Foxhole Chat | WW2 Podcast

"We'll start the war from right here". Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr 6 June 1944.That famous quote was ushered on the sand of Utah beach. Welcome to the start of another ongoing series on Foxhole chat. In this series, we're going to explore the history behind each of the beaches that were used on D-Day. We're going to cover the nitty gritty of the war time events an...

Welcome back to the Foxhole! This week we're exploring our own family history associated with the Second World War. This was a fun episode to make as it was interesting to talk about how we're both tied in different ways to this subject that we're obsessed with. Hopefully, with some more time there will be part two when we can share some more details about our family members and their...

This week on Foxhole Chat we're joined by Ryan, the founder of Battalion Beers. This was a great chat learning about Ryan's inspiration behind starting a beer company, his fascinating family history and his tips and tricks for researching your own family history. We hope you enjoyed another guest based episode, make sure to give Battalion Beers a follow, you can find the link to his websit...

"Hang tough". That was Major Richard "Dick" Winters's famous catchphrase. That's right we're back with Easy Company as they fight their way through the Netherlands. Join us as we talk through episode 5 of Band of Brothers, Crossroads. We follow easy as they're trying to find another way into Germany after the difficulties of operation Market Garden. We couldn&#3...

I like Ike! This week on Foxhole chat we're carrying on our look at the major figures from WW2. We're going across the pond with a look at Dwight D. Eisenhower. Join us as we look through his early life, his WW1 career, and then we dive deep into his influence on the major events of WW2. We hope you're enjoying this ongoing series. Thank you for joining us, don't forget to subscrib...

"You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months." If you recognize those words, you'll know that this week we're talking about some pivotal D-Day history. Join us in this episode as we talk through the monumental buildup of troops and material before the Allies made their way across the channel for D-Day. As always, thank you for tu...

What did the allies do to prepare for the beach landings in Normandy? Well, that's exactly what we're talking about this week in the foxhole. We explore the unfortunate events of the dress rehearsal that was Exercise Tiger. This was an interesting and often forgotten element of D-Day history that we enjoyed diving into and we hope you enjoyed it too. If you did enjoy the episode why not co...

Stand by the door, green light, GO GO GO! This week on Foxhole chat we're joining Easy Company as they jump in the largest airborne invasion in history. Operation Market Garden. We follow Easy as they struggle with replacement troops coming in and their advance through Holland. If you're watching along with us, what's been your favorite episode of the series so far? Thank you for tunni...

Bombs gone! Bombs gone! This week here on Foxhole chat we're exploring the amazing and daring raid the RAF took part in known as the Dambusters raid. Join us as we delve into the history behind how the raid came to be with the involvement of some top engineering minds, brave airmen and extraordinary aircraft. We hope you enjoyed this RAF based topic and if you did don't forget to make sure...

Hello and welcome back to the foxhole. This week we're talking about all the amazing ways that history is being preserved and how we can interact with history. This was a nice laid-back chat about our experiences with history, hopefully it inspired you to seek out ways that you can interact with history too. Make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss out on more thought-provoking to...

Hello, you join us this week in the foxhole discussing some of the major engineering companies from WW2. We delve into their founding's before the war, how they were involved with WW2 and then how they transitioned during peace time. We cover some controversial aspects to some of the companies as well as a personal tie to one of the companies. Thank you for tunning in we hope you enjoyed it. I...

Hello and welcome back to the foxhole! This week we're continuing our Band of Brothers series with episode 3 Carentan. We follow Easy after the hectic time that was D-Day and their first combat drop into their first major battle of the Second World War. We talk through how the battles pan out and we highlight some of the characters that are featured in this episode. We even dive into what could be...

Hello and welcome back to another episode here on Foxhole Chat. This week you join us in the foxhole exploring the German side of the war with their tactic known as Blitzkrieg. We dive into its origins as well as debating whether or not it was a good military strategy. It was really interesting looking at the other side of the war this week and if there's any other parts of the war you want to...

Grab your finest bowler hat and whiskey because this week on Foxhole chat, we’re talking about the life and career of arguably the most famous British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. We delve into his early life, his turbulent early career in the army, his shift to politics and why we think a hedgehog wearing a bowler hat should adorn the new British five-pound note. We hope you enjoy the start...

This week here on the Foxhole chat podcast we’re talking all things tanks and armored warfare! We look back on the life and career of Percy Hobart who was instrumental in the development of some of the most important developments of tanks in WW2. We also look at how some tanks were developed and then used on the battlefield. So, if you love all things tanks this episode is definitely one for you!...

Hello and welcome to the latest instalment in our ongoing talk through of the amazing WW2 series, Band of Brothers. In this episode we’re following Easy Company as they take part in the biggest land invasion in human history, D-Day. We follow them right from jumping out of their C-47's all the way to having a calm moment at the end of D-Day. We hope you’re enjoying the series so far and if you...

Welcome to this week's episode here on the Foxhole chat channel. In this episode we're exploring a very interesting topic of finding out about some of the famous people that served in some way during the Second World War. From TV stars to music icons, we find out about their early life and how they ended up being involved in WW2. This was an interesting episode, and we hope you found it ju...

This week on Foxhole chat we're joined by someone who is also afflicted by the Second World War and fellow YouTuber Ben, from Walking 4 History. It was a great chat; we cover everything from Ben's perspective on the German side of the war, what it was like learning history in the US and his experience/tips from visiting the Ardennes forest in Belgium. Don't forget to subscribe so you d...

Hello and thank you for once again joining us in the foxhole! On this week's episode we're talking through the first episode of what is arguably the greatest WW2 TV series ever created, Band of Brothers. We follow the start of Easy Company's training through Tocca Georgia right up to them embarking for the invasion of Normandy and along the way we share our favourite moments and other facts that y...

Hello and welcome to this week's episode of Foxhole chat! This week we're looking at what happened throughout WW2 during the month of February. We go right through from 1940 all the way to 1945 and we were both interested to learn how much happned in just this one month! We hope you learnt plenty as well and we hope you enjoy a more detailed episode this week. Don't forget to like if y...

Welcome to another episode here on Foxhole chat this week we're talking about what life was like on the homefront. This part of WW2 can sometimes be overlooked as we can get caught up in battles and vehicles but it was fun to go through what life was like here in Britain. We hope you enjoy and as always don't forget to like, share and subscribe and maybe even leave a comment about what you...

Hello and welcome to our very first guest-based episode! We've been really excited to get this one out for you! We hope you enjoy this laidback chat with our guest Geraint Jones a former Infantry soldier in the British Army turned full time author and fellow podcaster. We hear from Geraint about his experiences writing a WW2 book and how it all works with researching and collaborating ideas to...

You join us this week chatting about a very relevant subject not just in the history world but the whole world, Ai. We go back and forth on our thoughts about the good side of using Ai in a WW2 context in relation to research and we also cover the bad side of generative Ai and its rise in popularity on social media. We hope you enjoy and thank you for watching/ listening! Don't forget to subsc...

On Foxhole chat this week we're talking all things Saving Private Ryan! We nerd out about some of our favourite scenes as well as some behind the scenes facts that we know. We also discuss some of the historical inaccuracies that appear in the film, and we pose some questions that got us thinking and might have sparked an idea for further research. Is Saving Private Ryan one of your favourite...

Hello and welcome to this weeks episode of Foxhole chat! In this instalment we're talking about the recently released Channel 4 documentary "Hitler's DNA: Blueprint of a Dictator." We give our thoughts and opinions on the documentary as a whole and we delve into what it means in terms of a wider historical context as well as answering does it finally disprove some very popular co...