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 Lieutenant) March 15, 2018

Strafbattalion: Hitler’s Penal Battalions

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In episode 57 Angus talked to Walter Zapotoczny about Ardennes Offensive, chatting with him he mentioned he had a new book out in 2018 looking at German Penal Battalions. That sounded like a topic right up...read more

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 Lieutenant) February 16, 2017

The Last German Fighters of Second World War - Too Young to Die

It's possible that you have seen many times the footage of the boys from the Hitler Youth as young as 12, being decorated by Adolf Hitler with Iron Crosses for their heroism in the defense of Berlin. This happened on March 19th 1945, on the 56th Hitler's birthday. This moment was the last time...read more

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The British Resistance: Auxiliary Units

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By the end of June 1940 the Battle of France was over, the British Army had been plucked from the Beaches of Dunkirk, but much of its heavy equipment had been abandoned in France.

It looked like Britain would be the next target for the Nazi war machine… Having witnessed the debacle in...read more

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The little-known capture of Rommel’s signals intelligence unit by an Australian battalion in North Africa in July 1942

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At the beginning of the "First Battle of Alamein", Rommel's DAK suffered an unexpected coup when they lost the signals intercept unit Nachrichten Fern Aufklarung Kompanie 621 (NFAK 621) which was commanded by the Hauptmann (Captain) Alfred...read more

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The OSS - America's WW2 Intelligence Service

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In this episode I talk to Douglas Waller about the Office of Strategic Services, the OSS.

The US entered the Second World War with no foreign intelligence service. Roosevelt selected William Donovan, WW1 Medal of Honor recipient, to create an agency based on the British MI6 and SOE....read more

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 HQ Batallón) March 15, 2015

The K-9 Corps. Chips was one of them. He was the top canine hero of World War II

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In World War II, dogs and United States Army began to be closely related. The first step in this direction was done by Dogs for Defense, Inc. (DFD), a national civilian organization whose was intended to train dogs to perform sentry duty for the army along the coast of the United States. Aware...read more

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 Lieutenant) February 12, 2015

Seabees - The Navy's fighting construction men the World over (1944)

This film describes activities of the United States Navy construction battalions (Seabees) during World War II.read more

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 Lieutenant) February 03, 2015

One More River - The Story of the 8th Indian Division

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A small pamphlet, one of a series on Indian Infantry Divisions that fought World War II and published by the War Department, Govt of India (before the British gave independence to India in 1947). Anonymously authored.

The Division came into this war along the most ancient rivers of...read more

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 HQ Batallón) November 22, 2014

U.S. Army Special Operations in World War II

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From the plains of Europe to the jungles of the Pacific, the U.S. Army in World War II employed a variety of commando and guerrilla operations to harass the Axis armies, gather intelligence, and support the more conventional Allied military efforts. During the Allied invasion of northern France...read more

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