Podcast Episodes
Back to Search41. The Life and Death of the Desert Fox
Season 1 Episode 41
No German military leader of World War Two has a greater reputation than Erwin Rommel. Such was his perceived threat to Hitler and the Nazi hierarchy…
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40. The Massacre of Monte Sole
Episode 40
In the autumn of 1944 German troops murdered more than 700 Italian civilians in one village. James Holland visits the scene seventy five years on.
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39. Poland's Plight
Season 1 Episode 39
Al Murray and James Holland discuss the terrible price paid by Poland in World War Two. Also, why is there a Russian tank on London’s Old Kent Road? …
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38. Stalin in Paris
Season 1 Episode 38
Did Russia have aspirations to march the Red Army all the way to Paris? Al Murray and James Holland debate Soviet intentions in 1945. The lads also n…
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37. A Bridge Too Far?
Season 1 Episode 37
Al Murray and James Holland stand on the banks of the Neder-Rijn in the exact spot that the remnants of the 1st Airborne Division rowed and swam back…
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36. Lost at Nijmegen
Season 1 Episode 36
Why did General Gavin not take the vital bridge at Nijmegen as soon as his 82nd Airborne Division landed in Holland? A hugely controversial decision …
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35. Al Murray walks the Oosterbeek Perimeter
Season 1 Episode 35
On day four of Operation Market Garden, British commanding officer Roy Urquhart gave up trying to relieve John Frost at Arnhem bridge and instead ord…
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34. XXX Corps
Season 1 Episode 34
In September 1944 the Allied ground troops of Operation Market Garden smashed their way north towards the beleaguered British troops holding on in Ar…
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33. Market Garden with Dan Snow
Season 1 Episode 33
Dan Snow chats with James Holland by the bridge in Arnhem. The two historians discuss the battle’s iconic place in British history.
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32. The Battle for Arnhem Bridge
Season 1 Episode 32
Al Murray and James Holland walk across the famous John Frost bridge at Arnhem while describing the intense fighting which took place there 75 years …
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