Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Goering is ready for Phase Two. Fighter Command’s air shield will be tested as more and more raids approach the British coasts.  And now that the Radar towers will be targeted, the RAF must fight off the raiders during the day and make repairs at night. Exhaustion will become the order of the day. Meanwhile in East Africa, the Italian troops are closing in on Berbera, the capita

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed The RAF and Luftwaffe size each other up and ready for Adlertag. The war in North Africa has started and the British will have to withdraw, like Dunkirk, for now. But they know Egypt must be kept safe. But Mussolini wants his African Empire. Goering is ready for Phase Two, but the RAF is still in the fight.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed The brave men and women behind the RAF pilots and Fighter Command. The British people come together to defend their island: Anti-Aircraft guns, balloon barrage, BAM Fuel, Private companies working ahead of the government, the Air Transport Auxiliary and the Home Guard. The Battle of Britain is covered through August 1st, when Hitler issues Directive #17, the destruction of the RAF.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed This episode gives a glimpse into the daily routine of Luftwaffe pilots fighting over the English Channel. The Straights of Dover are now being called Hellfire Corner from the number of sunken convoy ships. Also July 26th-28th of the Battle of Britain is covered. Dowding rests his men and their aircraft, while Luftwaffe leader Goering tries to coax the RAF fighters into the sky....

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed The Me 109E will bring Nazi Germany to greatness and to the water’s edge at the English Channel. It came before the Hurricane and Spitfire and was faster. But it was also without armor, at first. The Luftwaffe is still testing the RAF: its air craft, pilots and RDF system. Both sides will draw blood as Adlertag and Operation Sea Lion comes closer. The Battle of Britain, July 23-2

Ray Harris appears on the Paranormal Eh? Radio show. The episode is titled ‘The Nazi’s and the occult’. Listen to internet radio with Terry Konig on Blog Talk Radio Episode bio: Ray Harris from the podcast “A History of WW2″ joins us to take a look at the Nazi obsession with the occult. This is going to be a good one...

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed This episode covers the beginning of the RAF and Fighter Command. Air Marshal Dowding is Fighter Command’s first Commander in chief. Through trial and error, radar is developed and a detection and respond system is worked out to defend the Channel coast. The Battle of Britain, from July 20th to July 22nd. The Spitfire and Hurricane hold their own as the Luftwaffe rethinks its str

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed German tactics, English weather and the Spitfire.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed A close up of the Hawker Hurricane and the Battle of Britain, July 11th-15th.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Battle of Britain- July 10, 1940.