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Listener Questions. Pt 7

274: War at Sea '41 Pt. 12 - On a Wing and a Prayer

273: War at Sea '41 Pt. 11 - The End of the Mighty Hood

272: War at Sea '41 Pt. 10 - On the Eve of Battle

271: War at Sea '41 Pt. 9 - Found and Followed

270: War at Sea '41 Pt. 8 - The Operation Begins

269: War at Sea '41 Pt. 7 - This Seems Risky

Listener Questions Pt. 6

268: War at Sea '41 Pt. 6 - Aces Down

267: War at Sea '41 Pt. 5 - The Undersea Hunters

266: War at Sea '41 Pt. 4 - The End of Operation Berlin

265: War at Sea '41 Pt. 3 - Operation Berlin

Listener Question Pt. 5

264: War at Sea '41 Pt. 2 - Cruisers Attack

263: War At Sea '41 Pt. 1 - The Surface Raiders

262: Crete Pt. 7 - Another Defeat; Another Victory

261: Crete Pt. 6 - Stick It Out

260: Crete Pt. 5 - Failed Counterattacks

Listener Questions Pt. 4

259: Crete Pt. 4 - Naval Victory, Naval Disaster

258: Crete Pt. 3 - May 20th a Day of Failures

257: Crete Pt. 2 - May 20th at Maleme

256: Crete Pt. 1 - Preparations

255: Greece Pt. 7 - The Invasion Ends

254: Greece Pt. 6 - The Invasion Begins

Listener Questions Pt. 3

253: Greece Pt. 5 - Cape Matapan

252: Greece Pt. 4 - Spring 1941

251: Greece Pt. 3 - The Path to Escalation

Interview 52: Why Barbarossa Failed with Timothy Manion

Listener Questions Pt. 2

250: Greece Pt. 2 - After the Failure

249: Greece Pt. 1 - Plans and Preparations

248: Taranto Pt. 2 - The Attack

247: Taranto Pt. 1 - Plans and Preparations

246: Yugoslavia Pt. 2 - The Invasion

245: Yugoslavia Pt. 1 - Belgrade's Impossible Position

Listener Questions Pt. 1

244 - East Africa

243: North Africa 1940 Pt. 7 - Beda Fomm

242: North Africa 1940 Pt. 6 - Bardia

241: North Africa 1940 Pt. 5 - Operation Compass

Interview 51: Pearl Harbor with Mark Stille

240: North Africa 1940 Pt. 4 - British Build-Up

Interview 50: Defenders of the Reich with Robert Forsyth

239: North Africa 1940 Pt. 3 - Italy Attacks

Interview 49: Rhineland: Hitlers Last Defence 1944-45 with Anthony Tucker-Jones

238: North Africa 1940 Pt. 2 - The Key to Empire

Interview 48: Flying with the 384th Bomb Group with Hans Smith

237: North Africa 1940 Pt. 1 - Italian Aspirations

Interview 47: Advance Britannia with Dr. Alan Allport

Summary 7: The Spanish Civil War

Interview 46: Into the Reich with Prit Buttar

Summary 6: The Rise of Mussolini

Interview 45: Airpower Over Kursk '43 with William Hiestand

236: The Battle After Britain Pt. 4 - Conclusions and Continuations

Interview 44: Opening the Gates of Hell: Operation Barbarossa with Richard Hargreaves

235: The Battle After Britain Pt. 3 - The Blitz

234: The Battle After Britain Pt. 2 - Big Wings, Big Egos

233: The Battle After Britain Pt. 1 - Sleeping Sea Lion

232: The Battle of Britain Pt. 7 - Battle of Britain Day

231: The Battle of Britain Pt. 6 - Stumbling to the End

Interview 43: The Kwantung Army with Quin Cho

230: The Battle of Britain Pt. 5 - Shifting Focus

229: The Battle of Britain Pt. 4 - Familiar Failures

228: The Battle of Britain Pt. 3 - New Plans

227: The Battle of Britain Pt. 2 - The Hardest Days

226: The Battle of Britain Pt. 1 - Adlertag

225: The Battle About Britain Pt. 9 - The Senior Service

Interview 42: Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945 with Jack Bowsher

224: The Battle About Britain Pt. 8 - Home Guard and the Airborne Panic

223: The Battle About Britain Pt. 7 - Invasion Preparations

Interview 41: Motorization with Bruce Gudmundsson

222: The Battle About Britain Pt. 6 - Wait, This is Going to be Complicated

Interview 40: The German-Soviet War with Jeff Rutherford

221: The Battle About Britain Pt. 5 - A Simple River Crossing

220: The Battle About Britain Pt. 4 - The Channel Battle

219: The Battle About Britain Pt. 3 - The Three Speeches

Interview 39: Sisterhood of Ravensbrück with Lynne Olson

218 - The Battle About Britain Pt. 2 - What Are We Doing Now?

217 - The Battle About Britain Pt. 1 - What Are We Doing Next?

216: The Battle Before Britain Pt. 8 - Operation Catapult

215: The Battle Before Britain Pt. 7 - Attrition Over France

214: The Battle Before Britain Pt. 6 - An Easy Way Out

213: The Battle Before Britain Pt. 5 - Churchill and the Few

212: The Battle Before Britain Pt. 4 - Leaves Upon the Wind

211: The Battle Before Britain Pt. 3 - How to Build a Bombing Campaign

210: The Battle Before Britain Pt. 2 - Flying Blind

209: The Battle Before Britain Pt. 1 - Electronic Tripwires

208: If Necessary Alone - An Introduction

Summary 4: Interwar Britain

Summary 5: Interwar Airpower

Preview 18: The Victorious Royal Navy Pt. 6 - Preparing for War

Preview 17: The Victorious Royal Navy Pt. 5 - Aviation

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Preview 16: The Victorious Royal Navy Pt. 4 - Building Better Battleships

Interview 38: The Forgotten War with Jack Bowsher

Preview 15: The Victorious Royal Navy Pt. 3 - The End of the Naval Treaty

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

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

207: The Fall of France - Epilogue: Riom

206: The Fall of France - Defeat

205: The Fall of France - Surrender

Interview 37: RAF Gardening Operations with Jane Guilliford Lowes

204: The Fall of France - About that Maginot Thing

Interview 36: General Stanisław Maczek with Jenny Grant

203: The Fall of France - Falling Apart

202: The Fall of France - "To Make a Corpse Feel"

201: The Fall of France - "The Last Quarter of an Hour"

200: The Fall of France - Case Red

199: The Fall of France - The Battle of Abbeville

Interview 35: The Man Who Calculated Death with Suzanne Rico

198: The Fall of France - Picking Up the Pieces

197: The Fall of France - Operation Dynamo

196: The Fall of France - The Myths of Dunkirk

195: The Fall of France - The Collapsing Bag

Interview 34: Battle of Britain: Canadian Airmen in their Finest Hour with Ted Barris

Interview 33: Midway: The Pacific War’s Most Famous Battle with Mark Stille

Interview 32: Hero City: Leningrad 1943-44 with Prit Buttar

Interview 31: Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich with Richard Evans

194: The Fall of France - Boulogne, Calais, and The Halt Order

193: The Fall of France - Cut Off

Interview 30: Hell Let Loose with Matt White of Expression Games

192: The Fall of France - To The Coast!

191: The Fall of France - Breakouts

190: The Fall of France - Stonne and Flavigny's Failure

189: The Fall of France - French Counterattacks of May 14

188: The Fall of France - Reinhardt and Rommel

187: The Fall of France - Crossing the Meuse

186: The Fall of France - To the Meuse!

185: The Fall of France - Through the Ardennes

184: The Fall of France - Hannut and Gembloux

183: The Fall of France - The Invasion of Belgium

182: The Fall of France - The Invasion of the Netherlands

181: The Fall of France - Fall Gelb

180: The Fall of France - French War Plans

179: The Fall of France - Can We Fight Somewhere Else?

178: The Fall of France - Preparations for War

177: The Fall of France - Playing the Long Game

Summary 3: The September Campaign

Summary 2: Germany Prepares for War

Summary 1: The Third Republic

176: The Invasion of Norway - The End and Beginning of Norwegian Resistance

175: The Invasion of Norway - The Recapture of Narvik

174: The Invasion of Norway - The Snows of Narvik

173: The Invasion of Norway - "Your troops haven't been defeated!"

172: The Invasion of Norway - Allied Reactions

171: The Invasion of Norway - The Naval Battles of Narvik

170: The Invasion of Norway Pt. 8 - Narvik

169: The Invasion of Norway Pt. 7 - Fight We Shall

American History Tellers: The Underground Railroad

168: The Invasion of Norway Pt. 6 - The Battle for Oslofjord

167: The Invasion of Norway Pt. 5 - Denmark, Kristiansand, Sola, and Trondheim

166: The Invasion of Norway Pt. 4 - The Gallant Glowworm

165: The Invasion of Norway Pt. 3 - Operation Weserübung

164: The Invasion of Norway Pt. 2 - British and French Invasion Plans

163: The Invasion of Norway Pt. 1 - The Altmark Incident

162: The Early War at Sea Pt. 12 - The 1940 Sea Change

161: The Early War at Sea Pt. 11 - Never Enough Boats

160: The Early War at Sea Pt. 10 - Opening U-Boat Moves

159: The Early War at Sea Pt. 9 - Finding U-Boats

158: The Early War at Sea Pt. 8 - The End of the Admiral Graf Spee

157: The Early War at Sea Pt. 7 - Admiral Graf Spee on a Rampage

156: The Early War at Sea Pt. 6 - Panzerschiffe

155: The Early War at Sea Pt. 5 - Danger Above and Below

154: The Early War at Sea Pt. 4 - Opening Moves

Introducing AUSA’s Army Matters podcast

153: The Early War at Sea Pt. 3 - The Kriegsmarine

152: The Early War at Sea Pt. 2 - Building Big British Battleships

151: The Early War at Sea Pt. 1 - All Around the World

Preview 12: Treaty Cruisers

Preview 11: The Washington Naval Treaty

Interview 29: Leyte Gulf: A New History of the World's Largest Sea Battle with Mark Stille

Preview 10: The Imperial Japanese Navy

Preview 9: The Victorious Royal Navy

150: The Winter War Pt. 8 - The End

149: The Winter War Pt. 7 - The Isthmus Grind

148: The Winter War Pt. 6 - The War in the North

147: The Winter War Pt. 5 - Suomussalmi

146: The Winter War Pt. 4 - Tolvajärvi

Member Preview 8: Shattered Sword

145: The Winter War Pt. 3 - The Attack Begins

144: The Winter War Pt. 2 - Plans

143: The Winter War Pt. 1 - Nordic Defiance

142: The Baltic Takeover

141: The Soviet Union Pt. 11 - By Air and By Sea

140: The Soviet Union Pt. 10 - The Red Army

139: The Soviet Union Pt. 9 - The Military Purges

138: The Soviet Union Pt. 8 - The Great Purges

137: The Soviet Union Pt. 7 - The Other Five Year Plans

136: The Soviet Union Pt. 6 - Holodomor

135: The Soviet Union Pt. 5 - Collectivization in Action

134: The Soviet Union Pt. 4 - Collectivization

133: The Soviet Union Pt. 3 - The First Five Year Plan

132: The Soviet Union Pt. 2 - Stalin Comes to Power

131: The Soviet Union Pt. 1 - The Man from Saqartvelo

Member Preview 7: Reichswehr Pt. 3

Member Preview 6: Reichswehr Pt. 2

Member Preview 5: Reichswehr Pt. 1

Member Preview 4: Polish-German Documents

Member Preview 3: German-Soviet Relations

Member Preview 2: The British Blue Book

Member Preview 1: The French Yellow Book

130: The September Campaign Pt. 22 - The Long War Ahead

129: The September Campaign Pt. 21 - The End

128: The September Campaign Pt. 20 - The Last Surrenders

127: The September Campaign Pt. 19 - The Fall of Warsaw

126: The September Campaign Pt. 18 - Mopping Up

125: The September Campaign Pt. 17 - A War on Two Fronts

124: The September Campaign Pt. 16 - The Advance on Warsaw

123: The September Campaign Pt. 15 - Battle of the Bzura

122: The September Campaign Pt. 14 - Collapse

121: The September Campaign Pt. 13 - A Disappointing Start

120: The September Campaign Pt. 12 - Poland's Allies

119: The September Campaign Pt. 11 - The Southern Front

118: The September Campaign Pt. 10 - The Central Front

117: The September Campaign Pt. 9 - Army Pomorze

116: The September Campaign Pt. 8 - Danzig and Army Modlin

115: The September Campaign Pt. 7 - September 1, 1939

114: The September Campaign Pt. 6 - The Last Days of Peace

113: The September Campaign Pt. 5 - Panzers

112: The September Campaign Pt. 4 - Fall Weiss

111: The September Campaign Pt. 3 - Justifiable Bad Choices

110: The September Campaign Pt. 2 - Polish Rearmament

109: The September Campaign Pt. 1 - Poland

108: Interwar Reflections

107: Highway to the Danger Zone Pt. 5 - Gonna Take It Right Into the Danger Zone

106: Highway to the Danger Zone Pt. 4 - The Hotter the Intensity

105: Highway to the Danger Zone Pt. 3 - The Further on the Edge

104: Highway to the Danger Zone Pt. 2 - Always Where I Burn to Be

103: Highway to the Danger Zone Pt. 1 - Out Along the Edges

102: Nomonhan Pt. 4 - Disaster on the Holsten

101: Nomonhan Pt. 3 - July Attacks

28: Close Air Support with Dr. Matthew Powell

100: Nomonhan Pt. 2 - Opening Phases

99: Nomonhan Pt. 1 - Changkufeng

98: Hungary Pt. 2 - Expansion

97: Hungary Pt. 1 - Eastern European Outcast

27: First World War Bombing Raids with Dr. Brett Holman

96: Interwar Airpower Pt. 5 - Schemes and Dreams

95: Interwar Airpower Pt. 4 - Axis of Airpower

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94: Interwar Airpower Pt. 3 - National Overviews

93: Interwar Airpower Pt. 2 - Where do you expect us to go when the bombs fall?

92: Interwar Airpower Pt. 1 - So Close Yet So Far

91: The British Empire Pt. 6 - The Approach of War

90: The British Empire Pt. 5 - Army of Empire

89: The British Empire Pt. 4 - Rearmament

26: 1930s Britain with Dr. Alan Allport

88: The British Empire Pt. 3 - Mare Nostrum

87: The British Empire Pt. 2 - The Other Side of the World

86: The British Empire Pt. 1 - Domestic Politics

25: The Vickers MG Collection & Research Association with Rich Fisher

85: The Night of Broken Glass

84: Germany Prepares for War Pt. 7 - Influences and Decisions

83: Germany Prepared for War Pt. 6 - The Luftwaffe

24: Hindenburg, Ludendorff, and Hitler with Alex Clifford

82: Germany Prepares for War Pt. 5 - More Boats

81: Germany Prepares for War Pt. 4 - All About Them Boats

80: Germany Prepares for War Pt. 3 - Running on Fumes

79: Germany Prepares for War Pt. 2 - The Plan

78: Germany Prepares for War Pt. 1 - Overview

77: The Munich Agreement Pt. 9 - Aftermath

76: The Munich Agreement Pt. 8 - The Munich Agreement

75: The Munich Agreement Pt. 7 - To the Brink

74: The Munich Agreement Pt. 6 - I Am Altering the Deal

73: The Munich Agreement Pt. 5 - We had no other choice....

72: The Munich Agreement Pt. 4 - Plan Z

71: The Munich Agreement Pt. 3 - The Summer of 1938

70: The Munich Agreement Pt. 2 - The May Crisis

69: The Munich Agreement Pt. 1 - Background

68: The Third Republic Pt. 8 - The French Army

67: The Third Republic Pt. 7 - Rearmament

23: A Naval Chat with Dr. Alexander Clarke

66: The Third Republic Pt. 6 - Political Cleanup

22: The Politics of Veteran's Benefits with Dr. Crotty, Dr. Diamant, and Dr. Edele

65: The Third Republic Pt. 5 - Popular Front in Power

64: The Third Republic Pt. 4 - Left Left Left Right Left

21: Fighter Pilot Nostalgia with Dr. Michael Hankins

63: The Third Republic Pt. 3 - France and Friends

62: The Third Republic Pt. 2 - The Shadow of Victory

61: The Third Republic Pt. 1 - The Maginot Line

20: Fascism in Interwar France with Dr. Chris Millington

60: Anschluss Pt. 4 - Operation Otto

59: Anschluss Pt. 3 - The February 1938 Meeting

58: Anschluss Pt. 2 - Hossbach Memorandum

57: Anschluss Pt. 1 - The Dreams of Greater Germany

Season 2 Introduction

56: Second Sino-Japanese War Pt. 7 - Sinking Deeper

55: Second Sino-Japanese War Pt. 6 - Death and Suffering in Nanking

54: Second Sino-Japanese War Pt. 5 - Failure and Retreat

53: Second Sino-Japanese War Pt. 4 - Battle for Shanghai

52: Second Sino-Japanese War Pt. 3 - Shanghai

51: Second Sino-Japanese War Pt. 2 - Moving South

50: Second Sino-Japanese War Pt. 1 - Background

49: The Spanish Civil War Pt. 14 - Legacy

48: Spanish Civil War Pt. 13 - The End of the Spanish Republic

47: The Spanish Civil War Pt. 12 - Disaster on the Ebro

46: The Spanish Civil War Pt. 11 - The Battle of Teruel

Spanish Civil War Interview Series 18: Memory and the Civil War with Tom Wardle

Spanish Civil War Interview Series 17: Antiauthoritarian Counterculture in Francoist Spain with Dr. Louie Dean Valencia

Spanish Civil War Interview Series 16: Civil War Veterans with Dr. Stephanie Wright

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45: The Spanish Civil War Pt. 10 - The Battle of Brunete

Spanish Civil War Interview Series 15: British Foreign Office and the War with Stephen Rainbird

44: The Spanish Civil War Pt. 9 - Struggles for Power

Spanish Civil War Interview Series 14: Scotland and the Civil War with Fraser Raeburn

Spanish Civil War Interview Series 13: Military History with Dr. Charles Esdaile

43: The Spanish Civil War Pt. 8 - The War in the North

Spanish Civil War Interview Series 12: Prisoners in Francoist Spain with Jessica Thorne

Spanish Civil War Interview Series 11: Gender Violence in the Spanish Civil War with Charlotte Walmsley

42: The Spanish Civil War Pt. 7 - Jarama and Guadalajara

Spanish Civil War Interview Series 10: Milicianas with Jessica McIvor

Spanish Civil War Interview Series 9: Stalin's Niños with Dr. Karl Qualls

41: The Spanish Civil War Pt. 6 - International Involvement

Spanish Civil War Interview Series 8: Basque Children with Dr. Ed Packard

40: The Spanish Civil War Pt. 5 - Madrid

Spanish Civil War Interview Series 7: International Brigades with Alexander Clifford

Spanish Civil War Interview Series 6: British Public and the Civil War with Harry Taylor

39: The Spanish Civil War Pt. 4 - Disagreements

Spanish Civil War Interview Series 5: Cuban Antifascism with Dr. Ariel Lambe

38: The Spanish Civil War Pt. 3 - Violence

Spanish Civil War Interview Series 4: Transnational Anarchism with Dr. Morris Brodie

Spanish Civil War Interview Series 3: Spanish Anarchism during the Civil War with Dr. Danny Evans

37: The Spanish Civil War Pt. 2 - The Coup of July 1936

Spanish Civil War Interview Series 2: Asturian Revolution with Dr. Matthew Kerry

Spanish Civil War Interview Series 1: Spanish Anarchism with Dr. James Yeoman

Spanish Civil War Interview Series 0: Introduction

HMS Warspite with Iain Ballantyne

36: Spanish Civil War Pt. 1 - The Second Republic

35: The Second Italo-Ethiopian War Pt. 2 - Resolution

Special 1: HMS Warspite

34: The Second Italo-Ethiopian War Pt. 1 - Invasion

33: The Third Reich Pt. 19 - The Rhineland

32: The Third Reich Pt. 18 - Rearmament

31: The Third Reich Pt. 17 - Nuremberg Laws and the Saar

30: The Third Reich Pt. 16 - We Live in a Society

29: The Third Reich Pt. 15 - Control

28: The Third Reich Pt. 14 - Work Work Work

27: The Third Reich Pt. 13 - Show Me the Money

26: The Third Reich Pt. 12 - Night of the Long Knives

25: The Third Reich Pt. 11 - Changes

24: The Third Reich Pt. 10 - The Enabling Act

23: The Third Reich Pt. 9 - The Reichstag Fire

22: The Third Reich Pt. 8 - January 1933

21: The Third Reich Pt. 7 - "We Will Win Ourselves to Death"

20: The Third Reich Pt. 6 - The 1932 Presidential Election

19: The Third Reich Pt. 5 - The Election that Broke Germany

18: The Third Reich Pt. 4 - The Republic

17: The Third Reich Pt. 3 - The New Nazi Party

16: The Third Reich Pt. 2 - The Munich Years

15: The Third Reich Pt. 1 - The Austrian

14: The Great Depression Pt. 4 - Unemployment in Germany

13: The Great Depression Pt. 3 - London and Paris

12: The Great Depression Pt. 2 - The Depression

11: The Great Depression Pt. 1 - The Crash

10: Rise of Mussolini Pt. 4 - The Italian Fascist State

9: Rise of Mussolini Pt. 3 - Prime Minister Mussolini

8: Rise of Mussolini Pt. 2 - March on Rome

7: Rise of Mussolini Pt. 1 - Fascism

6: League of Nations Pt. 3 - Failure

5: League of Nations Pt. 2 - Around the World

4: League of Nations Pt. 1 - Foundations

3: The Paris Peace Conference

2: The War to End All Wars

1: Season 1 - Introduction

0: Introduction