Podcast Episodes

D-Day: Minelaying & The Airborne Drop (Episode 4)

Season 1 Episode 767

Al Murray and James Holland continue to narrate the story of D-Day in stunning detail.

In today’s episode they spend time focusing on an often untold stories of the invasion - the massive minelaying o…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

D-Day: 24 Hours To Go (Episode 3)

Season 1 Episode 766

With only a few hours to go before Landing Craft are due to hit the beaches of Normandy, the Allies plan for Operation OVERLORD hangs finely in the balance.

It is the role of a few weathermen to make …

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

D-Day: The Master Plan (Episode 2)

Season 1 Episode 765

The Allied plan for OVERLORD is a masterclass in logistics. Al Murray and James Holland detail the roles of US and British forces in planning the largest coastal invasion of all time.

From Monty’s per…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

D-Day: The German Side (Episode 1)

Season 1 Episode 764

May 1944, it is clear to Erwin Rommel that the Allied counter attack is just a few weeks away. The answer is simple - defend the Atlantic Wall.

But Nazi infighting and ludicrous top-down decision maki…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

USA: War Is Hell - A Soldier’s Story

Season 1 Episode 763

In a follow up to our superb episode in which John McManus opened up the archives to a glut of post-war surveys of US soldiers, the boys really dig into the harrowing experience of fighting in the It…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

USA: The Forgotten Island - Operation RECKLESS

Season 1 Episode 762

June 1944 was a month of allied invasion, both in Europe and the Pacific.

James Holland and John McManus discuss Operation RECKLESS, the invasion of Hollandia (now New Guinea) on Humboldt Bay.  

A Goa…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

The World's Greatest Spitfire Pilot

Season 1 Episode 761

Is the Spitfire the perfect plane? Al Murray and James Holland speak to Matt Jones - possibly the most experienced Spitfire pilot in the world. Matt explains to Al and James his love for the classic …

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Cassino '44 - Rome Falls (Part 8)

Season 1 Episode 760

In the final episode of our epic Italy series, Al Murray and James Holland follow OPERATION DIADEM to completion. The Germans have been pushed back past the Adolf Hitler line and the final victory fo…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Cassino ‘44 - OPERATION DIADEM (Part 7)

Season 1 Episode 759

Cassino is cleared, and the Allies are planning one final push to take Rome and end the war in Italy, once and for all. Ira Akers presents OPERATION STRANGLEHOLD, a bombing effort on an enormous scal…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Cassino '44 - Cassino Town (Part 6)

Season 1 Episode 758

The capturing of Monte Cassino and Cassino town was crucial to the Allied victory in Italy, so why did it take so long to break through the stubborn German resistance?

Al Murray and James Holland also…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago