Category: Podcasts
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The role of geography in ancient warfare
‘Natural and man-made geography exerts its influence on warfare, determining the passage of whole armies and fleets, sometimes allowing a single soldier to hold up an entire host.’ The team discuss Ancient Warfare Magazine XIII.2 ‘Hunting for good ground: The role of geography in warfare’. You can pick up you copy of the magazine here.…
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Left For Dead At Nijmegen
On the 17th September 1944 Gene Metcalfe, of the 82 Airbourne, parachuted in to Holland as part of Operation Market Garden. Approaching the bridge they were to capture Gene is injured in a firefight and left for dead. He would spend the rest of the war as a POW. Angus talks to Gene about his…
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Ancient warfare tropes
We’re back with another Ancient Warfare podcast. In this episode we’re going to be discussing tropes; what we know, what we thing we know and where it all goes wrong! Don’t forget if you’re not already a subscriber to the magazine you can find her here. >>Download<<
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George Mergenthaler – MERG
al topic. And this is the case for Peter Lion. If you recall in episode 33, Peter told us how elements of the US 28th infantry division, stationed in the Luxembourg town of Wiltz put on a christmas party for the local children, and this included GI Richard Brookins dressing as St Nicholas and arriving…
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2701 – Quintus Sertorius – Reluctant renegade
Quintus Sertorius could lay claim to a position among the greatest generals of ancient times. A loyal Roman, who lost an eye defending the Roman frontier, fortune then pitted him against the Roman military machine and some of its premier commanders, including Pompey the Great. Having chosen the wrong side of the first civil war,…
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Operation Market Garden
September 2019 marks the 75th anniversary of Operation Market Garden, the allied attempt to create a sixty mile corridor, and secure a crossing over the Rhine. The plan was to use the newly formed First Allied Airborne Army to seize and hold nine key bridges until relieved by the British Army’s XXX Corp. The Airborne…
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WSS31 – Blackpool Special
In the latest episode Guy updates us with news of Warlord Games new Black Seas and Battlegroup’s NORTHAG. With the Great Wargames Survey coming to a close, Jasper updates us on some early thoughts about it. >>Download<<
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Japanese POW: Ray Fitchett
In this episode Ray Fitchett recounts his time on HMS Exeter, and it’s sinking at the second battle of the Java Sea, he was rescued by the Japanese and sent to a POW camp. Ray would eventually sent to work in Japan at the fukuoka camp near Nagasaki, where he would witness the atomic bomb…
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WSS30 – GreatWargameSurvey.com
The boys are back to remind you that the great war-game survey is now ‘live’, you can find it here, so please go fill it in. In this episode Guy updates us with what in new in the hobby and we get a chance to listen to the panel discussion he took part in at…
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Bridge Busters: The Dortmund-Ems Canal Raid
In this episode Angus is looking at an RAF raid in 1940 against the Dortmund-Ems canal. The canal was a vital trade route with huge amounts of supplies and raw materials passing along it daily. With the fall of France and the build up to Operation Sealion, the invasion of Britain, interrupting the traffic on…