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Season 1 Episode 171
In July 1943 the Allies launched Operation Husky. The subsequent thirty-eight-day Battle for Sicily was one of the most dramatic of the entire Second…
5 years, 7 months ago
170. The Battle of Britain - Part 2
Season 1 Episode 170
What was the civilian experience as the Battle of Britain raged in the skies? And how realistic was the German aim to gain air supremacy? Al Murray a…
5 years, 7 months ago
169. Stan Perry Special - Part Two
Season 1 Episode 169
Part Two of James Holland's interview with veteran Stan Perry about his wartime experiences in the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry. Stan arrived in France …
5 years, 7 months ago
168. The Battle of Britain
Season 1 Episode 168
“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”
Well that was Winston Churchill’s view.
Now, 80 years on, Al Murray and J…
5 years, 7 months ago
167. Stan Perry Special
Season 1 Episode 167
Part 2 of James Holland's interview with veteran Stan Perry about his wartime experiences in the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry. Stan arrived in France sh…
5 years, 8 months ago
166. Hitler Myths
Season 1 Episode 166
Did Hitler really die in a Berlin bunker? Yes of course he did. But this simple truth hasn’t stopped a host of conspiracy theorists claiming the Nazi…
5 years, 8 months ago
165. Day of Days
Season 1 Episode 165
Al Murray and James Holland speak to Band of Brothers scriptwriter John Orloff.
John wrote episode two, Day of Days, as well as episode nine, Why We F…
5 years, 8 months ago
164. Sweden and Spies
Season 1 Episode 164
Just how neutral was Sweden in the Second World War? Al Murray and James Holland debate this as well recounting the role of an unusual Scottish spy.
J…
5 years, 8 months ago
163. Where the War was Won - Part 2
Season 1 Episode 163
In the second part of Al Murray and James Holland's conversation with historian Phillips O'Brien they discuss the largely forgotten US Admiral Willia…
5 years, 8 months ago
162. Where the War was Won - Part 1
Season 1 Episode 162
Historian Phillips O'Brien explains to James Holland and Al Murray his theory that land battles did not make a significant contribution to the outcom…
5 years, 8 months ago