Podcast Episodes

Mark Clark's Total War

Season 1 Episode 728

Al Murray and James Holland discuss the beauty of naval acronyms, the fine details of the Eureka signal and the myth of Kesselring's fine war record.

They also look into General Mark Clark's blisterin…

Published on 2 years ago

Skinning The Cat: How to Write History

Season 1 Episode 727

Al Murray and James Holland are joined by academic and author Jonathan Fennell at St Edmund Hall bar to talk about their writing processes.

From operating archives in China and Russia, finding the tru…

Published on 2 years ago

Sophie Scholl and The White Rose

Season 1 Episode 726

How did the White Rose group become the defining figures of Nazi resistance after the Second World War?

Al Murray and James Holland speak to Oxford's Dr Alexandra Lloyd about her research on the Whit…

Published on 2 years ago

The Mosquito, Operation Carthage and Super Spies

Season 1 Episode 725

Al Murray and James Holland are joined by friend of the show, historian Rowland White, to talk about the most legendary aircraft of the Second World War - the de Havilland Mosquito - but also about t…

Published on 2 years ago

Convoys! (Part 4)

Season 1 Episode 723

The final chapter of our Convoys series sees Al Murray and James Holland recount the final days of Convoy HX231 and the harrowing stories of those that did not survive the crossing.

A Goalhanger Produ…

Published on 2 years ago

USA: We Have Ways - Battlefield Medicine

Season 1 Episode 722

From using cod psychology to predict battle fatigue to the enormous blood drives in 1945 - Al Murray, James Holland and John McManus discuss the ways in which the US forces mastered medicine during t…

Published on 2 years ago

Convoys! (Part 3)

Season 1 Episode 721

The horror of the Atlantic convoy comes into razor sharp focus when Convoy HX231 comes into contact with the Nazi Wolfpack. In the ultimate game of cat and mouse, can the ships make it to Liverpool i…

Published on 2 years ago

USA: We Have Ways - How To Win A War

Season 1 Episode 720

How does a Sherman tank get from the US to a battlefield in Western Europe, and who decides how many get sent?

James Holland and John McManus get deep into the logistics of the Second World War and h…

Published on 2 years ago

Convoys! (Part 2)

Season 1 Episode 719

It’s the 31st of March 1943 and Convoy HX231 sets off from New York. Sir Charles Ramsey is the commodore of the convoy but he is low on ships for protection - will they get across the Atlantic withou…

Published on 2 years ago

USA: We Have Ways - The Black Military Experience

Season 1 Episode 718

The existence of African-American soldiers has all but been erased from the popular narrative of the Second World War.

James Holland and John McManus speak to the esteemed writer and academic Matthew…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago