Before 9/11: A History of Hijacking
As the world prepares to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks two decades on, we discuss the history of plane hijackings. From politically motivated attacks to propaganda tools used by governments...
6 Sep 202136min
Before 9/11: The Day Wall Street Exploded
At lunchtime on 16 September 1920, a horse drawn cart exploded on the busiest corner of the Financial District of New York. To find out more about the United States’ first age of terror, James spoke t...
3 Sep 202126min
The Boy Who Followed His Father to Auschwitz
In 1939, Gustav Kleinmann, a Jewish upholsterer in Vienna, was arrested by the Nazis. Along with his sixteen-year-old son Fritz, he was sent to Buchenwald in Germany, where a new concentration camp wa...
1 Sep 202143min
Trident: Does the Nuclear Deterrent Work?
With the nuclear submarine TV series, Vigil, coming out last night, the UK’s leading expert on Trident, Dr Nick Ritchie from the University of York, joins James on Warfare.Dr Nick gives us a step-by-s...
30 Aug 202153min
Al-Qaeda
Their attacks of 11 September 2001 sparked a War on Terror which echoes loudly to this day, but where did Al Qaeda come from, how did their ideologies form and what role do they play in the world toda...
27 Aug 202147min
WW2: The Doolittle Raid
It's one of the great stories of American military history; The Doolittle Raid. In 1942 after the humiliation assault on Pearl Harbour and determined to show that America still had offensive capabilit...
25 Aug 202125min
The Cold War & the Power of Defence Spending
As the international community moved from World War to Cold War in the second half of the 20th century, the defence requirements of the United States also evolved. But what did this mean for arms manu...
23 Aug 202131min
The Jacobite Risings
On 19 August 1745, the Jacobites engaged in the final of their five uprisings, stretching back to 1689. In this episode, Kelsey Ellington examines the Jacobite’s uprisings, their supporters and their ...
20 Aug 202121min
