Category: Podcasts
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Bones of My Grandfather
US Marine, Lt Alexander Bonnymanlanded on Tarawa in December 1942. He was mortally wounded leading an assault on a Japanese bunker, which was key to defense of the island, and act for which he would posthumously receive the Medal of Honor. In this episode of the podcast Angus talks to his grandson, Clay Bonnyman Evans about the…
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2505 Le Grand Derangement: The Acadian Expulsion from Nova Scotia
“If one were to travel through the modern day US state Louisiana, you would quickly be transported to what seems like another world. French language signs adorn the streets as the sounds of Zydeco or Louisiana French folk music fills the air. Most would cite the menagerie of foods combining french peasant recipes with African…
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Hitler’s Vikings
At the beginning of WWII Germany invaded and occupied Denmark and Norway, but left neutral Sweden alone. Less than a year later citizens from all three of those Scandinavian nations were volunteering to join the Waffen-SS. By the end of the war in 1945 the number of Scandinavians who had fought in the Waffen-SS had…
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Armour in the Ancient World
From mail and shields to protection of a more spiritual nature, armour in the ancient world took on many forms and was developed to deal with a number of specific problems. In this episode we’re back looking at the magazine with issue XII.3 ‘The many means of Protection; Body armour in the ancient World” Angus…
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WSS19 – What **** the Mary Rose?
In this episode Mark and Guy go head to head with he new early war supplements for Bolt Action and Chain of Command, and Jasper gives us his considered thoughts on Black Power II. The guys are also joined by Andy Hobday to tell us about War Banner Games / Footsore Miniatures new releases for…
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2504 The French Campaign in Egypt and Syria 1798-1801, pt2
The French invasion of Egypt in the summer of 1798 was the first great seaborne invasion of the modern era. With 335 ships and almost 40,000 men, it was the largest seaborne force ever launched in the Western world – at least since Xerxes’ vast fleet attacked Athens at the Battle of Salamis in 480BC.…
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RAF Flight Engineers
Way back in episode fourof the podcast, Angus talked to Andrew Panton about the Lancaster Bomber; Andrew is the pilot of Lancaster ‘Just Jane’ here in the UK. Whilst chatting the role of flight engineer came up, I had no clue what they actually did, I wasn’t aware they worked in tandem with the pilot…
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Death, Dying and Killing in the Ancient World
In this episode we’re going to be discussing the concept of death, dying and killing, how is described and perceived, in the ancient world. It’s thanks to Wim Sonnemans, one of our patrons for suggesting the topic. Joining Angus are stalwarts of the podcast Jasper Oorthuys, Murray Dahm, Mark McCaffery and Marc DeSantis. If you…
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WSS18 – Whoops Hiatus
After a unintentional hiatus over the summer the WSS gang get the band back together and compare notes on what’s new. Guy also has a chat with Craig Cartmell, from the Ministry of Gentlemanly Warfare about their new game Thud and Blunder. >Download<< Links The Lost Expedition Fallout: Wasteland Warfare Beneath the Lilly Banners Warbanner…
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2503 The French Campaign in Egypt and Syria 1798-1801, pt1
The French invasion of Egypt in the summer of 1798 was the first great seaborne invasion of the modern era. With 335 ships and almost 40,000 men, it was the largest seaborne force ever launched in the Western world – at least since Xerxes’ vast fleet attacked Athens at the Battle of Salamis in 480BC.…