Stalingrad: Lend Lease
For the final installment of our Stalingrad series, John McManus explains the baffling scale of lend lease between the US and the Soviet Union and how it helped make victory in Stalingrad possible. A...
4 Helmi 202341min
Stalingrad: Anthony Beevor
Today, Al and James are joined by legendary historian Sir Anthony Beevor. They discuss his seminal book on the topic and his extraordinary experience in the Russian archives during the mid-1990s. A Go...
3 Helmi 202349min
Stalingrad: Operation Uranus
As winter grips the ruins of Stalingrad, General Zhukov’s ambitious plan to end the stalemate is put into action Al and James discuss why Hitler refused to surrender, and why the Nazi war machine was ...
2 Helmi 202353min
Stalingrad: Street Fighting
In the third instalment of our Stalingrad series, Al Murray and James Holland reach the devastating fighting that takes place within Stalingrad's factories, tunnel systems and family homes. A Goalhan...
1 Helmi 202347min
Stalingrad: The Battle Begins
What prevented the Nazis from capturing Stalingrad and the rest of the Soviet Union with ease as they did in Western Europe? As the battle for Stalingrad begins, Al Murray and James Holland look at th...
31 Tammi 202358min
Stalingrad: The Launch of Case Blue
This week is 80 years since the end of the Battle of Stalingrad and we're running a special series to mark the occasion. In the first episode of the series James and Al set the scene from the beginnin...
30 Tammi 20231h 3min
Jewish Resistance: Selma van de Perre
The 27th of January is Holocaust Memorial Day, to commemorate this day we are re-sharing our interview with the Holocaust survivor, Selma Van De Perre. Selma van de Perre was a Dutch resistance fighte...
27 Tammi 20231h 28min
The Miniature War
Al and James often talk about 'walking the ground', but what about 'playing the ground'? Wargamer Nick Skinner takes the boys on a crash course on the hobby, and what wargaming can teach us about the ...
26 Tammi 202343min
