All Episodes

398. Katya’s War: The Last Night in Avdiivka

397. Is the Kremlin Crumbling? Putin’s Bunkers, Coup Fears, and the Shoigu Suspicion

396. Katya’s War: From Kharkiv to Bakhmut

395. Kinetic Sanctions

394. Kharkiv: Flowers, Sunshine, and the Shadow of War

393. The Druzhba Pipeline Deal: Hungary’s New PM & Russia’s Hidden Inflation

392. Lessons for the West: The Most Experienced Army in Europe

391. The Hungarian Earthquake: The Fall of the Orbán Era

390. The Invisible Frontline: Power, Trauma, and Resilience in Odesa

389. Drone Breakthroughs, Russian Oil Strikes, and JD Vance in Budapest

388. Hungary’s High-Stakes Election

387. The Baltic Blitz: Dismantling Putin’s War Chest

386. Otto Skorzeny and the Gran Sasso Raid

385. Swapping Plastic for Metal: The New Economics of Warfare

384. Hubris at the Gates: The Fall of Russia's Elite

383. Odesa Mama, Port of War & Surviving Russian Occupation

382. Putin’s Windfall, Gerasimov’s Fictions, and Moral Equivalence

381. Battleground: Special Forces — The Listener Mailbag

380. Tragedy, Resilience, and Defiance: Reflections from a Week Across Ukraine

379. The Raid: Inside the SAS Assault on the Iranian Embassy: Part 2

378. Why Hungary and Iran Matter for Ukraine Right Now

377. The Iran Distraction: How the Middle East Mega-Drama Redraws the Map for Kyiv

376. The SAS and the Iranian Embassy Siege: Part 1

375. Ukraine’s Spring Surge

374. Operation Eagle Claw: Disaster in the Desert

373. Battlefield Gains, Geneva Stalemates, and the "Helmet of Memory"

372. The Cockleshell Heroes: Twelve Men, Two Survivors

371. Assassinations, Attrition, and the Telegram Crackdown

370. Battleground: Spetsnaz – Russia’s Elite Shadow

369. Trump’s "Truce" and Russia's waning influence in Azerbaijan

368. Operation Cauldron: The Perfect Raid Amidst the Dieppe Disaster

367. The Screaming Banshee and the Ukrainian 'Dad’s Army'

366. Blunders, Bullets, and the Black Mercedes: Entebbe part 2

365. Darkness in Kyiv and the Duel for Greenland

364. The Impossible Mission: Entebbe Part 1

363. Oreshnik Over Lviv: Winter Strikes and the Shadow Fleet

362. Introducing - Battleground: Special Forces

361. The Donroe Doctrine: From Caracas to Kyiv

360. Hero or Villain: Episode 6 - Douglas Haig

359. The Mar-a-Lago Charade & The "Dark Side of the Moon"

358. Hero or Villain: Episode 5 - Josip Tito

357. Ordinary People Don't Carry Machine Guns

356. Hero or Villain: Episode 4 - Tony Blair

355. Battleground Christmas Special 2025

354. Seizing Russia's Frozen Assets & the Counter-Strike at Kupyansk

353. Hero or Villain: Episode 3 - Charles de Gaulle

352. Kyiv Under Pressure: The Fate of Donbas

351. Hero or Villain: Episode 2 - Arthur Harris

350. "Make Money Not War": The $2 Trillion Price Tag on Trump's Ukraine "Peace"

349. Hero or Villain: Episode 1 - Erwin Rommel

348. The 28-Point Scandal

347. Battleground Korea: Episode VI - The Unfinished Truce and Enduring Legacy

346. Lord Robertson on Putin's Propaganda, NATO's Future, and the Russian 'Surrender Plan'

345. What's in this Peace Plan? - Reaction Special

344. Pokrovsk, Polish Sabotage, & the Secret Peace Plan

343. Battleground Korea: Episode V - The War of Wills and the Grind for Peace

342. On the Brink: Is Pokrovsk About to Fall?

341. Battleground Korea: Episode IV - The Dragon Awakens

340. The Uncertain Stasis: Is the War in Ukraine Truly Frozen?

Battleground Korea: Episode III - The Tide Turns

338. From Rebuilder to Drone Builder: The Huge Impact of Foreign Volunteers in Ukraine

337. Battleground Korea: Episode II - The Brink and the Breaking Point

336. The Diplomatic Roller Coaster & The New Realities of Drone Warfare

335. Battleground Korea: Episode I - The Spark of Division

334. Kremlin Rattled by Trump's Tomahawk Offer

333. Wolfpack: Episode III - Broken Wolves

332. Is the Net Closing in for Ukraine in Donetsk?

331. Wolfpack: Episode II - The Depths of Despair

330. Kyiv Under Fire: Trump the 'Spurned Lover' and the Zaporizhzhia Ticking Timebomb

329. Wolfpack: Episode I - The Rise of the Wolfpack (1939–1941)

328. The New Red Line: When Will NATO Shoot Down a Russian Jet?

327. Tunisgrad: Part IV - Victory in Africa

326. The Relentless Drone War: A Hum of Destruction

325. Tunisgrad: Part III - Rommel's 'Last Dance'

324. Testing the Alliance: The Russian Drone Incursion

323. Tunisgrad: Part II - Operation Torch and the Race for Tunis

322. The Axis of Authoritarians

321. Tunisgrad: Part I - The Desert War

320. Peace Falters, Tariffs Bite, and Ukraine's New Weapon

319. Battleground '45 - your questions answered

318. The Summits That Changed Nothing

317. The Ratline: Nazi Fugitives and Their Evasion of Justice

316. Is a Putin-Zelenskyy Meeting Now Possible?

315: Humiliation in Anchorage: Why Putin Won, and What it Means for the West

314. The Fate of Donetsk: Trump, Putin, and the "Fortress Belt".

313. The Nuremberg Trials

312. The Trump-Putin Standoff: Will Sanctions End the War?

311. More Than the Bomb: The Soviet Factor in Japan's Surrender

310. Trump's Ultimatum & Ukraine's Foreign Fighters

309. Battleground '45: The Shadow of the Atom Bomb

308. Is Kyiv Risking Western Support?

307. Burma's End and the Road to Operation Downfall

306. Ukraine's Unexpected Boost

305. Battleground '45 Your Questions Answered

304. The New Axis of Evil: Russia, China, Iran & North Korea

303. Fiction's Finest Hour - Unpacking the Best WWII Literature

302. America First, Ukraine Last?

301. Okinawa - The Typhoon of Steel

300. Trump's Middle East Doctrine: What Will it Mean for Ukraine?

299. The Greatest Force: Rewriting RAF Bomber Command's Legacy

298. Will Ukraine be affected by events in Iran?

297. Operation Downfall: The Invasion That Never Was

296. How LA Unrest Impacts The Russia-Ukraine War

295. Chiang Kai-shek

294. Operation Spider's Web

293. Battleground '45 Your Questions Answered

292. Long-Range Fire & POWs Return

291. Europe's Crossroads – From Victory to New World Order

290. A Diplomatic Freeze

289. The Georgian Texel Uprising - The War Beyond Surrender

288. Putin's No-Show at Peace Talks

287. Beyond Victory: Phil Craig on the Uncomfortable Realities of 1945

286. Colonel Khazan on Peace, Unmanned Systems, and Ukraine's Future

285. Ukraine's Innovative Successes & Putin's Ceasefire request

284. Against All Odds: Surviving Auschwitz and Beyond

283. Could The Strategic Minerals Deal be a Turning Point?

282. The Battle of Berlin & Hitler's final days

281. Will Trump Walk Away?

280. Brothers-in-Arms (Briefly) - The Meeting at Torgau

279. From Diplomacy to the Coal Mines: Ukraine's Complex Realities

278. Targeting Tyranny: Bombing Hitler's Mountain Retreat

277. Georgia's future and second chances for Ukrainian deserters.

276. Chinese Fighters in Donetsk and Russian Deserters

275. Okinawa: Part 2 - The Bitter End and Aftermath

274. Is Trump turning against Putin?

273. The Battle of Okinawa: Part 1 - The Invasion

272. Is a Genuine Peace Deal Even Possible?

271. The Siege of Breslau: Where Nazi Fanaticism Met the Red Army's Fury

270. Failed Diplomacy: Putin Rejects Trump's Peace Push in Ukraine

269. Battleground '45 - Your Questions Answered

268. From Kharkiv Nights to Hollywood Lights: Kateryna's Story

267. Is peace possible, or will Putin's conditions derail everything?

266. Operation Varsity: Crossing the Rhine

265. Ukraine's Next Chapter

264. The Aid Cut and the Letter: Ukraine's Response to US Pressure

263. British Isles, Nazi Rule - The Nazi Occupation of the Channel Islands

262. US Pauses Military Aid to Ukraine - Emergency Episode

261. Emergency Episode: Trump clashes with Zelenskyy

260. Navigating the Trump Maelstrom

259. Burma - The Forgotten Victory

258. 3 Years On - Your Questions Answered

257. Trump's Ukraine Betrayal: What's Next for Europe?

256. Aid and Art in a Time of War

255. Trying to Understand the Trump Administration's Ukraine Policy

254. US-Russia Talks: Is Trump Selling Out Ukraine?

253. Collecting the Fallen: Ukraine's Grim Harvest

252. Iwo Jima: Eight Square Miles of Hell

251. Has Trump secured a deal with Zelensky?

250. The Khartiia Brigade and Kharkiv's evolution.

249. The Bombing of Dresden, strategically justified or an Allied war crime?

248. Will Putin be able to flatter Trump?

247. From the Pearl of the Black Sea to the Embattled city of the East.

246. Shaping the Post-War World at The Yalta Conference

245. Kupyansk, Kharkiv, and Trump's sanctions threat

244. The Soviets arrive in Germany

243. Reaction from Ukraine to Trump's inaugural address.

242. Battleground returns to Ukraine & a Russian microcosm in Transnistria.

241. Ukraine captures North Korean troops

240. The Second World War along the Elbe River

239. Ukraine - your questions answered.

238. Is this the final chapter of the war in Ukraine?

237. Looking ahead to Battleground '45

236. A New Era of Warfare

235. The British Criminal Underworld in The Second World War.

234. The War in Ukraine in 2024

233. The Red Army's winter offensives

232. Battleground Christmas Special

231. Ukraine kills Russian general on the Kremlin's doorstep.

230. The Siege of Budapest

229. How Assad's fall reshapes the Ukraine conflict.

228. The Battle of the Bulge

227. Syria Special

226. Syrian Rebels threaten Russian assets

225. Berlin, Rommel and Liberating the Netherlands.

224. Will Ukraine lower the age of Conscription?

223. Odesa in Love and War

222. Battleground '44 - The Middle East

221. A week of dramatic escalation

220. The extraordinary story of Pamela Churchill Harriman

219. Exhaustion in the East - A dispatch from Kharkiv.

218. What is Trump's plan for Ukraine?

217. Why Trump's victory has provided hope to some in Ukraine.

216. Sinking the Tirpitz - Part 2

215. Remembrance Day special

214. Uncertain times ahead for Ukraine.

213: What Trump’s victory means for Ukraine - reaction special

212. Sinking the Tirpitz - Part 1

211. Ukraine holds its breath

210. The Battle of Leyte Gulf

209. North Korean troops to be sent to Ukraine

208. Cassino '44

207. Is Russia facing Economic disaster?

206. Battleground '44 - Erwin Rommel, The Desert Fox

205. How important is the fall of Vuhledar?

204. Hitler's Vengeance Weapons

203. How will events in the Middle East impact on Ukraine?

202. Battleground '44 - Naples 44

201. Zelensky launches his diplomatic offensive

200. Battleground '44 - Black Tuesday at Arnhem

199. Inside the economic war to bring down Russia

198. Ukraine's most spectacular strike on Russia yet

197. Battleground '44 - The Battle of Arnhem

196. Ukraine launches air assault on Moscow

195. Battleground '44 - Dieppe, Lend-Lease, and alternative historical scenarios.

194. Three weeks on since Ukraines invasion of Kursk

193. Battleground '44 - The forgotten war in Burma

192. The reality on the ground in Kursk

191. Battleground '44 -The liberation of Paris

190. The Kursk incursion from the Russian perspective

189. Battleground '44 - The Warsaw Uprising (part 2)

188. Has the West released the shackles on its donated equipment?

187. Battleground '44 - The Warsaw Uprising (part 1)

186. Bold & Daring - Ukraine's attack on Russia

185. Ukraine invades Russia

184. Battleground '44 - Pétain & de Gaulle

183. Wagner in Mali, Ukraine recruits prisoners, and F-16's

182. Battleground '44 - The July Bomb Plot

181. Would Harris continue support for Ukraine?

180. Battleground '44 - Killing Hitler

179. Is Russia overstretching itself?

178. Battleground '44 - The Liberation of Paris

177. Fractured Families

176. Battleground '44 - Paris under occupation

175. How Will the Current Elections Affect the War in Ukraine?

174. Battleground '44 - The pow experience in the Far East

173. Explaining UK-led training programme for Ukrainian infantry

172. Battleground 44' - Operation Bagration

171. How significant is Russia's Alliance with North Korea

170. Battleground '44 - The SAS

169. Taking on Russian propaganda

168. Will Russia loose its satellite navigation?

167. Battleground '44 - The Massacre at Graignes

166. A Significant Escalation

165. Battleground '44 - Pegasus Bridge: ordinary men doing extraordinary things

164. Will Ukraine be allowed to strike inside Russia?

163. Battleground '44 - D-Day's forgotten naval war

162. US policy continues to restrict Ukraine

161. Battleground '44 - A Suspicion of Spies

160. All eyes on Kharkiv

159. Battleground '44 - The Battle of the Philippine Sea

158. Zelensky avoids Assassination plot

157. Battleground 44' - Adolf Hitler

156. Freezing the lines

155. Battleground 44' - Franklin D. Roosevelt

154. Ukraine finally receives much needed aid

153. Battleground '44 - Sky Warriors

152. Is World War 3 on its way?

151. Battleground 44' - Churchill

150. Russia and China Strengthen their relationship

149. Battleground 44' - Joseph Stalin

148. Zelensky lowers Ukraines conscription age

147. Battleground 44' - German POWs, French collaboration, and Hill 112

146. Murder in Moscow

145. Battleground 44' - Agent Zo

144. How big is NATO's presence in Ukraine?

143. Battleground 44' - The Battle of Shangshak

142. An exercise in fake democracy

141. Battleground 44' - The Eastern Front

140. Can Ukraine rely on Germany?

139. Battleground 44' - The Great Escape

138. Will western troops be sent to Ukraine?

137. Battleground 44' - The French Resistance

136. Two years of bloodshed

135. Battleground 44' - War in the Pacific

134. Will Ukrainian morale withstand the coming months?

133. Battleground '44 - Arrival of the Americans

132. Zelensky Sacks Zaluzhnyi

131. Battleground '44 - The Battle of Anzio

130. Defiance in Kharkiv

129. Zelenksy moves against General Zaluzhny

128. Battleground '44 - The Siege of Leningrad

127. Is Russian political opposition genuine?

126. Battleground '44 - The Battle of Monte Cassino

125. Can Ukraine become self-reliant?

124. Battleground '44 - The Battle of Berlin

123. How does Ukraine see the year ahead?

122. Battleground '44 - Eisenhower

121. How the 2006 War relates to Gaza today

120. Is Putin looking for a Ceasefire?

119. Battleground 44

118. The significance of 2023

117. Justice for war crimes in Ukraine

116. Zelensky resists mass mobilisation calls

115. Battleground Christmas Special

114. Can Zelensky convince Washington?

113. Will a military victory end the Gaza conflict?

112. A voice from Russia

111. What is the mood inside Israel?

110. How the nature of war is evolving

109. Possible post conflict solutions for Gaza

108. A gloomy week for Ukraine

107. Would a truce benefit both sides?

106. Are both sides running out of manpower?

105. The diplomatic consequences of the war in Gaza

104. Is General Zaluzhnyi straying into politics?

103. What happens next in Gaza?

102. Russian losses continue to rise

101. Is it possible for Israel to achieve its Military objectives?

100. Mutiny in the Russian Ranks

99. Battleground Gaza

98. ATACMS finally arrive in Ukraine

Introducing Disorder: The Podcast That Orders The Disorder

97. What lies behind the conflict in Gaza

96. What war in Israel means for Ukraine

95. Battleground Special: War in Israel

94. Ukraine raids Crimea

93. The Russian Media

92. A Series of Small Victories

91. Reflecting back on Ukraine

90. Biden doubles down on support for Ukraine

89. The gravedigger of Bucha

88. Ukraine Strikes Russia's Black Sea Fleet

87. Fighting Corruption in Ukraine

86. Putin turns to Kim Jong Un

85. With the HALO trust in Ukraine

84. Can Ukrainian battlefield progress be maintained?

83. On the ground with Colonel Khazan

82. Ukraine finally gets F-16's

81. Emergency Podcast - Prigozhin Dead

80. Morning Missiles in Kyiv

79. Dissension in the Russian Ranks

78. Live from Lviv

77. Cross River Operations

76. Post War Reparations

75. The war comes to Moscow

74. Putin's Prisoner: Life in Captivity

73. Ramping up Ukraine's counteroffensive

72. Putin's Prisoner: Inside the Siege of Mariupol

71. Cluster Munitions, the Kerch Bridge, and Insubordination

70. Countering Disinformation

69. Tensions between NATO and Kyiv?

68. 'People like me'

67. Putin's Propaganda

66. The Ukrainian Spirit

65. What next for Putin & Prigozhin?

64. Putin's Paranoia

63. Emergency Podcast - Wagner Mutiny

62. Sabotage Attacks

61. 'As heavy as warfare gets'

60. The Opening Phase

59. An 'Improvised Nuclear Device'

58. Dam Disaster

57. A Series of Operations

56. The War Arrives in Russia

55. 'A War of Technology'

54. Bakhmut Falls

53. Prigozhin - Putin's Replacement?

52. Storm Shadow

51. The Georgian National Legion

50. A Threadbare Parade

49. Stop Tanks With Books

48. Smoke Rises From The Kremlin

47. The Big Interview: Phillips O'Brien on Intelligence Leaks, Ukrainian Resolve, and Managing Expectations.

46. 'Invisible' Russian Tanks

45. The Big Interview: Philip Ittner on the Realities in Ukraine

44. Prigozhin Back in Favour?

43. The Big Interview: Back to the Front with Julius Strauss

42. Intelligence Leaks

41. The Big Interview: Janet Anderson & Stephanie van den Berg on Putin's Arrest Warrant

40. Snipers, Assassinations, and New Nato Members

39. The Big Interview: Matteo Patrone on Reconstruction and Development in Ukraine

38. 'The Ukrainian Churchill'

37. The Big Interview with Dr Karin von Hippel

36. Xi's Moscow Visit

35. Mark Urban on Airborne Forces, Western Armour, and What Next?

34. Mutiny in the Russian Ranks?

33. David Alexander on The Cyber War

32. What Next in Bakhmut?

31. Simon Sebag Montefiore - Russian Rulers Past and Present

30. China's Peace Plan

29. One Year On

28. Military Incompetence

27. The People's Fight

26. Russian Advances

25. Leopards are coming

24. Tanks, Missiles, and Generals

23. Sir Mike Jackson

22. The Cyber War

21. Peace talks?

20. Escalation dominance

Battleground: Christmas Special

19. The HALO Trust

18. Britain's contribution

17. A Russian's perspective

16. Frontline Reality

15. A storm in a teacup

14. President Zelensky

13. How did we get here?

12. Max Hastings

11. German Rearmament

10. Will Putin go nuclear?

9. The Russian Army

8. Shaping perceptions

7. Russian desperation?

6. Ukraine Strikes Back

5 . War crimes & 'the Reckoning'

4. A Lieutenant-Colonel's frontline reality

3. The Russian mindset

2. The Ukrainian counter-offensive

Battleground: Ukraine

Bonus: Steve Hoyland, 148 Commando Battery

Bonus: 'Piggy' Trotter and bomb disposal

16. Reflections and response

15. Going home

14. Surrender

13. The Battle of Wireless Ridge

12. The Battle for the Mountains

11. Disaster on the Sir Galahad

10. The race for Port Stanley

9. The Battle of Goose Green

8. The sinking of HMS Coventry and Atlantic Conveyor

7. The Battle of San Carlos Water

6. The landing

5. The point of no return

4. The Sinking of the Belgrano & HMS Sheffield

3. Diplomacy fails, and retaking South Georgia

2. The Task Force sails

1. A failure of intelligence

Trailer: The Falklands War