The WW2 Podcast

By the end of June 1940 the Battle of France was over, the British Army had been plucked from the Beaches of Dunkirk, but much of its heavy equipment had been abandoned in France. It looked like Brita...

15 Mar 201638min

In this episode we're looking at the Java Sea Campaign, with Jeffrey Cox. Jeff's book Rising Sun, Falling Skies: The disastrous Java Sea Campaign of World War II from Osprey publishing, examines the e...

1 Mar 20161h 7min

In this episode I'm looking at the use of Gliders during the war and I'm joined by Matt Yates. Matt is a member of Chalk a living history group in the north of England who specialise in the British Gl...

15 Feb 201648min

The StuG started development before the war and was in full production by 1940. Designated an Assault Gun it was designed round a Panzer III chassis but no turret, this gave it an extremely low profil...

1 Feb 201624min

At a time when Britain stood alone there was one shining light in North Africa. Richard O'Conner's Operation Compass was on the cusp of capturing the whole of North Africa, before his troops were dive...

15 Jan 20161h 2min

Parcels delivered by the International Red Cross proved to be a lifeline for many Prisoners of War. These were guaranteed by the Geneva Convention of 1929 providing PoWs with tobacco, food and some hy...

1 Jan 201642min

In this episode I'm joined by Professor Theresa Kaminski. We look at the Japanese occupation of the Philippines and the extraordinary stories of those women who escaped internment and help American PO...

15 Des 201546min

By the end of 1940 Britain defiantly stood alone against Nazi tyranny. Appeasement of the late 1930s was a reaction against the slaughter of the First World War, even after the fall of France some in ...

1 Des 201529min