The WW2 Podcast

When the United States entered the Second World War, American air power was still developing. Four years later, the United The post 323 – Hap Arnold and the B-29 appeared first on The WW2 Podcast .

Today we’re going to Warsaw, a city caught between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, and a city whose people The post 322 – Warsaw: A City at War, 1939–45 appeared first on The WW2 Podcast .

In 1938, Europe was once again facing the prospect of a major war. The immediate crisis centred on Czechoslovakia, a The post 321 – Case Green: The Invasion of Czechoslovakia appeared first on The WW2 Podcast .

In this episode, we’re going to look at one of the most recognisable American generals of the Second World War: The post 320 – Patton Reconsidered appeared first on The WW2 Podcast .

In February 1942, as Japanese forces closed in on Singapore, Alexandra Hospital found itself caught in the final days of The post 319 – The Alexandra Hospital Massacre: The Fall of Singapore appeared first on The WW2 Podcast .

The C-47 Dakota, or Skytrain as it was known in American service, was one of the most important aircraft of The post 318 – Transport Pilots of WWII appeared first on The WW2 Podcast .

The war on the Eastern Front was fought on a scale unlike anything the world had ever seen. Stretching from The post 317 – Generalship on the Eastern Front appeared first on The WW2 Podcast .

The tank first appeared on the battlefields of the First World War as an experimental weapon designed to break the The post 316 – The Tank appeared first on The WW2 Podcast .

The British Army in the Second World War is often judged through the lens of manpower shortages and a sense The post 315 – The Thin Khaki Line appeared first on The WW2 Podcast .

In early September 1944, as Allied forces raced across France and Belgium, the German occupation of Brussels was beginning to The post 314 – The Nazi Ghost Train appeared first on The WW2 Podcast .

1942 was a year of extraordinary contrasts for Nazi Germany. As the year began, Hitler’s armies appeared unstoppable. German forces The post 313 – 1942: Hitler’s Gamble for Victory appeared first on The WW2 Podcast .

In June 1944, as the Allied armies fought to break out from the Normandy beachhead, attention turned to a series The post 312- Normandy 1944: Operation Martlet appeared first on The WW2 Podcast .

In this episode, we turn our attention to the final months of the war in Europe and one of the The post 311 – Patton, 1945 appeared first on The WW2 Podcast .

When we think of Allied prisoners of war in German camps, we often picture barbed wire, watchtowers, tunnels, and the The post 310 – Great Escapeism at Stalag Luft III appeared first on The WW2 Podcast .

When people think about the secret war in occupied Europe, they often picture agents, resistance fighters, and acts of sabotage The post 309 – SOE Special Duties Flights appeared first on The WW2 Podcast .

In the summer of 1940, Britain stood alone. France had fallen, invasion seemed possible, and Winston Churchill faced a grave The post 308 – Mers El-Kébir: The British Attack on the French Navy appeared first on The WW2 Podcast .

Before he became a familiar face on screen, appearing in over 70 films like ‘The Bridge on the River Kwai’, The post 307 – Percy Herbert: From POW to Hollywood appeared first on The WW2 Podcast .

The final battle for Berlin in 1945 was not just the end of the war in Europe, it was the The post 306 – The Battle for Berlin appeared first on The WW2 Podcast .

In the final months of the Second World War, as the Third Reich collapsed in on itself, boys were sent The post 305 – A Boy Soldier in Hitler’s Army appeared first on The WW2 Podcast .

The partnership between Dwight D. Eisenhower and Winston Churchill was one of the defining relationships of the Second World War. The post 304 – Eisenhower and Churchill appeared first on The WW2 Podcast .

Before the Second World War, learning to fly by instruments was one of the most difficult and dangerous skills a The post 303 – The Link Trainer appeared first on The WW2 Podcast .