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Eighth Army versus Rommel

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Cast your minds back to episode 103 Angus discussed Eric Dorman-Smith with James Colvin. At that time James was busy researching and writing a book looking at the British Army in North Africa, its tactics...read more

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Airborne Chaplains in the Second World War

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In this episode we’re exploring the work of army Chaplains assigned to British Airborne units during the war. These men landed with the troops by parachute or glider, often behind enemy lines sharing the dangers and challenges of front line operations through North Africa, Sicily, Italy, D-Day...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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The Battle for Hong Kong, 1941

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We’re all familiar with the events on that day of ‘infamy’, the 7th December 1941. The Japanese launch their typhoon in the pacific with the attack on Pearl Harbour. Hours later they would invade Malaya; an operation that would outflank the British 'fortress’ singapore. Japanese units would land...read more

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1941: The Year Germany Lost the War

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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 of the beginning’, as Churchill would put it. Friend of the podcast Andrew Nagorski has...read more

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USS Arizona: Brothers Down

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In this episode Angus is joined by Walter Borneman, if you cast your mind back hr talked to him in episode 25about...read more

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Alarmstart East: The Luftwaffe on the Eastern Front

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"There are no more than a handful of Second World War Luftwaffe members alive today. Patrick Eriksson had the foresight to record these experiences first-hand before it was too late. Some witnesses ended up as senior fighter controllers. The recollections and views of the veterans are put...read more

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US Navy vs IJN Fleet Submarine, 1941-42

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In this episode Angus is looking at Japanese submarine operations in the Pacific during the early part of the war. While we're sure you’re all familiar with the Imperial Japanese surface fleets actions during 1941-42, especially if you’ve listened to the discussions with Jeff Cox in episode ...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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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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