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231 - US Battle Tanks
Episode 331
In this episode, we discuss the development of US tanks from the end of the First World War through to the end of the Second World War.
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1 year, 8 months ago
U-505: Codename Nemo
Episode 230
Just two days before D-Day, Captain Gallery's US antisubmarine Task Group 22.3 managed to force the German U-boat U-505 to the surface. In a bold mov…
1 year, 9 months ago
D-Day Legacy
Episode 229
To commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, I attended a special event at the Green Howards Museum. We started at the regimental war memorial in Ri…
1 year, 9 months ago
D-Day Landing Craft
Episode 228
More than 132,000 Allied troops landed on the Normandy beaches on 6 June 1944. Through their efforts, the tide of the war turned for the final time t…
1 year, 9 months ago
D-Day: Sword Beach
Episode 227
6th June 1944 saw the largest seaborne assault in human history: D-Day. While much has been written about the operation as a whole, little detailed a…
1 year, 10 months ago
D-Day and the Great Deception
Episode 226
As the Allied forces prepared for the monumental invasion of Normandy, concealing the massive build-up of troops in Britain from the Germans became i…
1 year, 10 months ago
Hill 107 and the Battle of Crete
Episode 225
On the morning of May 20, 1941, the Germans launched Operation Mercury. The invasion of Crete was the largest airborne operation yet attempted during…
1 year, 10 months ago
224 - The Theory and Practice of Command in the British and German Armies
Episode 224
In this podcast episode, we will discuss the different approaches to command and control of the British Army and the German Army. From a management p…
1 year, 11 months ago
Landing Craft Infantry
Episode 223
In this podcast episode, I'm looking at the work of LCI's, Landing Craft Infantry. These are not the smaller Higgins Boats we see storming the Norman…
1 year, 11 months ago
The D-Day Scientists Who Changed Special Operations
Episode 222
Operation Jubilee, the Dieppe Raid on the coast of France, was a disaster in 1942. However, it did highlight the need for more reconnaissance before …
1 year, 11 months ago