Battleground

With the shock waves of the fall of Bashir al Assad still reverberating Saul and Patrick look at the way this profoundly important event has reshaped the Ukraine conflict and the global order generall...

13 Dec 202445min

On December 16, 1944, Hitler launched his 'last gamble' in the snow-covered forests of the Ardennes in Belgium, hoping to smash through the Allied lines in the west and retake the Belgian port of Antw...

11 Dec 202454min

In this special bonus episode Saul and Patrick react to the remarkable and astonishingly fast developments over the weekend in Syria, where rebel forces have taken control and long-term dictator Basha...

9 Dec 202427min

Saul and Patrick reflect on a week of instability across the globe and in particular the news that rebel groups in Syria, have recaptured parts of Aleppo and are threatening the Russian naval base at ...

6 Dec 202440min

Covering a wide range of fascinating topics from the race to Berlin to the liberation of Finnmark in the far north of Scandinavia, Saul and Patrick address some of the multitude of questions which we ...

4 Dec 202436min

In this week's edition of Battleground Ukraine Saul and Patrick discuss the fallout from a series of escalations last week, the US's push for Ukraine to lower its age of conscription in order to comba...

29 Nov 202449min

In a powerful interview Patrick speaks to author Julian Evans who has over the past 30 years build his own powerful connection to Ukraine and in particular the city of Odesa. He describes his experi...

28 Nov 202435min

In this episode Patrick is joined by historian and former British Army Officer Sir Simon Mayall, to discuss the Middle East - both the region's role in the conflict but also the lasting impact that t...

27 Nov 202430min