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Back to SearchUSA: 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 dee…
2 years, 3 months 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 pro…
2 years, 3 months 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…
2 years, 3 months ago
Convoy! (Part 1)
Season 1 Episode 718
In the first of a three part series, Al Murray and James Holland discuss the journey of Convoy HX231.
Today, they chat about the build up to its launc…
2 years, 3 months ago
USA: We Have Ways - Tarawa 1943
Season 1 Episode 716
Al Murray, James Holland and John McManus discuss the deadly battle on Tarawa. A close quarters and bloody fight for a small atoll in the central Pac…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Birth Of The UN, Prisoners in the Isle Of Man and the Cairo Conference
Al Murray and James Holland catch up on their latest research and after some revelatory peering down rabbit holes look back to this week in 1943 to e…
2 years, 4 months ago
Eddie Izzard: My Second World War Obsession
Al Murray and James Holland speak to actress, comedian and political campaigner Suzy Eddie Izzard about their lifelong love for the Second World War.…
2 years, 4 months ago
Life On A Destroyer
Season 1 Episode 713
Tribal Class Destroyers, what was life like serving on them - and what is a Destroyer?
Al Murray and James Holland go into detail into the staffing, r…
2 years, 4 months ago
USA: We Have Ways - The Marine Corps
Season 1 Episode 712
Al Murray and James Holland speak to decorated Marine Corps officer and former United States senator Jim Webb.
They discuss the evolution of the US Ma…
2 years, 4 months ago
How to Win in Arnhem
Season 1 Episode 711
Al Murray and James Holland read Second World War manuals produced by the British and American Army.
They detail the unbelievable difficulty that XXX …
2 years, 4 months ago