27 - Anthropoid: Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich
I'd seen the 1975 film Operation Daybreak and was aware of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, but what I wasn't aware of was the utter destruction of the village of Lidice as an act of vengeance ...
15 Sep 201647min
26 - Operation Agreement
We're in North Africa in this episode of the podcast. The War in the desert was full of ups and downs for both Axis and Allies. In January 1941 Tobruk fell to the Allies. With the arrival of Rommel th...
1 Sep 201637min
25 - MacArthur
In this episode I'm looking at Douglas MacArthur with Walter Borneman. MacArthur is one of those personalities that war throws up which I find hard to pin down. They have a big personalities and seemi...
15 Aug 201659min
24 - Stug Revisited and the Plasch Palatka
I've a bit of a different episode for you. In our look at the Stug I talked to Jon Phillips who was close to completing his two year restoration of his Stug III. The deadline for getting the engine in...
1 Aug 201613min
23 - Military Internees and the Irish Free State
In this episode we're looking at the peculiar situation the Republic of Ireland, Eire, found itself during the second world war. Along with countries such as Sweden, Switzerland and Spain, Eire trod t...
15 Jul 201643min
22 - 1941: Fighting the Shadow War
In december last year we looked at how Churchill in 1940 kept Britain in the war. In this episode we're crossing the pond to look at Roosevelt and America in 1940/41. At the outbreak of war in Europe ...
1 Jul 201659min
21 - WWII Tank Hunting
Have you ever wondered where to find surviving WWII tanks? Craig Moore's tank-hunter.com is a invaluable resource in tracking them down. What could be better than a summer holiday roaming Europe ticki...
15 Jun 201641min
20 - The Castaway's War
In this episode we're in the Pacific in 1943 looking at the exploits of Lieutenant Hugh Miller. After his ship the USS Strong is sunk he washes up on a Pacific island terribly injured. It's is a remar...
1 Jun 201633min
