History of the Second World War

Wesley Livesay

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...

  • 24 minutes 2 seconds
    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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    18 December 2024, 6:00 am
  • 38 minutes 42 seconds
    Interview 36: General Stanisław Maczek with Jenny Grant

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    16 December 2024, 6:00 am
  • 23 minutes 20 seconds
    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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    11 December 2024, 6:00 am
  • 26 minutes 34 seconds
    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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    5 December 2024, 6:00 am
  • 34 minutes 34 seconds
    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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    27 November 2024, 6:00 am
  • 31 minutes 9 seconds
    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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    20 November 2024, 6:00 am
  • 34 minutes 3 seconds
    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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    14 November 2024, 6:00 am
  • 43 minutes 5 seconds
    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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    10 November 2024, 6:00 am
  • 24 minutes 9 seconds
    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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    7 November 2024, 6:00 am
  • 29 minutes 13 seconds
    197: The Fall of France - Operation Dynamo

    Operation Dynamo would be wildly more successful than anybody would have predicted.

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    30 October 2024, 5:00 am
  • 25 minutes 41 seconds
    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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    23 October 2024, 5:00 am
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