A military history podcast that looks at all aspects of WWII. With WW2 slipping from living memory I aim to look at different historical aspects of the Second World War.
http://www.ww2podcast.com
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 7 days 21 hours 2 minutes
episode 117: Information Hunters
When Librarians, Soldiers, and Spies Banded Together in World War II Europe.
episode 116: Clementine Churchill
Clementine Churchill supported her husband Winston through the ups and downs of his long career. She was his most trusted confidant, counsellor and companion. Indeed it could be arguable that without his wife Clementine, Winston might never have...
episode 115: To VE Day Through German Eyes
80 years ago this month (thats May 2020, if you're reading this from the future) the Germans finally surrendered to the Allies. While there were a number different surrender ceremonies the 8 May 1945 was declared by the Western Allies to be Victory in...
episode 112: Four Hours of Fury: Operation Varsity
On the 24th of March 1945, 75 years ago this year, the largest ever airborne operation swung into action. Operation Varsity involved over 16,000 paratroopers and thousands of planes, the objective was to secure the west bank of the Rhine and the...
episode 111: An Impeccable Spy: Richard Sorge
"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...
episode 109: The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
The Evolution of Professional Aviation Culture in Canada, 1939-45
episode 108: The Battle for Hong Kong, 1941
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...