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The Original Jeeps

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During the interwar years the US army had worked to develop a light weapons carrier, but by 1940 the ‘perfect’ vehicle had not been found. The war in Europe focused minds in the American army and in June it compiled a list of requirements for a revolutionary new truck to replace the mule as the...read more

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To Defeat The Few: The Luftwaffe's Battle of Britain

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After the fall of France, Germany turned its attention to Britain. The Battle of Britain is the story of the hard pressed RAF struggling against an enemy, which up to that point hadn’t been stopped. Immortalised on celluloid in the 1969 film, with a star studded cast, Guy Hamilton’s Battle of...read more

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An Impeccable Spy: Richard Sorge

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"Richard Sorge was a man with two homelands. Born of a German father and a Russian mother in Baku in 1895, he moved in a world of shifting alliances and infinite possibility. A member of the angry and deluded generation who found new, radical faiths after their experiences on the...read more

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1940 Stoewer Einheits PKW Typ 40, Stoewer, Stoewer typ 40, Stoewer PKW

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Fully drivable original Stoewer Type 40 of 1940....read more

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Wehrmacht Mercedes 170V convertible, Mercedes 170V, Mercedes Staff Car, Mercedes Convertible.

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Original Wehrmacht Mercedes from 1940....read more

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The Italian Army In North Africa

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Long standing listeners will have heard Angus chat to Walter Zapotoczny before, in episode 57 they looked at Ardennes offensive, and in episode 63 they looked at ...read more

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HURRICANE MOVIE 2018

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Northrop P-61 Black Widow

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The P-61 was built in response to the Blitz on Great Britain, in 1940. The RAF were in need of a night fighter and they confirmed with their US counterparts on the specifications. The result was a twin tail plane with a crew of three, it was specifically designed to house a radar to zero the...read more

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Case Red: The Collapse of France

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In this episode Angus is looking at ‘Case Red’ the German attack on France post Dunkirk. Often when we talk about the Battle of France the history seems to stop at Dunkirk, in actual fact the fight carried on for a few more weeks. There was still British 100,000+ troops in France, Churchill was...read more

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