by WWIIPodcast | Jan 25, 2020 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadDuring World War II, thousands of Axis prisoners of war were held throughout Nebraska in base camps that included Fort Robinson, Camp Scottsbluff and Camp Atlanta. Many Nebraskans did not view the POWs as “evil Nazis.”...
by WWIIPodcast | Jan 19, 2020 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWith Singapore captured, the Japanese Empire sets its sights on Sumatra and Java. But first, the Celebes and Maluku Islands must fall, so Australia and other nearby locations can be kept...
by WWIIPodcast | Dec 31, 2019 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadDespite a 3 to 1 advantage in men, Archibald Percival, GOC Malay, is pushed by Churchill and ABDACOM Commander Gen. Wavell to defy the Japanese in trying to take Singapore. Yet Gen. Yamashita will continue defying the odds with...
by WWIIPodcast | Dec 16, 2019 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadBringing up the Australian 8th Infantry Division, it’s hoped these fresh troops can stop the Japanese 25th Army from taking Johore and thus capturing all of the Malayan Peninsula. Yet Percival and Wavell are already thinking...
by WWIIPodcast | Dec 10, 2019 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWith reinforcements on the way, the British lead Commonwealth troops strive to keep the Japanese away from Singapore. And though exhausted, the Gurkhas, Punjabis, Hyderabad, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of the 11th Indian...
by WWIIPodcast | Dec 3, 2019 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe Japanese 25th Army continues pushing the Malaya Command further south, ever closer to Singapore. But the latest stand will take place near Kampar yet here, the defenders have the enviable position of having their guns on the...
