Podcast Episodes

Episode 539-Interview w/ Laurence Rees: The Nazi Mind

by WWIIPodcast | May 23, 2025 | Featured, Podcast Episodes | 0 Comments

British historian Laurence Rees explores the warning learned from studying WWII.

Episode 538-Operation Mincemeat

by WWIIPodcast | May 19, 2025 | Featured, Podcast Episodes | 0 Comments

While both Moscow and Berlin focus on the Kursk salient, Operation Mincemeat convinces the Germans to focus troops in the wrong place. Meanwhile, Zhukov convinces Stalin to let the enemy attack first, for they will be ready.

Episode 537-Gen. Manstein’s Backhand Blow

by WWIIPodcast | May 17, 2025 | Featured, Podcast Episodes | 0 Comments

Manstein overcame Hitler’s objections and then two Soviet Fronts. By early March 1943, Kursk was exposed and open to attack.

Episode 275-The Fall of Singapore

Despite a 3 to 1 advantage in men, Archibald Percival, GOC Malay, is pushed by Churchill and...

Episode 274-The End of British Malaya

Bringing up the Australian 8th Infantry Division, it's hoped these fresh troops can stop the...

Episode 273-The Battle at Slim River

With reinforcements on the way, the British lead Commonwealth troops strive to keep the Japanese...

Episode 15-The fall of Poland.

Hitler's bluffing to gain an empire is over. He will have to fight from now on.

Episode 14-The last days of peace.

Diplomatic wrangling rages over Europe during the summer of 1939.

Episode 13-The line is drawn.

Britain and France are finished giving in to Hitler.

Episode 12-Appeasement.

Hitler's sabre rattling earns him Austria and the Munich Agreement.

Episode 11-Europe 1933 to 1937.

Europe 1933-1937: Ethiopia, Rhineland, Spanish Civil War.

Episode 10-The Nazification of Germany.

The Nazi Party implements Hitler's vision as written in Mein Kampf.