Episode 444-Army Group Center
Still catching up to where we left off on the Eastern Front, now we turn to Army Group Center. At first, Moscow was not von Bock’s main goal, but rather the destruction of all Soviet forces in Western...
15 Nov 202327min
Episode 443: Two Episode Special! Angus Konstam Interview and The Clash of Titans
Two Episodes! First, Historian Angus Konstam comes on to discuss his newest book, The Convoy: HG-76: Taking the Fight To Hitler's U-Boats and then we return to the Eastern Front. Army Group North is m...
9 Nov 20231h 29min
Episode 442-Interview w/ Roger Moorhouse about his book, The Forgers: The Forgotten Story of the Holocaust's Most Audacious Rescue Operation
Historian Roger Moorhouse comes on to discuss the incredible story of the Polish Ambassador in Switzerland who tried to save trapped Jews in Soviet occupied Poland. Word of this gets out and thousands...
2 Nov 202356min
Episode 441-When Barbarossa Begins, the World Will Hold It's Breath
This is the first in a recap of the Eastern front. Germany’s Army Group North will cut through the Baltic states with relative ease. Still, there are a few moments of panic for the panzers that are on...
18 Okt 202325min
Episode 440-Can a Warship be Cursed?
Here are three stories to hold you over until I can get back to the Eastern Front. Enjoy! RSS – https://feeds.megaphone.fm/history-of-world-war-ii Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/wwii45 Twitter –...
11 Okt 202331min
Episode 439-Dieppe Was Avenged
The conclusion of Operation Jubilee, the Dieppe Raid. The nightmare on the beach is over, but it’s repercussions have only begun in London, Ottawa and Berlin. But two years later, the Allies will be b...
3 Okt 202329min
Episode 438-The Longest One Day Casualty List in Canadian History
With the survivors back in Britain, questions are being asked, facts and figures are being compiled. Canada has questions but they will not like the answers. Meanwhile, Churchill is meeting with Stali...
25 Sep 202326min
Episode 437-Interview w/ Scott Simon about his book Swingtime for Hitler & then Operation Jubilee
A Two Episode Special! First, NPR's Scott Simon come on to discuss his audiobook/book Swingtime for Hitler: From Goebbels’s Jazzmen to Tokyo Rose to AI, the Eternal Allure of Propaganda. And then we c...
15 Sep 20231h 2min
