Podcast Episodes

Episode 441-When Barbarossa Beings, the World Will Hold It’s Breath

by WWIIPodcast | October 18, 2023 | Featured, Podcast Episodes | 0 Comments

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?

by WWIIPodcast | October 11, 2023 | Featured, Podcast Episodes | 0 Comments

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

by WWIIPodcast | October 3, 2023 | Featured, Podcast Episodes | 0 Comments

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...

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...

Episode 436-Retreat, Yes! But How?

Operation Jubilee has failed, but now the men have to be rescued. Yet the Germans are determined...

Episode 344-Interview with Prof. Jeffrey Jackson about his book, Paper Bullets

Jeffrey Jackson, professor of history at Rhodes College comes on the show to tell us about Lucy and Suzanne’s courage in defying the nazi occupation of the channel island Jersey. These two lovers, having developed their avant garde artistry in 1920 and 1930’s Paris,...

Episode 343-Interview with Ambassador David McKean about his book, Watching Darkness Fall

Former Ambassador to Luxembourg and before that, the Director of Policy Planning at the US department of State, Ambassador McKean is currently the senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the US in Washington, DC. Today he joins us to talk about how all but one of...

Episode 342-Interview with Jack Fairweather about his book, A Rebel In Auschwitz

War reporter Jack Fairweather comes on to discuss his latest book A Rebel in Auschwitz. The story is of Witold Pilecki, a member of the Polish Resistance who is chosen to purposefully get arrested to be taken to the camp. Upon seeing the daily cruelty, Witold has to...

Episode 341- Battle of the Tarigo Convoy.

PM Churchill wants Adm. Andrew Cunningham to sink supply ships heading for Rommel's North African Army. Cunningham wants more ships, but is told to make do with what he has. So in mid April, Cunningham sends out 4 destroyers under the Flagship HMS Jervis, with Capt....

Episode 340-Interview with Chris Berman

Writer and lecturer Chris Berman joins us to discuss the Night Witches, the female soviet pilots, cultural perceptions of warfare and the lady pilots of The United States and Great Britain. Check out his latest book, A White Star in a Red Sky.

Episode 339-The Battle of Cape Matapan

The Luftwaffe keeps trying different types of bombs until they find one that works well against Maltese buildings. And their Bf109 fighters are decimating the British Hurricanes. Malta is threatened. But Adm. Cunningham will engage the Italian Navy during the Battle...