Category: Podcasts
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274 – The Battle of Meiktila
What was the situation in Burma following the Allied victories at Imphal and Kohima? By the summer of 1944, those two hard-fought battles had marked a major turning point in the Burma campaign. Japanese forces were in retreat, and the initiative had passed firmly to the Allies. But pushing into central Burma would require bold…
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3709 – Waterloo and the Irishmen of the 27th (Part2)
‘The French infantry passed by the farm at La Haye Saint and advanced up to the ridge where Picton’s 5th Brigade were literally lying in wait. Dutch skirmishers retreated back to their parent regiments in Allied lines. The British troops of Picton’s 5th Brigade were stationed 100 yards behind the Dutch who were now trading…
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WSS102 – The Great Wargaming Survey, 2025
In this episode of the Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy podcast, Angus, Chris, Guy and Jasper take a close look at this year’s Great Wargaming Survey. They discuss some of the questions, how each of them answered, and what those answers reveal about their own approaches to the hobby. The team also places this year’s responses in the…
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273 – Operation Barbarossa, June–July 1941
In this episode of the WW2 Podcast, we’re turning our attention to the opening phase of one of the most brutal and vast campaigns of the Second World War—Operation Barbarossa. On 22 June 1941, Hitler launched his long-anticipated invasion of the Soviet Union. In the first two weeks, the German Wehrmacht made some of its…
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Second Front: Anglo-American Rivalry
When we talk about the Second Front, most of us think of the Allied invasion of Northwest Europe—D-Day, June 1944. But in his new book, Second Front: Anglo-American Rivalry and the Hidden Story of the Normandy Campaign, historian Professor Marc Milner offers a different perspective. What if the real second front wasn’t in Normandy, but in…
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AW369 – Battles of the Bronze Age
‘With the emergence of the first city-states came the first cases of organised warfare and campaigns of conquest, as well as developments in arms and armour.’ In this episode, the team discusses issue 103, Battles of the Bronze Age: Unravelling the Origins of Warfare.
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Feeding the Bear: Lend Lease to the USSR
In this episode, we’re doing something a little different. Angus recently joined Scott Bury on his podcast Beyond Barbarossa, which takes a close look at the Eastern Front of the Second World War from a Soviet perspective. Together, we explored the topic of American aid to the USSR through the Lend-Lease program. The usual narrative often paints…
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3708 – Waterloo and the Irishmen of the 27th
‘On the 20th of March 1815, Europe was once again plunged into chaos as exiled Emperor of the French, Napoleon Bonaparte escaped his imprisonment from the island of Elba. Just 100 days after his escape, the armies of France, Prussia, Great Britain and The Netherlands fought Europe’s most famous battle, in Belgium, near a town…
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WSS101 – From Our Own Correspondents
In this episode of the Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy podcast, we’re handing things over to our global correspondents for a series of reports on the wargaming scene in their regions. Find out what’s popular, what’s new, and what’s drawing players to the tabletop from Europe to Australia and beyond. Links:Great Wargames SurveyBolt Action, Walord GamesKonflikt 47, Warlord…
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Bruce Lockhart and the Political Warfare Executive
In this episode of the WW2 Podcast, Angus is joined by Professor James Crossland to discuss the extraordinary life of Robert Bruce Lockhart — a British diplomat, journalist, author, and secret agent. Though not a household name, Lockhart was a key figure behind the scenes of 20th-century history. His career began before the First World…