Stalin, tasting a bit of success, now launches massive counter attacks up and down the line of all...
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Episode 490-Between Stalin’s Hammer and Hitler’s Anvil
Army Group Center commander Von Kluge goes round and round with Hitler about retreating. Hitler’s...
Episode 489-2 Ep Special! Interview w/ Jan Davis: Air Born & Retreat or Die
Astronaut Jan Davis' book tells of her father's time as a B-17 pilot and POW. His can do attitude...
Episode 441-When Barbarossa Beings, the World Will Hold It’s Breath
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...
Episode 440-Can a Warship be Cursed?
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!
Episode 439-Dieppe Was Avenged
The conclusion of Operation Jubilee, the Dieppe Raid. The nightmare on the beach is over, but it’s repercussions have only begun in London, Ottawa and Berlin. But two years later, the Allies will be back and Dieppe will be liberated. Not that the war of words will end...
Episode 438-The Longest One Day Casualty List in Canadian History
With the survivors back in Britain, questions are being asked, facts and figures are being compiled. Canada has questions but they will not like the answers. Meanwhile, Churchill is meeting with Stalin about fighting Nazi Germany together.
Episode 437-Interview w/ Scott Simon about his book Swingtime for Hitler and then Operation Jubilee
A Two Episode Special! First, NPR's Scott Simon comes on to talk about Swingtime for Hitler: From Goebbels’s Jazzmen to Tokyo Rose to AI, the Eternal Allure of Propaganda and then Operation Jubilee's Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat. To listen to Swingtime for Hitler, go...
Episode 436-Retreat, Yes! But How?
Operation Jubilee has failed, but now the men have to be rescued. Yet the Germans are determined not to let a single man, ship or plane leave without having fought their way out. To view the podcast with captions please subscribe to The History of WWII...






