101 - Operation CHASTISE: The Dambusters
On the night of May 16th, 1943, 19 Lancaster bombers took off from England heading toward the German industrial heartland of the Ruhr. They carried a new bomb, designed to skip across water avoiding a...
1 Okt 201944min
100 - Left For Dead At Nijmegen
On the 17th September 1944 Gene Metcalfe, of the 82 Airbourne, parachuted in to Holland as part of Operation Market Garden. Approaching the bridge they were to capture Gene is injured in a firefight a...
15 Sep 201941min
99 - George Mergenthaler - MERG
One thing I've learned from producing these podcasts is the research never ends, it only leads to new avenues of interest branching off from the original topic. And this is the case for Peter Lion. If...
10 Sep 201949min
98 - Operation Market Garden
September 2019 marks the 75th anniversary of Operation Market Garden, the allied attempt to create a sixty mile corridor, and secure a crossing over the Rhine. The plan was to use the newly formed Fir...
1 Sep 201959min
97 - Japanese POW: Ray Fitchett
Last year I got an email from Cole Gill, his grandfather had made a number of tape recordings recounting his experiences during the war serving on the Royal Navy ship HMS Exeter, then as a POW at the ...
15 Aug 201939min
96 - Bridge Busters: The Dortmund-Ems Canal Raid
In this episode we're looking at an RAF raid in 1940 against the Dortmund-Ems canal. The canal was a vital trade route with huge amounts of supplies and raw materials passing along it daily. With the ...
1 Aug 201941min
95 - Jimmy Stewart
For a long time I've been fascinated by movie stars who chose to join the military and saw combat in World War Two. And one star in particular has always interested me, 'Jimmy Stewart'. A big star in...
15 Jul 201939min
94 - 1941
The usual narrative for WWII is that turning points of the war are in 1942 with the battles of Midway, El Alamein and Stalingrad. While these are unquestionably major victories that signalled the 'end...
1 Jul 201947min
