Patton
From the first time as a child I saw George C Scott in Patton: Lust for Glory, General George S Patton Jr has always been a particular favourite of mine, hence he was…
Battle of Moscow in pictures
As an accompaniment to our Battle of Moscow / Operation Typhoon podcast I’ve gather together these pictures of the events of 1941-42. Pictures from Wikimedia
1310 The Battle for Moscow
On the second of October 1941 the Germans launched Operation Typhoon, an offensive against Moscow, the capital of the USSR. This was off the back of the success of Barbarossa – the invasion…
Invasion Theme Tunes
Here is a little titbit I discovered when writing the Battle of Moscow podcast, each German invasion of a foreign country had its own official musical theme! These would be played over the…
Greek warfare in the Archaic age
Jasper and the team are joined by Josho Brouwers to discus warfare in archaic Greece. After Michael’s summary of the period we go on to look at the phalanx, how it might function,…
1309 Cromwell in Ireland, 1649 – 1650
One of the many myths surrounding the controversial Taoiseach Bertie Ahern is one in which he walked out of a meeting with British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook in 1997, because Cook had a…
A Christmas present for the man who has everything
I’m sure like most people finding Christmas presents, more often than not, can be a real chore. Have you ever fancied a pair of Tiger tank knitted slippers? …
Albert Speer, babies and Wainwright!
Albert Speer, Hitler’s architect and later Minister of Armaments for the Third Reich, at the Nuremberg trials was found guilty and imprisoned for 20 years in Spandau prison. He served the full sentence. During…
1308 “Little Boy”
“Little Boy” was the codename for the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 by the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay. It was the first atomic bomb to be used as…
Ruins of the Reich
I stumbled into this article on spiegel.de yesterday. Austrian Town Wonders What to Do with Hitler’s Home A debate has erupted in the tiny Austrian town of Braunau over what to do with the building…
