Adm. Cunningham is given Force K, a gift from Churchill. And right away Force K will prove itself...
Podcast Episodes
Episode 357-Operation Halberd
Malta based subs and planes are having a surge of success against Axis shipping heading to North...
Episode 356-Interivew with Philip Martin about his book-From Orphan to High Flyer
Philip Martin comes on the show to talk about the book he wrote with RAF Pilot Denis Elliott....
Episode 174-Lucky 666: The Impossible Mission by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin
Our guests today are writers Bob Drury and Tom Clavin to discuss their latest book, Lucky 666-The Impossible Mission. Mavericks or "Screw ups" Jay Zeamer and Joseph Sarnoski, sent to the Pacific Theater to help defend Australia from invasion by Japanese Imperial...
Episode 172-Rommel readies for Success Ep 173 Lenin’s Civil War
Acting on misinformation, both generals, Rommel and Cunningham make plans for the next day, hoping to wipe out the other's armor. Yet Rommel is in a much better position to succeed. Cunningham just doesn't know poorly Operation Crusader is unfolding. Meanwhile, Lenin...
Episode 170-Operation Crusader Part 4 Rommel Rises to the Occasion and Episode 171 Lenin comes Home
Ep 170-As Operation Crusader goes forward Gen. Cunningham feels confident as his tanks make it close to Tobruk. However Rommel feels threatened, even though his panzers have destroyed many of Cunningham's tanks. Meanwhile Gen. Scobie, the British commander in Tobruk...
Episode 168-Crusader Part 3 / Episode 169-Stalin and The Great War
Gen. Auchinleck's Operation Crusader is finally launched, but Rommel does not react as predicted as his focus is still on taking Tobruk. AND Tsar Nicholas II guides Russia through the Great War. At its end, Stalin is freed.
Episode 167-Operation Crusader Part 2
The British Western Desert Army is transformed into the 8th British Army proper. C in C ME Auchinleck has tapped Gen. Sir Alan Cunningham to lead it. His first order of business is to destroy Rommel's panzers and relieve Tobruk.
Episode 166-Lenin’s Gift to Stalin
Stalin will endure several more arrests, but while in exile, Lenin will maneuver to have Koba made a member of the newly created Bolshevik Central Committee.