The Second World War Podcast Episodes
Written by Winston S. Churchill , John Keegan
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Part I The Second World Wars with Victor Davis Hanson
Uncommon Knowledge - November 28, 2017 23:30 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratingsRecorded on October 23, 2017 How were the Axis powers able to instigate the most lethal conflict in human history? Find out in part one of this episode as military historian, editor of Strategika, and Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow, Victor Davis Hanson, joins Peter Robinson to discuss h...
Behind the Book: The Second World Wars
Victor Davis Hanson's The Classicist - November 02, 2017 22:08 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.2K ratingsVictor Davis Hanson takes listeners on a behind-the-scenes look at his career, including his rise through academia, the decline of military history as a scholarly discipline, the importance of visiting battlefields, and why he felt compelled to write a new book on World War II. (Playing time: 21...
The Second World Wars
Victor Davis Hanson's The Classicist - October 30, 2017 22:15 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.2K ratingsVictor Davis Hanson gives listeners a guided tour of his new book, "The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won." (Playing time: 21:04)
Victor Davis Hanson on ‘The Second World Wars’
Matt Lewis and the News - October 18, 2017 18:14 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 376 ratingsVictor Davis Hanson talks about his new book "The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won."
Episode 20 - Panel 5b - “It was the done thing”: Irish unionist attitudes to war and neutrality, and southern Irish Protestant volunteers in the British forces during the Second World War - Dr. Joseph Quinn
Southern Irish Loyalism in Context - October 15, 2017 14:45 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 1 ratingThroughout the course of the Second World War the position of the southern Irish Protestant community was decidedly pro-British. Nevertheless, the ideological stance of members of the remnant Irish unionist faction within the Irish state was tempered by a general respect for the policy of neutral...
Isherwood, Auden and Spender Before the Second World War
Isherwood, Auden and Spender Before the Second World War - September 26, 2017 00:30 - 1 hourAuthor and sculptor Matthew Spender talks about the friendship between his father, Stephen Spender, and Christopher Isherwood and W.H. Auden, from the late 1920s until Auden and Isherwood emigrated to the United States in the late 1930s. He focuses on the intense relationships between these three...
Isherwood, Auden, and Spender Before the Second World War
Literature - September 25, 2017 17:26 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 8 ratingsAuthor and sculptor Matthew Spender talks about the friendship between his father, Stephen Spender, and Christopher Isherwood and W.H. Auden, from the late 1920s until Auden and Isherwood emigrated to the United States in the late 1930s. He will focus on the intense relationships between these th...
The Second World War
History Extra podcast - June 22, 2017 14:02 - 43 minutes ★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsJames Holland discusses the second book in his The War in the West trilogy with John Buckley, focusing on the years 1941-43. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Show 1794 Andrew Roberts - The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War
American Conservative University - May 03, 2017 11:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 1.7K ratingsShow 1794 Andrew Roberts - The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War To watch the video of this speech visit- https://youtu.be/P24sdLM43PQ Published on Apr 7, 2016 Hailed by The Economist as "Britain's finest military historian," Andrew Roberts offers an important new histo...
CtS: Five Came Back - A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War
Crossing The Streams - April 05, 2017 19:17 - 4 minutesCtS: Five Came Back - A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War by Chris Lay Support the show: https://www.wortfm.org/donate/
FMR 54 - The resettlement of Polish refugees after the second world war
Resettlement (Forced Migration Review 54) - March 22, 2017 11:37 - 7 minutesThe passing of the Polish Resettlement Act and the creation of the different agencies related to it undoubtedly represented an unprecedented response to the challenge of mass migration in the UK.
Michael Morpurgo: From The Yellow Brick Road to the Second World War
The Book Club - March 16, 2017 11:52 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsWith Michael Morpurgo, author of Toto. Presented by Sam Leith.
Rishi Sharma, 19, Capturing The Stories of All the Heroes of the Second World War (MDE218)
Leadership, Brand Strategy & Transformation - Minter Dialogue - December 18, 2016 05:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsMinter Dialogue #218 — After a long absence where I was away doing a tour for my new documentary film and book, The Last Ring Home, this interview is with a different kind of guest, consistent with my latest project: mixing a personal passion, a digital platform, crowdfunding and IRL experiences....
S2E1 The Strangest Tale of the Second World War: The Battle for Castle Itter
Curious Canadian History - September 11, 2016 09:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsIn the closing days of the Second World War, American, German, Austrian and a smattering of multi-national prisoners of war (plus a special Canadian thrown in there for good measure) defend Castle Itter against SS soldiers bent on destruction Get add free content at Patreon! See acast.com/priva...
Dan J. Puckett, “In the Shadow of Hitler: Alabama’s Jews, the Second World War, and the Holocaust” (U of Alabama Press, 2014)
New Books in History - March 14, 2016 00:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 187 ratingsIn his book, In the Shadow of Hitler: Alabama’s Jews, the Second World War, and the Holocaust (University of Alabama Press, 2014), Dan J. Puckett, Associate Professor of History at Troy University, traces how Alabama’s Jews overcame community divisions to work together on behalf of European Jewry...
Dan J. Puckett, “In the Shadow of Hitler: Alabama’s Jews, the Second World War, and the Holocaust” (U of Alabama Press, 2014)
New Books in Jewish Studies - March 14, 2016 00:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 63 ratingsIn his book, In the Shadow of Hitler: Alabama’s Jews, the Second World War, and the Holocaust (University of Alabama Press, 2014), Dan J. Puckett, Associate Professor of History at Troy University, traces how Alabama’s Jews overcame community divisions to work together on behalf of European Jewry...
Dan J. Puckett, “In the Shadow of Hitler: Alabama’s Jews, the Second World War, and the Holocaust” (U of Alabama Press, 2014)
New Books in Genocide Studies - March 14, 2016 00:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 32 ratingsIn his book, In the Shadow of Hitler: Alabama’s Jews, the Second World War, and the Holocaust (University of Alabama Press, 2014), Dan J. Puckett, Associate Professor of History at Troy University, traces how Alabama’s Jews overcame community divisions to work together on behalf of European Jewry...
Dan J. Puckett, “In the Shadow of Hitler: Alabama’s Jews, the Second World War, and the Holocaust” (U of Alabama Press, 2014)
New Books in American Studies - March 14, 2016 00:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 20 ratingsIn his book, In the Shadow of Hitler: Alabama’s Jews, the Second World War, and the Holocaust (University of Alabama Press, 2014), Dan J. Puckett, Associate Professor of History at Troy University, traces how Alabama’s Jews overcame community divisions to work together on behalf of European Jewry...
Dan J. Puckett, “In the Shadow of Hitler: Alabama’s Jews, the Second World War, and the Holocaust” (U of Alabama Press, 2014)
New Books Network - March 14, 2016 00:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratingsIn his book, In the Shadow of Hitler: Alabama’s Jews, the Second World War, and the Holocaust (University of Alabama Press, 2014), Dan J. Puckett, Associate Professor of History at Troy University, traces how Alabama’s Jews overcame community divisions to work together on behalf of European Jewry...
Dan J. Puckett, “In the Shadow of Hitler: Alabama’s Jews, the Second World War, and the Holocaust” (U of Alabama Press, 2014)
New Books in Religion - March 14, 2016 00:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 21 ratingsIn his book, In the Shadow of Hitler: Alabama’s Jews, the Second World War, and the Holocaust (University of Alabama Press, 2014), Dan J. Puckett, Associate Professor of History at Troy University, traces how Alabama’s Jews overcame community divisions to work together on behalf of European Jewry...
Howard Brick and Christopher Phelps, “Radicals in America: The U.S. Left since the Second World War” (Cambridge UP, 2015)
New Books in American Studies - January 11, 2016 15:46 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 20 ratingsChristopher Phelps is an associate professor at the University of Nottingham and co-author of Radicals in America: The U.S. Left since the Second World War (Cambridge University Press, 2015). Phelps and Howard Brick have written a comprehensive history of the American left. Beginning with the mul...
Howard Brick and Christopher Phelps, “Radicals in America: The U.S. Left since the Second World War” (Cambridge UP, 2015)
New Books in Intellectual History - January 11, 2016 15:46 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 54 ratingsChristopher Phelps is an associate professor at the University of Nottingham and co-author of Radicals in America: The U.S. Left since the Second World War (Cambridge University Press, 2015). Phelps and Howard Brick have written a comprehensive history of the American left. Beginning with the mul...
Howard Brick and Christopher Phelps, “Radicals in America: The U.S. Left since the Second World War” (Cambridge UP, 2015)
New Books Network - January 11, 2016 15:46 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 123 ratingsChristopher Phelps is an associate professor at the University of Nottingham and co-author of Radicals in America: The U.S. Left since the Second World War (Cambridge University Press, 2015). Phelps and Howard Brick have written a comprehensive history of the American left. Beginning with the mul...
Howard Brick and Christopher Phelps, “Radicals in America: The U.S. Left since the Second World War” (Cambridge UP, 2015)
New Books in History - January 11, 2016 15:46 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 187 ratingsChristopher Phelps is an associate professor at the University of Nottingham and co-author of Radicals in America: The U.S. Left since the Second World War (Cambridge University Press, 2015). Phelps and Howard Brick have written a comprehensive history of the American left. Beginning with the mul...
Peter Thorsheim, “Waste into Weapons: Recycling in Britain during the Second World War” (Cambridge UP, 2015)
New Books in History - December 17, 2015 12:59 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 187 ratingsIn Waste into Weapons: Recycling in Britain during the Second World War (Cambridge University Press 2015), Peter Thorsheim explores the role of waste and recycling in Britain under conditions of total war. Thorsheim argues wartime salvage efforts linked civilians socially as well as materially to...
Peter Thorsheim, “Waste into Weapons: Recycling in Britain during the Second World War” (Cambridge UP, 2015)
New Books Network - December 17, 2015 12:59 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratingsIn Waste into Weapons: Recycling in Britain during the Second World War (Cambridge University Press 2015), Peter Thorsheim explores the role of waste and recycling in Britain under conditions of total war. Thorsheim argues wartime salvage efforts linked civilians socially as well as materially to...
Peter Thorsheim, “Waste into Weapons: Recycling in Britain during the Second World War” (Cambridge UP, 2015)
New Books in Economics - December 17, 2015 12:59 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 24 ratingsIn Waste into Weapons: Recycling in Britain during the Second World War (Cambridge University Press 2015), Peter Thorsheim explores the role of waste and recycling in Britain under conditions of total war. Thorsheim argues wartime salvage efforts linked civilians socially as well as materially to...
Peter Thorsheim, “Waste into Weapons: Recycling in Britain during the Second World War” (Cambridge UP, 2015)
New Books in Environmental Studies - December 17, 2015 12:59 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 18 ratingsIn Waste into Weapons: Recycling in Britain during the Second World War (Cambridge University Press 2015), Peter Thorsheim explores the role of waste and recycling in Britain under conditions of total war. Thorsheim argues wartime salvage efforts linked civilians socially as well as materially to...
Peter Thorsheim, “Waste into Weapons: Recycling in Britain during the Second World War” (Cambridge UP, 2015)
New Books in Western European Studies - December 17, 2015 12:59 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIn Waste into Weapons: Recycling in Britain during the Second World War (Cambridge University Press 2015), Peter Thorsheim explores the role of waste and recycling in Britain under conditions of total war. Thorsheim argues wartime salvage efforts linked civilians socially as well as materially to...
Peter Thorsheim, “Waste into Weapons: Recycling in Britain during the Second World War” (Cambridge UP, 2015)
New Books in Military History - December 17, 2015 12:59 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 140 ratingsIn Waste into Weapons: Recycling in Britain during the Second World War (Cambridge University Press 2015), Peter Thorsheim explores the role of waste and recycling in Britain under conditions of total war. Thorsheim argues wartime salvage efforts linked civilians socially as well as materially to...