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Episode 61
Al Murray heads to Lincolnshire to visit the RAF’s stunning collection of working World War Two aircraft. Al gets to explore a Spitfire, a Hurricane,…
6 years, 2 months ago
60. Nazi Home Movies
Episode 60
James Holland and Al Murray discuss newly revealed German home movies. From Hitler Youth camps to burning villages on the eastern front and the cold-…
6 years, 3 months ago
59. Before the Bulge
Episode 59
Seventy five years on from the most brutal battle involving US troops in World War Two, Battle of the Bulge expert Peter Caddick-Adams talks to James…
6 years, 3 months ago
58. The Khaki Election and the Sherman Tank
Episode 58
Was Churchill’s defeat in the 1945 election really a surprise?
Al Murray and James Holland discuss the significance of sending the Beveridge Report to…
6 years, 3 months ago
From D-Day to Bastogne
Episode 57
James ‘Pee-wee’ Martin parachuted into Normandy on D-Day; fought on Hell’s Highway during Market Garden; and at Bastogne during the Battle of the Bul…
6 years, 3 months ago
56. Convoys on Land and Sea
Episode 56
James Holland and Al Murray discuss the famous convoy system known as the Red Ball Express, which supplied Allied forces moving across the continent …
6 years, 3 months ago
55. Paris in Wartime
Season 1 Episode 55
James Holland chats with Mike Neiberg, historian of war and peace at the US Army War College, about the final days of occupation in Paris.
A Goalhange…
6 years, 3 months ago
54. Stories From Auschwitz
Episode 54
Dr Alex Richie tells James Holland the harrowing story of her father-in-law Władysław Bartoszewski, a Polish Jew who was one of the first men to be s…
6 years, 3 months ago
53. Racial Divisions and the War at Sea
Episode 53
Al Murray and James Holland discuss the issues of race in the US armed forces during World War Two, including the little known Battle of Bamber Bridg…
6 years, 3 months ago
52. Inside the Archives
Episode 52
James Holland reports from Washington as he continues to research his forthcoming book on the battle for Sicily.
Reporting from inside the US archives…
6 years, 3 months ago