Cassino '44 - The Plan Is Set (Part 1)

How did attacks by British MTBs fail to sink any of the enemy fleet? When was Churchill informed of British failures to stop the Kriegsmarine from escaping? Was any damage inflicted upon the German capital ships? Join Al Murray and James Holland for Part 4 of this new series as t ...  Show more

Why were Swordfish pilots sent outnumbered against the heavily guarded German capital ships? What happened with the land based artillery manned by army units around Dover? When did Coastal Command and Nore Command units get involved to try and stop the German ships? Join Al Murra ...  Show more

The Battle for Italy in 1943 proved to be one of the bloodiest and most brutal episodes of the Second World War. Following hot on the heels of their recent victory in Sicily, the Allies crossed the Straits of Messina and entered Italy in September, to fight their way up the Itali ...  Show more

On this episode of Our American Stories, even before the U.S./British victory in the North African campaign in May 1943, there was disagreement among the Allies on the best strategy to defeat the Axis. Eventually the U.S. and British political leadership reached a compromise in w ...  Show more

Part 3 of our four-part podcast series on the Italian resistance to fascism in conversation with anti-fascist partisans themselves. In this episode, we look at the question of 'the resistance betrayed': the Togliatti amnesty, what happened to fascists and anti-fascists immediatel ...  Show more

Salon Kitty was a high-class Berlin brothel used by the Nazi intelligence service, the Sicherheitsdienst (SD), for espionage purposes during World War II. And the story is absolutely wild. Here is the source Book Bonus episodes as well as ad-free episodes on Patreon. Find us on  ...  Show more