Category: Podcasts
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Division Leclerc
In this episode we’re going to be looking at the Free French and the Division Leclerc, commanded by Philippe de Hauteclocque. Raised in the French Colonies of Africa, they fought with distinction in the deserts of Libya and with the British 8th Army. They also took part in the fighting in North West Europe after…
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2603 – The Battle of Leuctra, Prelude
The battle of Leuctra, fought between the forces of Sparta and the Boeotian League led by Thebes, in early July 371 BC, altered forever the map of ancient Greek history. In a single afternoon, what the ancient Greeks of the early 4th century BC had come to understand as their world order was swept way.…
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WSS25 Painting Challenge Results
The boys have been busy, Guy fills us in on the latest news from Osprey, Cavalier books and we discuss Warlord Games new membership card scheme. ‘Come and have a go if you think you’re lard enough’ in southampton was a great success and Mark tells us all about hosting it and what he has…
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2602 No Man’s Land
No Man’s Land. Three of the most evocative words of The Great War. Never forgotten by combatants. A place of death, danger, wire, bullets, shells, poison gas, mud, rats, bodies, and fear. A place which was never safe. When going “over the top” the place where you were most likely to die, but being wounded…
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Hitler’s Death
We’ve all see the film Downfallabout the Führerbunker in Berlin, in the closing days of the war. And we all know the story of how Adolf Hitler, with his new wife Eva Braun, committed suicide and the body was destroyed. Well, how much of that story do we actually know? Since the end of the…
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Oliver Stone’s Alexander
We’re discussing the 2004 film from Director Oliver Stone, Alexander. While it was expensive film to make it wasn’t a box office smash. What do the team think? Angus is joined by Jasper Oorthuys, Mark McCaffery, Murray Dahm, Myke Cole and Marc DeSantis. >>Download<<
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2601 – Fort Ligonier and the Fall of Fort Duquesne
In May 1754. A young George Washington’s first combat experience occurred at the Battle of Jumonville Glen located in southwest Pennsylvania in the Ohio Valley, where he defeated a small group of French on a diplomatic mission to inform the British that they needed to leave the area; it was French territory and quickly became…
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The SAS in Italy, 1943-45
The SAS made their name in the North African desert, but less well known is after that they continued to fight in the mediterranean theatre. They carried out raiding missions in advance of the invasion of Sicily, Operation Husky, and then operating behind enemy lines during the Italian Campaign. For this episode Angus is joined…
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WSS24 – Participation Games
With Poldercon, which Jasper organises, over for another year we thought we’d discuss participations games, why put them on, what makes a good one and how run one. >Download<< Links: Bolt Action: Campaign: Fortress Budapest Judge Dredd: The Cursed Earth The Zone – The Cold War Turns Hot Richard Borg’s Red Alert: Space Fleet Warfare…
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Alarmstart East: The Luftwaffe on the Eastern Front
“There are no more than a handful of Second World War Luftwaffe members alive today. Patrick Eriksson had the foresight to record these experiences first-hand before it was too late. Some witnesses ended up as senior fighter controllers. The recollections and views of the veterans are put within the context of the German aerial war…