History of the Second World War
History of the Second World War is a weekly podcast which will cover World War 2, beginning with the tumultuous years after the First World War, continuing into the descent into war during the 1930s, through the war years, and then into the post war aftermath.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 307
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
207: The Fall of France - Epilogue: Riom
In early 1942 the new Vichy French government would bring charges against 6 men in the effort to determine the reasons for France's defeat in 1942. The resulting trial would not go as planned.
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00:32:55 |
Wed 08 Jan 2025
206: The Fall of France - Defeat
France was defeated. Why? Who? How?
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00:27:22 |
Fri 03 Jan 2025
205: The Fall of France - Surrender
With the fall of the Reynaud government, Petain rapidly moved into armistice negotiations with Germany, although calling them negotiations might be inaccurate.
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00:24:37 |
Sat 28 Dec 2024
Interview 37: RAF Gardening Operations with Jane Guilliford Lowes
While their other operations get most of the publicity, throughout the entire war the RAF was constantly sending bombers on missions to drop sea mines, operations code named Gardening operations.
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00:41:56 |
Sun 22 Dec 2024
204: The Fall of France - About that Maginot Thing
The French had this cool thing called the Maginot Line, what has been happening there?
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00:23:02 |
Wed 18 Dec 2024
Interview 36: General Stanisław Maczek with Jenny Grant
Pick up a copy of The Price of Victory from Pen and Sword: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Price-of-Victory-Hardback/p/51599
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00:37:42 |
Mon 16 Dec 2024
203: The Fall of France - Falling Apart
After the fall of Paris things continued to just as poorly as they did before.
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00:22:20 |
Wed 11 Dec 2024
202: The Fall of France - "To Make a Corpse Feel"
Paris Falls. General Brooke realizes that the British are no longer capable of helping the French.
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00:25:34 |
Thu 05 Dec 2024
201: The Fall of France - "The Last Quarter of an Hour"
After the beginning of Case Red, the overall situation for the French would quickly begin to fall apart completely.
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00:33:34 |
Wed 27 Nov 2024
200: The Fall of France - Case Red
Stage one of the German invasion had went so well, so now it was time for stage two.
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00:30:09 |
Wed 20 Nov 2024
199: The Fall of France - The Battle of Abbeville
What were the Germans going to do to finally defeat France? What was going to happen to the critical Abbeville bridgehead?
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00:33:03 |
Thu 14 Nov 2024
Interview 35: The Man Who Calculated Death with Suzanne Rico
In this interview I was joined by Suzanne Rico who has released the new podcast The Man Who Calculated Death about her grandfather Robert Lusser, the man who led the team that built the V-1 bomb.
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00:42:05 |
Sun 10 Nov 2024
198: The Fall of France - Picking Up the Pieces
The evacuation of Dunkirk was underway, but discussions had already started for what the British and French would do next.
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00:23:09 |
Thu 07 Nov 2024
197: The Fall of France - Operation Dynamo
Operation Dynamo would be wildly more successful than anybody would have predicted.
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00:28:13 |
Wed 30 Oct 2024
196: The Fall of France - The Myths of Dunkirk
Dunkirk, legends, myths, realities, all wrapped into one. But also, it sort of does not matter.
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00:24:41 |
Wed 23 Oct 2024
195: The Fall of France - The Collapsing Bag
The situation in Belgium and Northern France was falling apart, and disaster was looming. The only question was how the disaster would be managed.
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00:29:14 |
Wed 16 Oct 2024
Interview 34: Battle of Britain: Canadian Airmen in their Finest Hour with Ted Barris
Battle of Britain by Ted Barris: https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/battle-of-britain/
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00:52:37 |
Wed 09 Oct 2024
Interview 33: Midway: The Pacific War’s Most Famous Battle with Mark Stille
Midway: The Pacific War's Most Famous Battle https://www.ospreypublishing.com/us/midway-9781472862037/
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00:31:28 |
Wed 02 Oct 2024
Interview 32: Hero City: Leningrad 1943-44 with Prit Buttar
Hero City: https://www.ospreypublishing.com/us/hero-city-9781472856609/
More books by Prit Buttar: https://www.ospreypublishing.com/us/author/prit-buttar/
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00:37:20 |
Sun 29 Sep 2024
Interview 31: Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich with Richard Evans
Check out Hitler's People here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/653631/hitlers-people-by-richard-j-evans/
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00:24:02 |
Wed 18 Sep 2024
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