378 The End of the Beginning
In October 1942, Bernard Montgomery began his long-awaited offensive against the Italians and Germans in Egypt. Meanwhile, at the opposite end of the Mediterranean, the Allies were preparing to open a...
1 Sep 202440min
377 Verdun on the Volga
The Battle of Stalingrad was a throwback to the kinds of battles fought in the last war. Like Verdun, the Germans were paying a heavy price. Would the gain be worth it?
25 Aug 202446min
376 Two Hammers, One Anvil
As Bernard Montgomery plotted an offensive against Axis forces in North Africa from the east, Dwight Eisenhower was plotting one from the west.
11 Aug 202441min
375 Time Is Blood
When German soldiers began their assault on the city of Stalingrad, they expected a quick victory, but the Soviet defense was far tougher than they had imagined.
4 Aug 202439min
374 A Steppe Too Far
German forces advance on Stalingrad in August 1942, while Adolf Hitler becomes increasingly hostile and mistrustful of his military commanders.
21 Jul 202442min
373 The Machinery of Mass Murder
The Nazis applied the experience they had gained from murdering disabled people and Soviet POWs to their project to exterminate Jewish people in Europe.
14 Jul 202444min
372 The Road to the Holocaust
It started with the concentration camps.
30 Jun 202445min
371 Operation Shoestring
In the first American offensive action of the war, US marines land on Guadalcanal.
23 Jun 202443min
