Korean War Podcast
215 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 76 ratingsA weekly podcast on the Korean War
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Episode 6.10 (Vietnam (1955 - 1965)
November 06, 2021 14:00 - 20 minutes - 24.9 MBA biography of General Westmoreland the commander of the American military in South Vietnam from 1964 to 1968. The Viet Cong launch several attacks in the latter part of 1964 but for the first time, regular North Vietnamese Army regiments take to the field in South Vietnam.
Episode 6.9 (Vietnam 1955 -1965)
October 30, 2021 14:00 - 21 minutes - 25.5 MBNorth Vietnamese torpedo boats attack an American Destroyer in the Gulf of Tonkin, the attack fails. However it is reports of a second attack which did not take place which makes the congress pass a resolution which allow President Johnson to take what have military action he wishes to in Vietnam, it would be the legal base for the Vietnam War.
Episode 6.8 (Vietnam 1955- 1965)
October 23, 2021 14:00 - 20 minutes - 23.4 MBA profile of American Secretary of Defence Robert Mac Namara. The gap between the positive view of how the war was going by General Harkins and MACV using doubtful data and that far less rosy view presented by journalists and junior Army officers who had served in South Vietnam and who witnessed the growth of the Viet Cong revolt in the countryside.
Episode 6.7 (Vietnam 1955 - 1965)
October 16, 2021 14:00 - 20 minutes - 23.2 MBFollowing the murder of Diem there is political chaos in South Vietnam, there is a second coup within just two months as the South Vietnamese Army Generals struggle for power between themselves. This leaves support for the Government of South Vietnam even weaker among the people. President Kennedy is killed and replaced by President Johnson.
Episode 6.6 (Vietnam 1955 - 1965)
October 09, 2021 14:00 - 20 minutes - 22.7 MBAs Buddhist protests against President Diem grow in South Vietnam. After much debate President Kennedy agrees to the demand of ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge to arrange a coup to bring down president Diem. As a result of that coup, Diem is murdered in cold blood shot in the back of an armoured personnel carrier.
Episode 6.5 (Vietnam 1955 - 1965)
October 02, 2021 14:00 - 20 minutes - 24.1 MBEven with the Viet Cong revolt in the south going badly for the Government. President Diem now picks a fight with the majority Buddhist population, this leads to violent protest in the Cities of South Vietnam and monks burning themselves to death. The American Government begins to question its support to Diem. A biography of American ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge.
Episode 6.4 (Vietnam 1955 - 1965)
September 25, 2021 14:00 - 22 minutes - 26.5 MBEvents in Vietnam and Laos in 1962 and the first week of 1963. Despite the increase in American military support for the South Vietnamese Government, the Viet Cong revolt grows in scale. This is shown in the first week of 1963, when the Viet Cong inflict a serious reserve on the South Vietnamese Army Army near the village of Ap Bac.
Episode 6.3 (Vietnam 1955 - 1965)
September 18, 2021 14:00 - 21 minutes - 25.4 MBEvent in Vietnam and Laos in 1961. A biography of President Kennedy. President Kennedy greatly increases the number of American military personnel from less than thousand to over sixteen thousand by November 1963 in order to help the South Vietnamese Government to resist the Viet Cong revolt in the country.
Episode 6.2 Vietnam 1955 - 1965
September 11, 2021 14:00 - 20 minutes - 24.9 MBEvents in Vietnam and Laos in 1959 and 1960. In 1959 the National Liberation Front is formed by the Communist they became commonly known as the Viet Cong with aid from North Vietnam the Communist revolt in the South becomes much more serious. Details of events in Laos up to the end of 1960 is told. The corruption of South Vietnamese President Diem's brother and sister in law shocks the nation.
Episode 6.1 Vietnam 1955 - 1965
September 04, 2021 14:00 - 20 minutes - 24 MBIn this first of twenty episodes dealing with Vietnam between 1955 to 1965. I look at the history of South Vietnam up to 1958 and its leader President Diem, for a short the country seemed stable but the underlying problems within Diem regime was clearly there. Lack of land reforms, corruption and a Government that favoured the minority Catholic community.
Introduction to Season six
August 07, 2021 14:00 - 6 minutes - 7.16 MBSeason six of this podcast season begin on Saturday September 4th. It will deal with the military and political events in Vietnam and Laos between 1955 and 1965. From the end of the First Indochina War to intervention of American ground in 1965.
Episode 5.35
May 01, 2021 14:00 - 21 minutes - 24.4 MBThis episode deals with the Civil War in North Yemen and the final years of Nasser's rule in Egypt and the two subjects are highly interconnected because seventy thousand Egyptian troops would sent to the country to fight an unwinnable guerrilla war against the Royalist forces. Nasser would die in 1970 his reputation much lower than it had been ten years earlier.
Episode 5.34
April 24, 2021 14:00 - 21 minutes - 24.9 MBThis episode deals with the Civil War in the Congo between 1960 and 1965 following independence from Belgium. It became a proxy war of the cold war with the United States and the Soviet Union supporting different political factions in the Congo. A biography of Mobutu who would become the dictator of the Congo for over thirty years from 1965.
Episode 5.33
April 17, 2021 14:00 - 20 minutes - 24.3 MBThe British Army fought three guerrilla wars in the middle eastern region. In Cyprus the British Army was involved in a guerrilla war against EOKA who fought for your union between Cyprus and Greece. A biography of Sir John Harding the Government of Cyprus. The British Army always fought in wars in Oman and Aden.
Episode 5.32 Suez Crisis 10
April 10, 2021 14:00 - 20 minutes - 22.5 MBNasser reaps the rewards from the Suez Crisis. British and French power in the middle east declines. A biography of the new British Prime Minster Harold Macmillan. The end of the British Empire. The distrust between the French and British Government after the Suez Crisis. The American military involvement in the Lebanon in 1958.
Episode 5.31 Suez Crisis 9
April 03, 2021 14:00 - 20 minutes - 23.4 MBAfter just two days of fighting, the British Prime Sir Anthony Eden orders a cease fire, this would be followed by a humiliation withdraw from Port Said by British and French Forces. Why, well the American Government created a run on the pound which caused Eden to panic. United Nations Peace keepers are sent to region, this is proposed by Canadian Foreign Minister Lester Pearson, his biography is given.
Episode 5.30 Suez Criisis 8
March 27, 2021 14:00 - 20 minutes - 24.1 MBBritish and French para-troops are landed around Port Said at the northern end of the Suez Canal. Landings by a Royal Marine Brigade are brought forward to the next day, helicopters are used for the first time in a seaborne invasion. the Egyptians put up a firm resistance at several locations. A cease fire is called for by British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden.
Episode 2.29 Suez Crisis 7
March 20, 2021 14:00 - 20 minutes - 23.3 MBThe Royal Air Force and the French Air Force strike at the Egyptian military quickly destroying the Egyptian Air Force as an effective military force, helping the Israeli military in their campaign in the Sinai as well as preparing for the Anglo - French invasion of Port Said. A biography of General Stockwell the commander of the Anglo - French military invasion force.
Episode 5.28 Suez Crisis 6
March 13, 2021 15:00 - 20 minutes - 23.3 MBAs had been agreed between the Israeli, British and French Government, the Israeli Army invades the Sinai, dropping para-troops near to the Suez Canal. The Israeli Army defeats the Egyptian Army and captures the Sinai and Gaza. This invasion allows the British and French Government to invade the Suez Canal.
Episode 5.27 Suez Crisis 5
March 06, 2021 15:00 - 21 minutes - 21.6 MBBritish public opinion is heavily divided by the decision of the Eden Government to commit British Armed Forces to an invasion of the Suez Canal. The Labour Party is totally opposed to the use of armed force. A biography of Labour Party leader Hugh Gaitskell. Audio clips from Sir Anthony Eden and Labour Foreign spokesman Bevan are included in this episode.
Episode 5.26 Suez Crisis 4
February 27, 2021 15:00 - 20 minutes - 22.2 MBThe British and French build up their military forces in Malta and Cyprus, ready for an invasion of the Suez Canal. Senior members of the British, French and Israeli Government meet in secret to plan for the coming war, an agreement is reached. A biography of British Foreign Secretary John Selwyn Lloyd. The American Government remains opposed to any military action.
Episode 5.25 Suez Crisis 3
February 20, 2021 15:00 - 20 minutes - 22.7 MBPresident Nasser of Egypt links with the West grow worse, while his ties with the Soviet Union improve, the Communist block supplies new modern weapons to Egypt. American and British Government now wish to remove Nasser from power. So does the French Government who blames Nasser for his support from Algerian independence. A biography of French Prime Guy Mollet.
Episode 5.24 Suez Crisis 2
February 13, 2021 15:00 - 20 minutes - 23.2 MBKing Fakour of Egypt is deposed. Within a few months, Nasser becomes the Egyptian leader, at first with American support. A biography of Nasser is given. Britain agrees to remove its military from the Suez Canal Zone. Egypt begins to support Palestine guerrilla attacks into Israel, there are border clashes between Egypt and Israel.
Episode 5.23 Suez Crisis 1
February 06, 2021 15:00 - 20 minutes - 23.1 MBThe Suez Canal is built in 1869, it becomes a vital sea link for Britain who later occupy Egypt. Britain takes military action to defend the Suez Canal in two world war and maintain a large military garrison along the Canal. King Fakour of Egypt tries to get the British Government to remove it military from the Canal, the British refuse. A terrorism campaign is launched against the British Canal Zone as a result the British storm an Egyptian Police Station. A biography and profile of Bri...
Episode 5.22 Algerian War of Independence 10
January 30, 2021 14:00 - 20 minutes - 22.6 MBDe Gaulle agrees to Algerian independence. A million Pied Noir leave Algeria, most go to France, some to Spain, Canada and Israel. A history of Algeria since 1962, FLN seize power and the country becomes a one party state. A biography of Boumediene the president of Algeria between 1965 and 1978, Under his rule many of those who fought for Algerian independence suffer under his regime.
Episode 5.21 Algerian War of Independence 9
January 25, 2021 14:28 - 20 minutes - 22.7 MBThe senior Army leadership becomes increasingly disturbed by the policy of French President Charles De Gaulle towards Algeria. Fearing that De Gaulle was moving towards giving Algeria independence. A coup is staged, it including two former Army commanders in Algeria General Salan and Challe as well as General Zeller, his biography is given. The coup collapses after four days.
Episode 5.20 Algerian War of Independence 8
January 16, 2021 17:00 - 20 minutes - 23.2 MBMilitant Pied Noir leaders anger at De Gaulle talk of Algerian self determination stage a revolt in Algiers in January 1960, there is violence and the revolt last a week before it is ended. A biography of Pied Noir leader Joe Ortiz. De Gaulle tries to reach a comprise with Algerian Nationalist but FLN carries on the war.
Episode 5.19 Algerian War of Independence 7
January 09, 2021 15:00 - 20 minutes - 23.7 MBThe French Army launch a series of offensive against the FLN. A biography of French Army commander General Challe. Attempts by French President Charles De Gaulle to reach out to Algerian Nationalist movement anger the Pied Noir and the FLN reject De Gaulle peace offers.
Episode 5.18 Algerian War of Independence 6
January 02, 2021 15:00 - 20 minutes - 23.7 MBThe French built a wall between Algeria and Tunisia to prevent the flow of arms into Algeria. The French Army and the Pied Noir grow angry with the Governments of the French Fourth Republic. The Army in 1958 stage a coup in Algiers. It seems as if there might civil war. However the French Fourth Republic is replaced by a Government led by Charles De Gaulle, his biography is given.
Episode 5.17 Algerian War of Independence 5
December 26, 2020 15:00 - 20 minutes - 23.2 MBThe French Tenth Para-troop Division is sent to Algiers to combat FLN terrorism in the City. A biography of General Massu, the commander of the Tenth Para-troop Division. The French para-troops use torture to gain information on the FLN. More than three thousand suspected FLN supporters are murdered by the French Army in Algiers. The power of the FLN in Algiers is broken.
Episode 5.16 Algerian War of Independence 4
December 19, 2020 15:00 - 20 minutes - 22.8 MBThe number of French troops sent to Algeria increase to a massive half a million but they even large a force can not defeat the FLN. The FLN begins a campaign of terrorism in the City of Algiers killing and maiming Pied Noir civilians. A biography of FLN leader in Algiers, Abane. The French governor decides to sent in the Paratroops into Algiers
Episode 5.15 Algerian War of Independence 3
December 12, 2020 15:00 - 20 minutes - 22.9 MBFrench Army reinforcements are sent to Algeria but they can not defeat the FLN. A biography of FLN military leader Krim. In August 1955, in and around the town of Phillipeville the FLN carry out a massacre of Pied Noir civilians. In return the French Army murder local Muslims civilians. These events polarise the Pied Noir and Muslim populations.
Episode 5.14 Algerian War of Independence 2
December 05, 2020 15:00 - 20 minutes - 23.1 MBProposed reforms for Algeria, are frustrated by the French Colonial Officials. Young Algerian Muslims begin to believe that can be no chance of equality with independence and that can only achieved by violence. A biograph of the militant Ben Bella. The Algerian War of Independence begin on All Saints Day 1954.
Episode 5.13 Algerian War of Independence 1
November 28, 2020 15:00 - 20 minutes - 23.2 MBIn,1830, France begin a conquest of Algeria. European immigrants move to Algeria, they would be known as the Pied Noir, they were granted French citizenship, not so the Algerian Muslims. The Setif revolt of May 1945. A biography of moderate Algerian Muslim Fermat Abbas.
Episode 5,12 Iran 1953
November 21, 2020 15:00 - 20 minutes - 23.1 MBThe Iranian oil industry was controlled by the British. Iranian Prime Minister Mosaddegh nationalise the Oil industry, the British try to boycott the sale of Iranian Oil. A biography of Mosaddegh, he becomes increasingly illiberal losing some public support, this allows the CIA and MI5 to organise a plot against him in 1953. The Shah take control of the Country and represents opposition.
Episode 5.11 First Arab - Israeli War 10
November 14, 2020 15:00 - 20 minutes - 23.3 MBThe peace talks between Israel and the Arab states which ended the war. The plight of refugees from Palestine. The expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Jews. from the Arab states. Why the good relations between the Soviet Union and Israel grew worse. The overthrow of Egyptian King Fakour and his biography.
Episode 5.10 First Arab - Israeli War 9
November 07, 2020 16:00 - 20 minutes - 23 MBThe Israeli Army wins control of the Western Negev. The Israeli Army then invades the Sinai, the British Government threatens war if the Israelis did not withdrew from the Sinai, so David Ben Gurion agrees to do so.. In January 1949 the Israeli Army cuts off the Egyptian Army in Gaza. The Egyptian Government is forced to begin peace talks.
Episode 5.9 First Arab - Israeli War 8
October 31, 2020 14:00 - 20 minutes - 23.8 MBThe third ad final phase of the war begins in October 1948, with the Israeli Army concentrating its forces in the south against the Egyptian Army. The Israeli Army encircle the Egyptian Fourth Brigade. The Israeli Army relives Jewish settlements and conquers the Negev. A biography of General Allon who led the Israeli Army in this offensive.
Episode 5.8 First Arab - Israeli War 7
October 24, 2020 14:00 - 20 minutes - 23 MBThe story of the second United Nations Cease Fire between July and October 1948, the life and murder of UN peace maker Count Bernadotte. The end of the Arab enclave of the Little Triangle, south of Haifa. The start of the third phase of the war and the campaign in Northern Israel.
Episode 5.7 First Arab - Israeli War 6
October 17, 2020 14:00 - 20 minutes - 22.9 MBThe first UN backed cease fire breaks down and it takes ten days to arrange a second cease fire. In the ten days of fighting the Israeli Army captures Nazareth, Ramla and Southern Judea but attempts to take Latrun and the Old City Jewish quarter in Jerusalem are repulsed by the Arab Legion. A biography of Egyptian Army commander in Palestine Major General Al - Mwawi.
Episode 5.6 First Arab - Israeli War 5
October 10, 2020 14:00 - 20 minutes - 23 MBThe Israeli Army suffered a series of defeats in the West Bank, an attempt to take the town of Jenin is beaten by the Iraqi Army. Jordan's Arab Legion beat off Israeli attacks on Latrum and Radar Hill. The Arab Legion captured the Jewish Old City. Yet the Israelis build a new road to supply the Jewish areas of Jerusalem breaking the siege. A biography of Mickey Marcus the first Israeli General and commander in the Jerusalem sector.
Episode 5.5 First Arab - Israeli War 4
October 03, 2020 14:00 - 20 minutes - 23.1 MBThe Syrian Army invades North Eastern Israel but they are firmly repulsed. The commander of the Israeli forces is Mosha Daylan a biography of him. The Egyptian Army advances along the coast towards Tel Avia but they are halted. The reason for the Soviet support for the creation of the state of Israel. The importance of the Communist arms sales to Israel.
Episode 5.4 First Arab Israeli War3
September 26, 2020 14:00 - 20 minutes - 23.5 MBThe state of Israel was created in May 1948, it was a state born in battle for it would be attacked by the Arab states. However the Arab armies were a poor shape to conduct a modern war. A review of the problems faced by the Egyptian and Syrian Armies. The one Arab army that was well trained, well armed and well led was the Arab Legion of the Army of Jordan. A biography of its British born commander Glubb Pasha.
Episode 5.3 First Arab - Israeli War 2
September 19, 2020 14:00 - 20 minutes - 23.4 MBIn the led up to the end of the British mandate, the level of violence between the Jewish and Arab community grows in scale. The both sides prepare for war. Jewish forces captured Arab cities such as Haifa, Jaffa and Acre, Arab refugees flee. Five thousand Arab fighters from the rest of the middle east arrive in Palestine to help the Arabs. Fighting starts well before the end of the British mandate. A profile of the King of Jordan.
Episode 5.2 First Arab - Israeli War 1
September 12, 2020 14:00 - 20 minutes - 23.1 MBThe history of the British mandate in Palestine from 1917 to 1947. Jewish immigration into Palestine. The Arab revolt between 1936 and 1939. After the Second World War growing violence in Palestine which a hundred thousand British soldiers in Palestine can not control. British decides to withdraw from Palestine and leaves the United Nations to decide upon the future of Palestine.
Episode 5.1 Africa 1945 - 1956
September 05, 2020 14:00 - 20 minutes - 25.1 MBIn the this first episode of season five dealing with the Cold War in Africa and the Middle East. I talk of two colonial wars, the Madagascan uprising against the French and the Mau Mau revolt in Kenya against British rule.
Episode 4.27 The Military Balance
March 14, 2020 14:00 - 20 minutes - 24.2 MBIn this last episode of season four, i discuss the Military Balance in Europe between 1945 and 1956. After the Second World War ended the Soviets maintained a much larger military force than the Western powers. Yet the Americans always a larger number of atomic weapons, which would have used if the Soviets had invaded Western Europe. The creation of NATO, the Warsaw Pact and the West German armed forces.
Episode 2.26 Hungarian Revolution 10
March 07, 2020 15:00 - 20 minutes - 23.3 MBThe history of the rest of Kadar dictatorship of Hungary until the fall of Communism. Then a brief history of Hungary from 1988 to the present date. A biography of the Catholic Archbishop of Hungary Josef Mindszenty, a former prisioner of the Communists who took refuge in the American embassy in Budapest for 15 years.
episode 4.25 Hungarian Revolution 9
February 29, 2020 15:00 - 20 minutes - 23.1 MBFollowing the crushing of the Hungarian Revolution by the Soviet Army., the Hungarian Communist Government of Kadar takes revenge, thousands are imprisoned and hundreds are hanged. Many spend years in prison. Two hundred thousand Hungarians flee the country. Imre Nagy is arrested, put on trail and hanged alongside of Pal Maleter and Miklos Gimes. A biography of Miklos Gimes, Hungarian freedom fighter and friend of Imre Nagy.
Episode 2.24 Hungarian Revolution 8
February 22, 2020 15:00 - 20 minutes - 23.5 MBOn Sunday 4th November 1956, the Soviet Army assaults Budapest to crush the Hungarian revolution. In a one sided battle against poorly armed and poorly trained Hungarian revolutions, the Soviet Army use fire from tanks artillery and warplanes against the Hungarians who despite their bravery are defeated. A biography of General Bela Kiraly, commander of Hungarian forces in Budapest. The Soviet impose Janos Kadar as their puppet ruler of Hungary.