Podcast Episodes

401. Pearl Harbor

Season 1 Episode 401

On the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Al and James are joined by the 'Pacific War Trilogy' author Ian Toll to discuss the monumental…

4 years, 3 months ago

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400. The Battle of Moscow

Season 1 Episode 400

Did Hitler and Stalin have a misapprehension of each other? And was scale the main reason Germany couldn’t invade Moscow?

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4 years, 3 months ago

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399. Family Stories: Series 2, Episode 3

Season 1 Episode 399

This week’s family stories include an act of outstanding bravery on the high seas, a trans-Atlantic friendship, a plate of dodgy sandwiches and a

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4 years, 3 months ago

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398. The Atlantic War

Season 1 Episode 398

The Battle of the Atlantic was the most important theatre of the war, so why don’t we ever talk about it? Military and Naval historian, Marc Milner, …

4 years, 3 months ago

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397. The Maginot Line

Season 1 Episode 397

Al and James debate whether the British produced the best tanks during the war. They also discuss the key characters involved in the development of t…

4 years, 3 months ago

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396. Family Stories - Series 2, Episode 2

Season 1 Episode 396

In today’s Family Stories we hear about a young Englishwoman who found herself in Germany in 1936 and went to hear Hitler speak. Plus stories from So…

4 years, 3 months ago

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395. Battle of The Ebro

Season 1 Episode 395

James Holland and James Petrie walk the hills and caves around the River Ebro, site of the final battle of the Spanish Civil War.

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4 years, 3 months ago

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394. Wacht Am Rhein

Season 1 Episode 394

Al Murray and James Holland discuss Dwight Eisenhower's decision not to cross the Rhine at the end of 1944. Al also questions James on his love for B…

4 years, 4 months ago

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393. Family Stories - Series 2, Episode 1

Season 1 Episode 393

A new series of Family Stories, the podcast written by you, our listeners. Each week Al Murray and James Holland read out the stories you send us des…

4 years, 4 months ago

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392. The Eastern Front

Season 1 Episode 392

What common mistakes do people make about the Nazis and the Red Army? Alex Richie, Katja Hoyer and Waitman Wade Beorn talk about the atrocities that …

4 years, 4 months ago

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