Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner’s Story in...

On this episode of Our American Stories, in 1943, the U.S. government transformed farmland outside Oak Ridge, Tennessee, into a top-secret city of 75,000 people racing to build the atomic bomb before Nazi Germany. Cameras were forbidden, except for one.Richard Cook, author of Ign ...  Show more

On this episode of Our American Stories, in 1971, Apollo 14 astronaut Alan Shepard famously hit two golf balls on the Moon. For decades, NASA never revealed their brand, and Shepard never publicly told the story.Then an estate sale in Rogers, Arkansas, uncovered a signed photogra ...  Show more

Military historian, author and broadcaster James Holland tells the story of the Sherwood Rangers, a British tank regiment which was in the thick of the action from the Allied assault on Normandy on D-Day until the final defeat of Nazi Germany. (Ad) James Holland is the author of  ...  Show more

Few tanks have seen as much combat as the M48 Patton, and few men have had as much to do with tanks as George Patton.  This podcast takes on the legacy of both the tank and the man. 

A story of swagger, bravery, skill and ultimately, friendship, set on the frontline of war 

In this episode we have the extraordinary tale of the little Czech tank that humbled the France. This episode also features a chat with Jack Bowsher the author of Forgotten Armour: Tank Warfare in Burma.