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Warfare

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From Napoleonic battles to Cold War confrontations, the Normandy landings to 9/11, this podcast opens up fascinating new perspectives on how wars have shaped and changed our modern world. Ea...

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WW2: How The War Ended

The Second World War officially ended on September 2nd 1945 - and it's estimated that around 3% of the Earth's population perished during th...

38:16Sep 4, 2023

Rwandan Genocide

This episode contains graphic descriptions of violence and sexual assault. Over the course of 100 days in 1994, it's estimated that between...

54:30Sep 1, 2023

Napoleon's Greatest Victory: Austerlitz

December 2nd is a special date for those fascinated by Napoleon Bonaparte. Not only is this the date he crowned himself Emperor of France in...

28:46Aug 28, 2023

WW2: Life in Tanks

What was it actually like to operate a tank during the Second World War? In this episode, we explore the iron belly of tank warfare through...

43:38Aug 25, 2023

Battle of Kursk with James Holland

This year marks 80 years since one of the more ferocious clashes of the Second World War: the Battle of Kursk. With a combined 8,000 tanks b...

26:22Aug 21, 2023

WW2 Heroes: Unheard Stories

As we get closer to the 80th anniversary of Operation Overlord and the D-Day Landings, we're beginning to witness the passing of 'living mem...

47:29Aug 18, 2023

Putin's Rise to Power

Serving continuously as either Prime Minister or President since 1999, Vladimir Putin's leadership of Russia has always dominated the geopol...

47:27Aug 14, 2023

Afghanistan: The Legacies of Withdrawal

In August 2021, after 20 years of military presence, the United States withdrew the last of their troops from Afghanistan. With chaos quickl...

34:46Aug 11, 2023

Tito: President of Yugoslavia

A Yugoslav revolutionary leader, who served in every major conflict of his lifetime - Josip Broz Tito ruled Yugoslavia for 35 years. Success...

46:26Aug 7, 2023

Rommel: The Desert Fox

Known as the Desert Fox, Erwin Rommel was one of Germany's greatest military leaders. Having soared through the ranks after numerous victori...

56:21Aug 4, 2023

Robert Mugabe

A Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician, Robert Mugabe served as the country's Prime Minister and later as its President for 37 years. His...

52:58Jul 31, 2023

WW2: The Deadliest Blitz?

When you think of the Blitz and the devastation enacted by the Luftwaffe during the Second World War, British cities like London or Coventry...

34:51Jul 28, 2023

Chairman Mao

Leader of the Chinese Communist Party from 1949 until his death in 1976, Chairman Mao reshaped the nation's course of history, founding the...

43:44Jul 24, 2023

Oppenheimer

Often referred to as the father of the atomic bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer's work in the field of theoretical physics changed the world as we...

29:51Jul 21, 2023

WW2: Top 5 Strangest Weapons

They say war can be one of the biggest drivers of innovation. Inventions like radar, computers and penicillin, all developed during the Seco...

29:55Jul 17, 2023

Ukraine: War Crimes & Cluster Bombs

As over a year passes since the Bucha Massacre, new information and intelligence on Russian war crimes continues to emerge from the conflict...

32:41Jul 14, 2023

War Time Origins of the NHS

2023 marks 75 years of the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK. Often heralded as one of the greatest post-war institutions, providing f...

43:21Jul 10, 2023

Suicide Drones: A History

Drone warfare has undoubtedly become a crucial component of contemporary military operations - with drone strikes in the Russia-Ukraine war...

41:01Jul 7, 2023

Alan Turing & Bletchley Park

Alan Turing: pioneering mathematician, computer scientist, codebreaker. He played a crucial role in decrypting Nazi messages during the Seco...

28:59Jul 3, 2023