The End Of The Home Guard
Far from being a quiet end to the war, December 1944 was incredibly busy. As the Home Guard was getting demobilised, women in Nazi Germany were being forcibly volunteered... Join James Holland and Al...
17 Dec 202438min
The Duel: The Fox That Outlived Them All (Part 2)
April-May, 1945. Karl Wolff and Ernst Karltenbrunner are running out of time, and options. Interrogated by Himmler, and Hitler himself in the ruins of Berlin, their scheming is frustrated at every tu...
12 Dec 20241h
The Duel: The Nazi Escape Plan (Part 1)
Spring, 1945. Two high-ranking SS officers in Hitler's empire, who have seen the writing on the wall for the Third Reich, are plotting their escape. With warehouses of counterfeit cash and hoards of ...
10 Dec 202457min
Speer, Snipers & Submarines
Were the Americans exploiting WW2 for profit? Why shouldn't you fight at night with your canopy open? And how do you put the 'fun' into We Have Ways Festival Fünf...? Join Jim and Al answering your q...
5 Dec 202432min
Peleliu: A Pointless Victory (Part 2)
Al Murray, James Holland and John McManus conclude their brace of episodes on the battle for Peleliu. In a battlefield so dire, even the company dog gets killed, the boys discuss if any of the fighti...
3 Dec 202444min
Peleliu: Death Trap Island (Part 1)
27th November, 1944, Palau Islands. A 'God-Forsaken' island in the Pacific, Palau must be taken for the US strategy to reclaim the Philippines and push back the Japanese Empire. After 2 months of bl...
28 Nov 202443min
Blitz, Vichy Problems & The Best Military Beards
Just how good is Steve McQueen’s new film on The Blitz? Was the Vichy government really that bad in 1945? And which general had the best beard? Al Murray and James Holland have a great catch up and a...
26 Nov 202449min
Listen Now: Legacy
Listen to Legacy from Wondery and Goalhanger Podcasts. Each season, historian Peter Frankopan and broadcaster Afua Hirsch tell the wild stories of the most extraordinary men and women to have ever liv...
25 Nov 20249min
