Category: Podcasts
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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…
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The Diary of a German POW
In this episode of the WW2 Podcast, Angus is joined by Bernd Häber to discuss the remarkable story of his grandfather, Fritz Häber — a German soldier who became a prisoner of war in American custody at the end of World War II. During his 16 months in a U.S. POW camp, Fritz kept a…
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AW365 – Controversies of Roman Warfare
We’re between issues of Ancient Warfare magazine, so in this episode the team takes the opportunity to discuss some of the major controversies in Roman warfare.
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3707 – The Battle Of The Wabash
“American Indian Wars” in the modern perspective focuses mostly on the American West in the second half of the 19th century with cowboys, Custer and the cavalry, but the worst defeat of an American Army in the Indian Wars happened over eighty years earlier when George Washington was president. This episode was written by Doug…