141. Battleground 44' - The Eastern Front
On this edition of Battleground 44' Saul and Patrick speak to the historian Richard Overy, about the vast and devastating theatre of war that was the European Eastern front. They discuss what the situ...
13 Mar 202429min
140. Can Ukraine rely on Germany?
This week on Battleground, Saul and Patrick will be speaking to German Historian Katja Hoyer who will be shedding light on both German political attitudes towards Ukraine and the latest governmental s...
8 Mar 202442min
139. Battleground 44' - The Great Escape
The 1963 film The Great Escape immortalised the audacious real-life mass escape of 76 Allied airmen in March 1944 from the German Luftwaffe prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft III in eastern Germany, now...
6 Mar 202441min
138. Will western troops be sent to Ukraine?
As we enter the third year of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Saul and Patrick delve into the latest developments in the conflict, with the news emerging in the past week looking a little bet...
1 Mar 202445min
137. Battleground 44' - The French Resistance
In this latest episode of Battleground ’44 with Saul David and Patrick Bishop, the subject is Resistance and in particular the French Resistance. Their importance to the struggle in the West at least ...
28 Feb 202453min
136. Two years of bloodshed
With the second anniversary of Russia’s full scale invasion upon us, it is, it must be said a rather gloomy occasion. Saul and Patrick take a look back over the past two years and delve into the many ...
23 Feb 20241h 5min
135. Battleground 44' - War in the Pacific
In this episode of Battleground 44' Saul and Patrick turn to look at the Pacific theatre where, the attention of the Americans was focused on after the traumatic surprise Japanese attack on the US fle...
21 Feb 202445min
134. Will Ukrainian morale withstand the coming months?
In this latest episode of Battleground, Saul David and Patrick Bishop take a step back as the full-scale war in Ukraine approaches its second anniversary and look at the wider picture surrounding the ...
16 Feb 202437min
