As 11 German and Romanian divisions, with 100 tanks and 100 airplanes come at Odessa, the people...
Podcast Episodes
Episode 460: A 2 Ep Special! Interview w/ Mike Croissant, Bombing Hitler’s Home & Defying the Odds: The Soviets versus Romania
A 2 Episode Special! First, an interview w/ Mike Croissant, author of Bombing Hitler’s Hometown....
Episode 459-The Siege of Odessa Begins
Focusing on the southern most part of Operation Barbarossa, we watch as the Black Sea city of...
Episode 384-The English GI: A Yorkshire Schoolboy’s Adventures in the US and Europe
This graphic novel by Jonathan Sandler covers the story of a young Jewish British citizen on vacation in NY when Pearl Harbor is attacked. Soon he is swept up in the US Army fighting for Uncle Sam, while his family back in Leeds worries over his safety. The story is...
Episode 383-Rommel Comes For Tobruk
The day of battle is here. Both sides have made flawed plans. The question is who can adapt faster. Still, the first phase of the Battle of Gazala goes to The Desert Fox. But there is always the question of fuel. And of course, I had to put out an episode on the...
Episode 382-Dale Jenkins discusses The Battles of Coral Sea and Midway
Retired Naval Officer Dale A. Jenkins, who served in the Pacific has a book coming out in December: Diplomats and Admirals. Today he sets up and examines the two battles, Coral Sea and Midway, then how their outcomes affected the rest of the Pacific War. His website...
Episode 381-The Battle at Gazala: The Waiting is All
As The Allies and Axis prepare for a battle at Gazala, Rommel and Gen. Ritchie both feel confident that their plan is best. Yet both sides have weaknesses: Rommel doesn’t know where all the Allied formations are and the British led forces think they have it easier in...
Episode 380-The British 8th Army vs The Desert Fox
Rommel is able to take Cyrenaica back from the British 8th Army, but between his fuel issues and C in C, ME Auchinleck’s personnel changes, the two sides will stare at each other for a while. But the combat will return as North Africa’s fate will determine the future...
Episode 379-Rommel Strikes Back
With the failure of Gen. Auchinleck's Operation Crusader, at the end of 1941, Rommel resupplies and heads out again, before the British can start Operation Acrobat, the drive on Tripoli. And like a year ago, the Allies are stretched far too thin and the men are under...