The Battle Of The Bulge: Bastogne (Part 7)
The battle everyone remembers. This siege has become the symbol of the whole campaign - but how well do we know what actually happened here? Find out what Band of Brothers got right, and why McAuliffe...
11 Mar 202556min
The Battle Of The Bulge: The Red Line (Part 6)
In the wake of the surprise offensive through the Ardennes, Generals Bradley and Hodges seem to have lost it, while Patton is jockeying to charge ahead. Firm control is required, so it is up to comman...
6 Mar 202555min
The Battle Of The Bulge: Massacre At Malmedy (Part 5)
Joachim Peiper was regarded as a princeling of the Nazi regime, and a celebrated tank commander. But he was also a cruel monster who encouraged his units to commit war crimes. Discover more about Pei...
4 Mar 202552min
The Battle Of The Bulge: A Tale Of Two Villages (Part 4)
Everyone remembers Bastogne. But here, we uncover the ferocious fighting around the Two Villages area, a hotly-contested part of the Ardennes Offensive that deserves to be better known to history. He...
27 Feb 202542min
The Battle Of The Bulge: Attack At Dawn (Part 3)
The Battle Of The Bulge is launched with a dawn barrage on December 16th 1944 at unsuspecting Allied defences. But even with the element of surprise, and some tragic miscommunication between American...
25 Feb 202549min
The Battle Of The Bulge: America's Fight (Part 2)
The Battle Of The Bulge is America's victory. In popular retellings of the campaign, myths surrounding Allied unpreparedness in this new series are proved conclusively to be wrong. From Eisenhower at...
20 Feb 202535min
The Battle Of The Bulge: Hitler's Mad Plan (Part 1)
The Battle of the Bulge is often called Hitler's Last Gamble, but rather than a bold offensive on the brink of success, it was a rushed and hopeless attack. The usual narrative highlights Allied shor...
18 Feb 202543min
Churchill's Secret Weapon
What is a land mattress? And what did it have to do with Allied victory in the West? Al Murray and James Holland argue morality, press campaigns and rocket launching in a vintage war-waffle episode. ...
13 Feb 202540min
