96 - Bridge Busters: The Dortmund-Ems Canal Raid
In this episode we're looking at an RAF raid in 1940 against the Dortmund-Ems canal. The canal was a vital trade route with huge amounts of supplies and raw materials passing along it daily. With the ...
1 Aug 201941min
95 - Jimmy Stewart
For a long time I've been fascinated by movie stars who chose to join the military and saw combat in World War Two. And one star in particular has always interested me, 'Jimmy Stewart'. A big star in...
15 Juli 201939min
94 - 1941
The usual narrative for WWII is that turning points of the war are in 1942 with the battles of Midway, El Alamein and Stalingrad. While these are unquestionably major victories that signalled the 'end...
1 Juli 201947min
93 - D-Day: The British Beach Landings
In the last episode we looked at the American experience of D-Day at Omaha beach, this time it's the turn of the British and Canadians at Sword, Juno and Gold on the 6th June 1944. In this episode we'...
15 Juni 201940min
92 - D-Day: Omaha
'Before the war, Normandy's Plage d'Or coast was best known for its sleepy villages and holiday destinations. Early in 1944, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel took one look at the gentle, sloping sands and a...
1 Juni 201943min
91 - USS Arizona: Brothers Down
In this episode I'm joined by Walter Borneman, if you cast your mind back I talked to him in episode 25 about General Macarthur. That was nearly three years ago! How time flies! Since then Walter has ...
15 Maj 201956min
90 - Storm On Our Shores
On the 6th of June 1942 Japanese troops invaded the island of Attu which is part of Alaska, it was the first time since 1812 that continental America had been invaded. In this episode we're looking at...
1 Maj 201947min
89 - Cork Wars
A few months ago I got email from David Taylor asking if I'd ever considered looking at the cork industry in WWII? I'm sure like you, it had never crossed my mind. The more I looked into it the more I...
15 Apr 201932min
