Returning Home: Irish Ex-Servicemen After the Second World War
See larger image Returning Home: Irish Ex-Servicemen After the Second World War (Paperback) By (author) Bernard Kelly Returning Home investigates one of the least well known periods in Irish history the story of…
Irish Volunteers in the Second World War
John Kelly, who had left rural County Kilkenny in 1935 to join the British army, found himself sitting in a bar in newly-liberated Tunis is 1943, having a drink with some American conscript…
Elite Units of the Hellenistic Era
Jasper, Murray and Lindsay are joined by Michael Park to look at Elite units of the Hellenistic Era, the discussion revolves round what is elite and how do you define elite, which proved…
1209 The Lancaster Bomber
The Lancaster Bomber was one of the finest heavy bombers in the service of any nation during the second world war. It was the plane which the dambusters flew with the bouncing bomb,…
Securing Seas and Shores: Fleets of the Roman Empire
In the usual wide ranging discussion Jasper, Michael, Lindsay and special guest Jesse Obert look at the Roman Navy. Questioning the received view of the fleets being used in anti piracy duties, and…
Season 09
Download the complete ninth season. The Battle of Ligny | Baden Powell & Mafeking | The Aircraft Carrier | Medieval Warfare| The Pacific: From Pearl Harbor to Midway | Howitzer | Clausewitz | Carthage | Genghis Khan & the Mongols | The…
1208 The Battle of Vimy Ridge
Vimy ridge is an escarpment in France close to the Belgium border, gently rising on one side and somewhat steeper on the reverse, it has clear views for miles around from its crest….
1207 VTOL
VTOL stands for Vertical Take off and Landing. While helicopters clearly fit a description of vertical take off and landing, the terms VTOL V/STOL STOVL and the like are reserved for aircraft who…
1206 The Fires of Languedoc: The Cathar Crusade
In 1208, Pope Innocent III called forth a crusade to destroy enemies of the Catholic Church. This crusade was not to fight Muslim armies in the Middle East or Spain, but rather to…
The Assyrians At War
In this episode we look at the Assyrians, 930BC to 630BC, their empire stretched from Egypt to Babylon, it was the first great iron age empire with resources to fund a standing army…
