Category: Podcasts
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3308 – Fix Bayonets! An heroic old-fashioned charge in the Korean War
‘1951 had begun disastrously for the United Nations forces in Korea. On December 31st, 1950, the Chinese 13th Army breached UN defences below the 38th parallel as part of the Third Phase Campaign and, on January 3rd, Seoul was evacuated by the US Eighth Army. The Eighth Army was commanded by Lieutenant General Matthew B.…
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WSS74 – The Perfect Rules
The team tackle what makes the perfect set of rules. In a wide-ranging discussion they toy with the perfect layout for a rule book, favourite dice to use, fancy mechanisms and even the style rules are written. Guy also brings us the latest news from Bowers Towers. LinksPike & Shotte Epic Battles, Warlord GamesWhat a…
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Mussolini’s Last 10 Days
In April 1945, with the Allies closing in, the Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini, with his German bodyguards, decided to flee Milan. The convoy was later joined by a Luftwaffe column retreating toward Germany, making a powerful force. In this episode, we’re going to be looking at Mussolini’s last days and the race between the OSS,…
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3307 – The Aitape-Wewak Campaign
‘On their seemingly inexorable advance south in 1942, the Japanese had occupied Aitape in northern New Guinea on their advance south. Allied offensives to halt the Japanese advance began in 1943 and in April 1944 units of the United States Army, especially the 163rd Regimental Combat Team from the 41st Infantry Division landed at Aitape…
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The Stalingrad Airlift
Stalingrad ranks as one of the most infamous, savage and emotive battles of the 20th century. To supply the trapped and exhausted German Sixth Army, the Luftwaffe mounted an airlift in the winter of 1942/43. The weather conditions faced by the flying crews, mechanics, and soldiers on the ground were appalling, but against all odds,…
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3306 – Heroism in the Hundred Days Offensive
On 27 September 1918, Captain Frisby and Lance Corporal Jackson led the assault against enemy machine-gun positions during the battle of the Canal du Nord, Nord-pas-de-Calais region of Northern France. Following the successes of the German Spring Offensive in March 1918, the Allies launched a series of successful counter-attacks from May to July 1918 which…
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AW243 – The Coming of the Hoplite
When did the phalanx become the fully-developed formation we imagine? In this issue of Ancient Warfare, we explore the various changes and developments in the seventh through fifth centuries BC that eventually led to the emergence of the ‘Classical’ Greek hoplite. The Ancient Warfare team discuss issue XVI.2 of the magazine, The coming of the…
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WSS73 – Ignorant Armies
In this episode of the Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy podcast, Mark poses what our favourite armies might be, what rules do we play with them and whose figures? LinksPike & Shotte, WarlordSpeedpaint 2.0, Army PainterCombat General, Venture MiniaturesResin Plus, WarlordSeven Days To The Rhine, Great Escape GamesFar Distant Ships, Long Face GamesBlack Ops, OspreySons of…
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Company of Heroes
Following episode 187, when Angus talked to Forczyk about the war in North Africa, he thought it might be interesting to see how that fighting is interpreted and simulated as a computer game. And look at the choices game designers make when juggling authenticity and entertainment. Angus is joined by David Milne from Relic Entertainment.…
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Desert Armour: Tank Warfare in North Africa
The war in the North African desert was pure mechanized warfare and, in many respects, the most technologically advanced theatre of World War II. It was also the only theatre where for three years, British and Commonwealth, and later US, troops were in constant contact with Axis forces. In this episode, we are going to…