History of the Second World War

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...

46 minutes 3 seconds

Preview 14: The Victorious Royal Navy Pt. 2 - The Early 30s

This episode sees another previously member only episode released on the main feed. What were some of the events that impacted the Royal Navy during the early 1930s?

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22 January 2025, 6:00 am
42 minutes 27 seconds

Preview 13: The Victorious Royal Navy Pt. 1 - Budgets

This episode sees another previously member only episode released on the main feed. The story of the interwar Royal Navy is one of trying to simply do too much with not enough resources.

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15 January 2025, 6:00 am
33 minutes 55 seconds

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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8 January 2025, 6:00 am
28 minutes 22 seconds

206: The Fall of France - Defeat

France was defeated. Why? Who? How?

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3 January 2025, 6:00 am
25 minutes 37 seconds

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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28 December 2024, 6:00 am
42 minutes 56 seconds

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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22 December 2024, 6:00 am
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
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