Category: Podcasts
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2405 The Battle of Bunker Hill, part 2
“British soldiers in Boston were furious. They were pent up in the city by a bunch of farmers and merchants while their commander seemingly did nothing. April turned to May. The militia forces grew stronger as more companies joined the siege. By now, four colonies were represented at Boston: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New…
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MW13 – The Warriors of Valhalla
We take a look into the world of Odin, Loki and Thor in this episode as were joined by Carolyne Larrington, author of The Norse Myths: A Guide to the Gods and Heroes.
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Betrayed: The Buchenwald Airmen
In this episode Angus is discussing the plight of 168 Allied Airmen who found themselves imprisoned in Buchenwald concentration camp. It’s something that even to this day governments seem unwilling to admit to. “As we got close to the camp and saw what was inside… a terrible, terrible fear and horror entered our hearts. We…
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WSS13 – Chivalry In Wargaming
Guy has been on his travels, at Crusade this year he sat in the back row looking furtive with his tape recorder clenched in his sweaty hand! He recorded a great talk from Rob Jones titled ‘Putting the Chivalry Back into Wargaming: making medieval wargames more medieval.’ We also discuss new releases Blood Red Skies from…
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RAF Liberators Over Burma: Flying with 159 Squadron
If Slim’s 14th army was the ‘Forgotten Army’ the RAF bombing campaign in the Far East is even more forgotten! In this episode Angus talks to Matt Poole. Matt’s mother is from Liverpool, her first husband was in the RAF serving in Burma when he was shot down over Rangoon. In trying to find out…
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2403 Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar waged campaigns of strategic boldness and tactical prudence. He fused himself into both head of state and military commander and in the chaos of the late republic, where it became nearly impossible to distinguish war as politics by other means, Caesar waged both war and politics. In his success was sown the seeds…
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Simulating Ancient Warfare
We were casting around for a topic between ourselves, another film? A piece of kit? Murray suggested we discuss trying to simulated the ancient battlefield. We look at table top games, computer games and re-enactment. Its a big thank you to those who sent in questions, its really appreciated and it does help guide out…
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WSS12 – The Mother of all Battles
Following on the article in WSS94, we talk to Professor Tony Polland about attempting the biggest wargame ever, replaying the Battle of Waterloo, in 28mm. Also discussed is Forager, Nam from Osprey, Bolt Action Market Garden, Mungo May Lobeh for Congo, Lost Colossus for Ghost Archipelago and finally Armies Army/Plastic Soldier Company. >>Download<<
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Alarmstart: German Fighter Pilots in Europe
Joining Angus is Patrick Eriksson. Patrick is the author of Alarmstart: The German Fighter Pilot’s Experience in the Second World War. Since the 1970’s Patrick has been an associate member of the German Air Force Veterans Association interviewing and corresponding with former members of the Luftwaffe. >>Download<<
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2402 Mikhail Petrovic Devyataev
“Mikhail Petrovic Devyataev was the 13th child of a Moldovian blacksmith who provided one of the most extraordinary stories of World War 2. The Soviet pilot, captured by the Germans in July 1944, made an incredible escape from Usedom, an island on the Baltic coast, where Hitler’s V rockets were being made to return home,…