The WW2 Podcast

In this episode we're looking at a topic we touched up on in way back in episode 06 when we looked at the OSS. We're looking at the OSS station chief in Bern, Switzerland, Allen Dulles and his connec...

15 Mar 201754min

Once the Allies had crossed the English Channel on D-Day the next large natural barrier would be the crossing of the Rhine into Germany. Toward the end of 1944 the fighting had been hard, the American...

1 Mar 201748min

In 1943 the Allies made their first mass use of Airborne troops in support of the landings on Sicily. By this time the Germans had already ruled out any further mass use of the airborne Fallschirmjäge...

15 Feb 201751min

In this episode we'll looking at how Britain found the manpower to fight the war. By the end at least four and a half million had served from Britain, if we add to that figure Empire and Commonwealth ...

1 Feb 201738min

In this episode I'm talking to Edward Hooton and we're looking at the air war over the Eastern Front, a topic I'm not familiar with. From my own point of view it's always been overshadowed by the grou...

15 Jan 201746min

In this episode we're looking at the plight of those Jews fleeing Poland who headed east into Russia after the German invasion of 1939. It's a story I wasn't at all familiar with. I'm joined by Annett...

1 Jan 201756min

With the holiday season upon us I've a festive episode for you. The US 28th Infantry Division landed in France in July of 1944. After fighting through the Bocage and taking part in the parade through...

15 Des 201639min

We're looking at the Operation Sea Lion, the German invasion plan for Britain in the latest podcast. I'm joined by Robert Forczyk. Robert is a prolific author and military historian. His latest book ...

1 Des 20161h