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Episode 88: Battle of the Bulge - Day One: When the Allies Were Caught Off Guard
In today’s episode, we return to the Battle of the Bulge and take up the action with the first chaotic days of the German offensive – when no one was sure how things would turn out. Berlin Tour: https://battleguide.co.uk/bsotw-2026 Join our
Episode 87: The Battle of the Bulge Begins: Germany’s Final Offensive in the West
In today’s episode, we’ll tackle Germany’s last-ditch offensive in the West to win the war in the west: the Battle of the Bulge. Join our community! The steps are simple: - Visit: https://both-sides-of-the-wire.com/ (https://b
Episode Bonus: The 1913 Redl Spy Case
This bonus episode features a special guest appearance on the Untitled History Podcast with Gareth Edwards, where we dive into the espionage case of Alfred Redl, an Austro-Hungarian officer who spied for Russia before World War I. 🎧 Listen
Episode 86: Normandy’s Forgotten Battle with Paul Woodadge
In today's episode, we'll drill down to a relatively unknown battle from July 1944 that reveals much about the fierce fighting in the Normandy campaign — the Battle of La Haye-du-Puits. Join our community! The steps are simple: - Visit:
Episode 85: Should France have fought on in 1940?
In today's episode, we'll test the waters of a historical counterfactual. Could or should France have fought on in 1940? Join our community! The steps are simple: - Visit: https://both-sides-of-the-wire.com/ (https://both-sides-
Episode 84: From Clash to Total War: Japan vs China (1937)
In today’s episode, we’ll begin the story of the full-scale war between China and Japan, which started with the so-called China Incident in 1937. Join our community! The steps are simple: - Visit: https://both-sides-of-the-wire.com/
Episode 83: 900,000 vs 90,000: The Fight That Should’ve Ended Mao
In today's episode, we'll continue the story of China's civil war and war of Resistance against Japan, including the debate around the long march that has become the stuff of legend in China today. Join our community! The steps are simple:
Episode 82: How Manchuria Lit the Fuse of World War II in Asia
In today’s episode, we’ll continue the epic story of the long fuse to the Second World War in Asia, where the Chinese Civil War spills over into a clash with Japan in Manchuria. Join our community! The steps are simple: - Visit: https:/
Episode 81: Operation Anthropoid - The Escape & The Betrayal
In this week’s episode, we continue and bring to an end the fascinating and also gruesome story of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. This week with Military Historian Dan Hill, check out his podcast: https://listen.not-so-quiet.com/
Episode 80: Operation Anthropoid - The Assassination Attempt That Nearly Failed
In today’s episode, we drop into Prague in May 1942 and explore the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich and the terrible aftermath. This week with Military Historian Dan Hill, check out his podcast: https://listen.not-so-quiet.com/ (https:
Episode 79: Operation Anthropoid: The Attack Plan on Reinhard Heydrich
In today’s episode, we’ll explore one of the Second World War’s most dramatic and daring special operations: the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the Nazi ruler in occupied Czechoslovakia. This week with Military Historian Dan Hill, chec
Episode 78: How the US Ended Up in Greenland in WW2
In today’s episode, we’re going to take on the Second World War story of one of today’s geopolitical hotspots – the mostly forgotten story of Greenland in WW2. Join our community! The steps are simple: - Visit: https://both-sides-of-the
Episode 77: Imperial Powers in China: The Eight-Nation Alliance
In today’s episode, we’re turning our attention to East Asia, and the origins of the 14-year struggle between Japan and China that some say marked the real start of the Second World War. Join our community! The steps are simple: - Visit:
Episode 76: Behind the Eastern Front: Sabotage, Terror, and Retreat - 1943/44
In today’s episode we’ll dive into the peak of the partisan war in the Soviet Union – the massive campaign against German logistics and rear areas in 1943 and 1944, and the violent German response. Join our community! The steps are simple:
Episode 75: Behind the Eastern Front: The Partisan War Escalates - 1942
In today’s episode, we’re continue the story of the Soviet partisan war against the Germans from 1941 to 1945 – how did the partisans fight, and how did the Germans try to stop them? Join our community! The steps are simple: • Visit: (
Episode 74: Behind the Front Line: Soviet Partisans on the Eastern Front
In today’s episode, we’re losing ourselves in the forests and swamps deep inside the Soviet Union – where Soviet partisans waged an irregular campaign against the Germans that is still relatively unknown to outsiders. Join our community! Th
Episode 73: Why Crete Fell: Airborne Shock, Naval Disaster, and a Fatal Decision
In today’s episode, we’ll jump into the action at Crete in 1941 – from the air vs naval battle to the shock of the German airborne assault and the missed opportunities of the Allied defence. Join our community! The steps are simple: • Visit
Episode 72: The Battle for Crete – Hitler’s Airborne Gamble!
In today’s episode, we’ll head to one of the prettiest vacation spots in Europe - the Greek island of Crete. In May 1941, this key to the eastern Mediterranean witnessed the biggest German airborne operation in history, one that had far-rea
Episode 71: The 1941 Battle for Greece
In today’s episode, we’ll take up the story of the Balkan campaign in 1941 and follow the fighting as it spilled into Greece and witnessed dramatic fighting around storied places like Mount Olympus and Thermopylae. Join our community! The s
Episode 70: The Fall of Yugoslavia: How the Axis Broke a Kingdom in 12 Days
In today’s episode, we’ll follow one of Germany’s lesser known so-called Blitzkrieg victories, the campaign in the Balkans in 1941 – a victory that has given rise to heated debates about its impact on the future course of the war. Join our
Episode 69: Mussolini’s Disaster in the Balkans
In today’s episode, we’ll dig into a sometimes overlooked moment in the second world war - Italy’s expansion into the Balkans in 1939 and 1940. What might seem like a minor campaign to some at first glance was actually loaded with political
Episode 68: Escape from East Prussia 1945
In today’s episode, we’ll round off our coverage of East Prussia in the Second World War by exploring the painful experiences of the German civilian population there - both during the fighting and in the aftermath. Join our community! The s
Episode 67: Königsberg 1945: The End of a German City
In today’s episode, we’ll take a look at the Red Army’s second – and this time successful – offensive into East Prussia in 1945. It’s a campaign that saw a bitter, months-long siege and resulted in the disappearance of a historic German reg
Episode 66: The Moment the War Reached Germany | East Prussia 1944
In today’s episode, we’ll head to a place that no longer exists – East Prussia. In 1944 and 1945, this region saw some of the fiercest fighting of the late war, and was the scene of widespread war crimes. Join our community! The steps are s
Episode 65: Could the Nazis Have Surrendered Earlier?
In today’s episode, we’re going to continue our hindsight-fuelled discussion of the Second World War’s possible mistakes - today, it’s the Allied policy of unconditional surrender. Join our community! The steps are simple: • Visit: (
Episode 64: How Germany Secretly Rebuilt Its Military After WWI | Between the Wars
In this episode we take a look the German plans and actions for secret rearmament during the inter-war period. Were these steps justified by a weak country or did they pave the way to World War 2? Join our community! The steps are simple: •
Episode 63: Soviet occupation of Poland
In today’s episode, we’re headed to eastern Poland in 1939 and 1940, to discuss the Soviet occupation of the country and its impact on the people there. Join our community! The steps are simple: • Visit: (https://both-sides-of-the-wire
Episode 62: German occupation of Poland
In today’s episode, we’re going to explore the dark consequences of the German conquest of Poland – what did the Germans want to achieve with their newly conquered territories, and what did that mean for the people there? Join our community
Episode 61: Soviet invasion of Poland 1939
In today’s episode, we’ll sink our teeth into the other invasion of Poland in 1939 - the one carried out by the Soviet Union, which still generates spirited debates today, both online and in the arena of international politics. Join our com
Episode 60: German invasion of Poland 1939 Part 3
In today’s episode, we follow the action on the ground in September 1939 as the German army smashes into Poland and the Poles try to hold their ground and hope for help from Britain and France. Join our community! The steps are simple: • Vi
