Talking War Movies

This week, we're dusting off our back catalogue and sharing one of our favourite episodes from the past few years. Enjoy the second part of our riotous interview with the legendary lead singer of AC/...

9 Mar 202352min

This week, we're dusting off our back catalogue and sharing one of our favourite episodes from the past few years. The legendary lead singer of AC/DC Brian Johnson is fascinated by the Second World Wa...

9 Mar 202346min

Can Al and James finally put to bed the claim that “Man For Man, the German Army were better than the British”? Also, the pair dive into the papers and diaries of a Polish soldier conscripted into fig...

7 Mar 202357min

Did Mark Clark really want to shoot any Brits he found in Rome? And does he deserve the routine vilification he so often receives for Salerno, the Bloody Rapido and the break-out from Anzio? Al Murra...

3 Mar 202349min

James resumes his exploration of Italy, this time, he's on the trail of the Canadians and particularly the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment as they battled their way from the toe to the mountains o...

2 Mar 202339min

Why has James Holland had to rethink writing his latest book on Monte Cassino, and will the book reach Rome by Christmas?  Al and James also discuss the complicated reasons as to why men chose to figh...

28 Feb 202356min

John McManus joins Al and James to explore the Bougainville campaign. This otherwise unassuming little island just off mainland Papua New Guinea was home to one of the final campaigns in the Pacific T...

24 Feb 202351min

ARCHIVE EPISODE In this second episode of our Philippe Sands interview, we explore The Ratline and its central cast of characters. Otto Wächter, the Nazi on the run from justice; his wife Charlotte, a...

23 Feb 202355min