by WWIIPodcast | Nov 15, 2023 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
Still catching up to where we left off on the Eastern Front, now we turn to Army Group Center. At first, Moscow was not von Bock’s main goal, but rather the destruction of all Soviet forces in Western Russia. If that could happen, then victory was assured. But one...
by WWIIPodcast | Nov 9, 2023 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
Two Episodes! First, Historian Angus Konstam comes on to discuss his newest book, The Convoy: HG-76: Taking the Fight To Hitler’s U-Boats and then we return to the Eastern Front. Army Group North is making headway toward Leningrad, but Stalin continues to put...
by WWIIPodcast | Nov 2, 2023 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
Historian Roger Moorhouse comes on to discuss the incredible story of the Polish Ambassador in Switzerland who tried to save trapped Jews in Soviet occupied Poland. Word of this gets out and thousands more requests comes in. He who saves one life, saves the world...
by WWIIPodcast | Oct 18, 2023 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
This is the first in a recap of the Eastern front. Germany’s Army Group North will cut through the Baltic states with relative ease. Still, there are a few moments of panic for the panzers that are only a foretaste of what is to come. Vor einem Panzerwerk über...
by WWIIPodcast | Oct 11, 2023 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
Here are three stories to hold you over until I can get back to the Eastern Front. They include the story of the USS William D. Porter, the Massacre at Bamber Bridge and the de Havilland Mosquito. Enjoy!