the critical interwar years, Belgium found itself walking a diplomatic tightrope—maintaining neutrality while neighbouring Germany rapidly rea…
9 months, 1 week ago
Robert Capa's D-Day Photographs
Episode 266
On the morning of June 6th, 1944, war photographer Robert Capa waded ashore on Omaha Beach during the Allied landings in Normandy. What happened next…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
265 - British Tanks of the Red Army
Episode 265
Today, we are exploring a topic that doesn't get talked about much — the British tanks that ended up serving with the Red Army during the Second Worl…
10 months ago
264 - SAS Great Escapes, Archie Gibson
Episode 264
In this episode, I'm joined by bestselling author Damien Lewis to talk about one of the remarkable men featured in his new book SAS Great Escapes Fo…
10 months ago
The Halbe Pocket, 1945
Episode 263
In the final weeks of the Second World War, as Soviet forces closed in on Berlin, tens of thousands of German soldiers and civilians found themselves…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
The 7th Infantry Regiment
Episode 262
The 7th Infantry Regiment, known as the "Cottonbalers," is one of the oldest units in the U.S. Army, originally formed in 1812. It has fought in near…
11 months ago