Back with us are Bob Drury and Tom Clavin, authors of Lucky 666: The Impossible Mission. Today we discuss the Pacific...

As Lenin deflects others trying to take control of Revolutionary Russia, his Bolshevik Central Committee has to deal...

With neither side trusting the other, both the Allies and Nazi Germany ready plans to invade Norway. For Episode 183,...

Commodore Donitz, in charge of the German submarines, plans a daring raid against the British battleships in Scapa...

Backing up a bit, we begin the story of the battle for the Atlantic, as German U-boats attempt to starve Britain into...

Gen. Rommel keeps winning battles but losses men and tanks, that are not replaced. Meanwhile, British 8th Army,...

Ep 175-As Gen. Rommel sends his panzers to surprise the British 8th Army near the Frontier Wire, Gen. Cunningham's...

Our guests today are writers Bob Drury and Tom Clavin to discuss their latest book, Lucky 666-The Impossible Mission....

Acting on misinformation, both generals, Rommel and Cunningham make plans for the next day, hoping to wipe out the...

Ep 170-As Operation Crusader goes forward Gen. Cunningham feels confident as his tanks make it close to Tobruk....

Gen. Auchinleck's Operation Crusader is finally launched, but Rommel does not react as predicted as his focus is still...

The British Western Desert Army is transformed into the 8th British Army proper. C in C ME Auchinleck has tapped Gen....

Stalin will endure several more arrests, but while in exile, Lenin will maneuver to have Koba made a member of the...

With a new commander in the Middle East, Churchill wants the war against Rommel renewed, but C in C Auchinleck has his...

Stalin is newly married, but has little time for his wife and soon to arrive child. He is still focused on the Marxist...

Young Stalin begins to the learn of the wider world of international politics and the intrigues that comes with it....

In early 1942, the U.S. and Great Britain work together to develop the Atomic Bomb, but London needs to make sure Nazi...

Stalin, the young revolutionary, stumbles and is on the outs with the Georgian Social Democratic Worker's Party. Yet,...

Leningraders volunteer in such numbers that the Stavka orders several divisions to be organized, to resist the German...

Ioseph Jughashvili, AKA Stalin, leaves the seminary under mysterious circumstances. Following the path of his mentor...

The people of Leningrad take an affront to Nazi Germany invading their country. The men volunteer in droves for...

Young Stalin begins the process of moving away from the Seminary and towards the life of a revolutionary. The picture...

Army Group South continues pressing closer towards the Soviet Capital. But General Secretary Stalin and General Zhukov...

Sixteen year old Soso (Stalin) enters the Tiflis Theological Seminary, on his way to becoming a priest. But what the...

With the mud now frozen hard, Army Group Center advances on Moscow, deciding the weak link is just to the NW of the...

Stalin, the future Soviet leader is born, far from Moscow and begins his provincial life.

This episode, narrated Tim Martin, of the newly launched Valiant: Stories of Heroes Podcast, covers Guderian's dash to...

OKH Chief Franz Halder makes plans for a modest end to 1941 for Operation Barbarossa, but Hitler overrides him and...

The Germans smash through the latest Soviet Defensive lines. The 4th Panzer Group, along with Gen. Kluge's 4th Army...

Having shattered the Russian defensive line at Viaz'ma, the Germans expand on their ambitious attack plans, attacking...

The Germans and Russians clash to the west of Moscow. But within mere days, the Soviet's three Fronts are either...

With Leningrad cut off and the far South stabilized, Hitler has decreed that the time has come to launch Operation...

Hitler has renewed the drive to Moscow, Operation Typhoon, and needs the panzers from Army Group North. Which means,...

Leeb, commander of Army Group North launches his last major assault before having to turn over most of his motorized...

The Germans come ever closer to Leningrad, so Stalin sends his best general to cope, Zhukov.

Army Group Center makes its way East, past Minsk and now on to Smolensk. But waiting for them is the largest Soviet...

Douglas Waller's latest book, Disciples: The World War II Missions of the CIA Directors Who Fought for Wild Bill...

Stalin's lack of military training causes his country to loose everything to the South, west of the Dnieper River. The...

Marshal Mannerheim of Finland agrees to attack towards Leningrad and around Lake Ladoga, but not much more than that.

Hitler manages to bring Finland into his attack against Soviet Russia, but the Finns are mostly concerned with...

The Panzers come ever closer to Leningrad, though losing men and machines along the way. Meanwhile, Army Group Center...

The German invaders are now in Russia, proper and are still advancing, but suffer heavier than expected losses. But in...

The three German Army Groups advance further into Russia, but Army Group Center has has the most success. Perhaps some...

Now that Operation Barbarossa had been launched, Hilter attempts to convince the world that this battle is only in the...

The leaders of the combatant countries react to Nazi Germany invading Soviet Russia. We also cover Army Group North...

Before the sun rises on June 22, 1941, Nazi Germany unleashes Operation Barbarossa, its attack on Soviet Russia and...

Earlier than most people think, Hilter started planning his war against Soviet Russia and Stalin. Operation Barbarossa...

FDR comes through his third election and the British are expectant. Yet there are still hurdles to overcome. But...

President Roosevelt continues his struggle against Congress and the Isolationists in trying to help the Allies. France...

It becomes apparant to the U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt that Britian and France are going to need American war...

With the failure of Operation Battle Axe and the bloody victory in Syria, Churchill finally rids himself of C in C...

Though Operation Exporter is stalled, Operation Battle Axe is launched. Yet the British attack plans are not very...

The Allies come up against stiff French (Vichy) resistence in Syria and Lebanon. But that was just to set up the...

Churchill and the Free French get their way, Vichy controlled Syria will be invaded. But C in C Wavell's Middle East...

Here is the last episode of the Battle of Crete. The Allies never contested for air superiority and thus the Germans...

The Allied counter attack faulters, which allows the Germans to land more troops at Maleme. The Royal Navy is doing...

Gen. Student tries to figure out how to salvage the disaster that has befallen his airborne troops during the opening...

The Germans begin, Operation Mercury, their attack on the island, to further confuse Russia and keep the British away...

This is the first Episode of Alexander the Great, hosted by myself and Cameron Reilly of The Napoleon Bonaparte...