The WW2 Podcast

In this episode I'm looking at Operation Tonga, the British airborne element that led the way during the D-Day landings in 1944. I'm joined by Stephen Wright. Stephen is keenly interested in the opera...

1 Sep 201748min

In this episode we're looking at high ranking British POWs held by the Italians and their attempts at escape. The middle east was considered an Italian theatre, rather than prisoners be shipped to Ger...

15 Aug 20171h 5min

In this episode I'm looking at the giant soviet T-35 tank with Francis Pulham. As you will discover the T-35 was a peculiar vehicle with five turrets, very few were ever produced and almost all were k...

1 Aug 201742min

In this episode we're in the Western Desert in 1940-41 looking at the air campaign fought by Raymond Collishaw and his RAF crews. Collishaw was a WW1 fighter ace. When the war broke out in 1939 now Ai...

15 Juli 201747min

As many of you know I bang on about supporting me via Patreon at the start of each episode. These small donations pay for hosting, software and help me to find the time to dedicate to the show. After ...

6 Juli 201743min

In this episode we're going to be discussing Bill Cheall. Bill joined the Green Howard's in 1939, a regiment in the British army, and fought throughout the whole war. He was evacuated through Dunkirk,...

1 Juli 201752min

In this episode we're looking at three brothers all in the US Navy at the start of the war, and their remarkable story. Today I'm joined by Sally Mott Freeman, her book "The Jersey Brothers: A Missing...

15 Juni 201744min

Last year I talked to Irish Historian Bernard Kelly about his book "Military Internees, Prisoners of War and the Irish State during the Second World War", thats episode 23 for those who haven't listen...

1 Juni 201741min