Wars of The World
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The Battle of Mogadishu: Black Hawk Down
September 11, 2023 15:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBEarly October 1993, as Americans went about their daily business, many were stunned to hear of the dramatic events that had taken place thousands of miles away in the impoverished, war-torn country of Somalia involving their own troops in a city few of them had ever heard of. Fought on the streets of the Somali capital, the Battle of Mogadishu, as American history books refer to it, took place on the afternoon of October 3rd 1993, through the night and into the next morning. For American for...
The Korean War: 1950-1953
August 28, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 54 MBWar Thunder is a highly detailed vehicle combat game containing over 2000 playable tanks, aircrafts and ships spanning over 100 years of development. Immerse yourself completely in dynamic battles with unparalleled realism and approachability. Support the show
Operation Jubilee: Canada's Devastating WWII Loss
August 14, 2023 18:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBBy 1942, the war was no longer another great European conflict. It was now a firmly global affair enveloping all of the world’s great powers as the Allies squared off against the tyranny and aggression of the Axis nations. Against such colossal forces, no one country could stand alone and events that affected one combatant would ultimately have consequences for the other further down the road. To that end, while the western Allies and the Soviet Union were effectively fighting separate wars...
The Battle of Wounded Knee: A Turning Point in American History
July 10, 2023 18:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBThe Wounded Knee Massacre was a massacre of nearly three hundred Lakota people by soldiers of the United States Army. This is their story. Support the show
The Life of a Nazi Princess: What Happened to Joseph Goebbels' Wife?
June 26, 2023 18:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBAs the drive for equality between the sexes gathered unprecedented momentum in the 1950s and 60s, historians began to reassess the importance women have played in many of the most pivotal events. Who were some of the most important women alongside the men responsible for some of the most heinous acts recorded within the pages of the Human story? In the case of Nazi Germany, Eva Braun is often cited as being equivalent to the wives of Allied leaders and rightly so for she stood by Hitler unti...
Midway: The Battle That Changed WWII
June 12, 2023 18:00 - 46 minutes - 32.3 MBDive into the gripping story of the Battle of Midway, a pivotal moment in World War II that changed the course of history. In this video, we'll explore the strategies, key players, and decisive moments that led to the stunning victory of the United States against the Japanese Empire. Witness how the bravery and determination of the Allied forces turned the tide of the war in the Pacific, and learn about the lasting impact of this monumental battle on the outcome of World War II. Join us here...
The Battle of El Alamein: War in The Desert
May 08, 2023 18:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBIt was a place few expected to be fighting in when war broke out in 1939. It was a conflict Hitler never wanted. It was a fight on terrain that at times was as hostile as the enemy. It was a battlefield that relied on chariots of steel and wings of vengeance and one that could only be won through cunning, ruthlessness and above all – an effective supply chain. For many, the battle for control of North Africa is seen as something of a side show to the war in Europe but this conceals the truth...
The Battle of Berlin: The Soviet Victory That Ended WWII
April 24, 2023 18:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MBIt would be too simplified an explanation for the motivation of Adolf Hitler to merely state that he desired conquest and power. Nazi Germany, including the lands to which its power reached, was to be a society unlike any other. Purged of those with attributes deemed undesirable in his new order, the new German people would be pure and united in their goal of achieving their country’s destiny; to become the greatest nation on Earth. Technologically. Militarily. Scientifically. Germany was to...
The Divine Wind: Japan's Kamikaze Pilots of World War II
April 10, 2023 18:00 - 35 minutes - 24.1 MBNo war – won or lost – is ever waged without sacrifice. Those sacrifices can be material in the loss of equipment or infrastructure, monetary in the cost to a nation’s economy of waging a war but always it is in blood. Death is at the very nature of war and while armies going back to antiquity have sought to limit their own casualties whenever they could, the threat of death is forever present. However, death is not always a matter of the unfortunate circumstance a combatant may find themsel...
Britain’s Bloodiest Day: The Battle of the Somme
March 13, 2023 18:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBIn 1916, France was a nation cut in two by a string of trenches cut into the Earth running from north to south, separating two vast opposing military forces who fielded weapons that seemed the stuff of science fiction just a generation earlier. So confident in these weapons were both sides that they expected the fighting to be a short and sharp affair, both expecting victory but, in the end, it was nothing more than bloody, senseless stalemate. Britain had gone to war in honour of a treaty ...
The Vietnam War: 1 Nov 1955 – 30 Apr 1975
January 30, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBThe Vietnam War would see the realisation of the Vietnamese dream of a single unified, independent country taking its place in the world free of outside oppression and rule. It is the type of story that has been told throughout history and had it occurred at any other point in history then it would have likely been largely forgotten outside of the small South East Asian country as so many wars of independence are. But because of events elsewhere in the world, the battlefields of Vietnam beca...
The Second World War: 1939 - 1945
January 02, 2023 19:00 - 52 minutes - 36.4 MBOn the morning of August 9th 1945, air raid sirens began to ring out in the Japanese city of Nagasaki. However, a short while later the sirens rang out again indicating that there was no danger and people began to climb out of their shelters to carry on about their daily business. Japanese spotters had only identified two United States Army Air Force B-29 bombers and they had previously flown to the city of Kokura without dropping any weapons so Japanese authorities presumed they were merely...
The Battle of Stalingrad: Jul 1942 - Feb 1943
December 19, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour - 49 MBWith the onset of Spring 1942, the war in the east was ready to begin again but the problem of supplies particularly of oil was forever a worry for the German High Command and so they planned for an offensive that if successful would not only alleviate their fuel shortage but also deny the Soviets their own fuel stocks. Part of that plan involved a city on the edge of the Volga River in eastern Ukraine. This city formerly known as Volgagrad had since been bestowed with the name of the Soviet...
The Battle Of Britain: The Hardest Days
December 05, 2022 19:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBIn part 2 of our Battle of Britain documentary, we explored how after Germany had swept over continental Europe, Britain under Prime Minister Winston Churchill refused to give in to Hitler’s will but while the British have spirit to spare, fighters and pilots to fly them were becoming increasingly scarce and unless things changed dramatically, Fighter Command would be whittled down into defeat. It was just a matter of time. In this episode we are going to explore the climax of the Battle of ...
The Battle Of Britain: Britain's Finest Hour
November 21, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour - 47.6 MBFuelled by the euphoria of his successes thus far, Hitler was certain that the recently appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill would have no choice but to sue for peace. He was wrong. Churchill made it abundantly clear that Great Britain would never surrender to the Nazi tyranny. That Hitler’s troops were going to have to fight for every square inch of the British Isles for in Churchill’s mind and the free world itself, surrender was simply not an option. In this, the first of a ...
The First World War: The War to End War
November 07, 2022 19:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MB"The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our life-time" So remarked the British Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey, as the European continent geared up for war in the summer of 1914. Although at first glance his words appear somewhat fatalistic the fact is that what would transpire over the following four years would so dramatically change the world that the consequences of which would not be fully resolved until the end of the century when all the key figu...
The Complete History of The Afghanistan War | Part 2
October 17, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 50.2 MBAt 8:46am on September 11th, 2001 - the world changed forever... A hijacked airliner was flown deliberately into the north tower of the World Trade Center followed seventeen minutes later by another plane which hit the south tower. A third airliner was flown into the Pentagon from where the US directed its global military operations while a fourth was brought down by courageous passengers who wrestled for control of the aircraft with the hijackers. For decades, the US had believed that it ...
The American Civil War: 1861 - 1865
October 03, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBThe United States of America was born out of the yearning of the many people who had traveled there from the old world of Europe to be free of the imperial powers that had dominated them for centuries. To have democracy, liberty, justice for all and to take command of their own destiny. The birth of the American nation was a painful one, first by having to fight against the forces of the British and then against the indigenous people of North America, within and from outside of the new bor...
Pearl Harbor: The Day of Infamy
September 19, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 49.4 MBOn a sleepy Sunday morning in 1941, the Hawaiian island of Oahu couldn’t have looked anymore idyllic. Even with the fairly recent arrival of the United States Pacific Fleet which had deployed to the island from San Diego to their new main base at Pearl Harbor only seemed to harbinger nothing more than a display of US naval prestige. Arranged off Ford Island in a line were seven of America’s mightiest battleships. This part of the harbor had become known appropriately as Battleship Row and th...
The Complete History of The Afghanistan War | Part 1
September 05, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 46.4 MBOn Sunday 15th August 2021, after an almost 20 year-long absence, the Taliban recaptured the Afghan capital city of Kabul. As the US-led coalition withdrew, the Taliban regrouped and began expanding outward once again. Facing little opposition from the Afghan National Army that had been trained and equipped by western forces, they only grew bolder and began an almost Blitzkrieg-style campaign to retake villages, towns, cities and then entire provinces until they were once again in near-total...
The Cold War: Seven Minutes to Midnight
August 22, 2022 18:00 - 55 minutes - 37.8 MBThe end of the Second World War was met with riotous jubilation at the victory over the Axis powers and with the establishment of the United Nations there was the dream of a new world order of freedom, prosperity and above all peace. Even the advent of the Atom Bomb, the decisive weapon that ended the war was celebrated for it was believed it was so powerful it would render warfare obsolete. And yet even before the guns fell silent, concerned whispers were being shared in the halls of power...
The Cold War: Seven Minutes to Midnight
August 22, 2022 18:00 - 55 minutes - 37.8 MBThe end of the Second World War was met with riotous jubilation at the victory over the Axis powers and with the establishment of the United Nations there was the dream of a new world order of freedom, prosperity and above all peace. Even the advent of the Atom Bomb, the decisive weapon that ended the war was celebrated for it was believed it was so powerful it would render warfare obsolete. And yet even before the guns fell silent, concerned whispers were being shared in the halls of power...
The Normandy Landings: June 6, 1944
August 08, 2022 17:00 - 1 hour - 45 MBBetween 1939 and 1941, the forces of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany blazed a path of destruction, oppression and murder across the map of Europe and beyond and it seemed his ambition could never be satisfied. The world was his goal. Death was his tool. Only a badly beaten and barely holding-on Britain managed to hold back the tide long enough to guarantee that all of Europe wouldn’t be draped in a flag bearing the Swastika. And yet within three years Britain, Canada and the United States along ...
The Normandy Landings: June 6, 1944 | D-Day Documentary
August 08, 2022 17:00 - 1 hour - 45 MBBetween 1939 and 1941, the forces of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany blazed a path of destruction, oppression and murder across the map of Europe and beyond and it seemed his ambition could never be satisfied. The world was his goal. Death was his tool. Only a badly beaten and barely holding-on Britain managed to hold back the tide long enough to guarantee that all of Europe wouldn’t be draped in a flag bearing the Swastika. And yet within three years Britain, Canada and the United States along ...
5 Wars With Unlikely & Unbelievable Causes...
August 01, 2022 11:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MBWar! The Human race never seems to fail in finding reasons for which to wage war upon itself. When we look back at the history of war and try to understand why they have broken out, we tend to see some causes appear over and over again as if we as a species are determined to repeat past mistakes rather than learn from them. Resources. Religion. Ideology. Border disputes. A hunger for power and conquest or simply good old-fashioned hatred of another. These are the reasons we have come to expe...
3 Mass Disappearances of Americans Surrounding the Conflict in Vietnam...
July 25, 2022 11:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBThe cost of war can be measured in many ways. Financially, materially, politically or of course in blood. However, there is a fifth cost that often gets overlooked in the history books and yet is arguably even more painful for the families back home, for it leaves them with no body to bury, no grave to visit and only questions that seem to never go answered as the world moves on. This is the cost of war for the families of those who disappear in the chaos of armed conflict. In this episode, ...
What Was The Fate of The Shinano? | Japan’s Ten-Day Supercarrier
July 18, 2022 11:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MBThe modern supercarriers of the US Navy. More than 80,000 tons of moving American foreign policy. Each one of these incredible ships carries more firepower than most nations on Earth and are thus the ultimate expression of US military might. It is said that whenever there has been a crisis anywhere in the world in the last 80 years, the first question the sitting US President has asked is, “Where is the nearest carrier?” The first true supercarrier was the USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 commissioned i...
Red Raids on Berlin: Stalin’s 1941 Bomber Offensive Against the Nazi Capital...
July 11, 2022 11:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MBThe battle for the skies over war torn Europe was one of, if not the most crucial theatre of the war against Nazi Germany. The strategic bombing campaign carried out by the Allies grew in strength with every passing year until literally thousands of four-engined heavy bombers like the American B-17 Flying Fortress and the B-24 Liberator blotted out the sun at day while at night an British and Canadian planes turned the black of night into an orange glow of flame as their bombs ignited below...
The Avro Manchester: The Lancaster’s Unlucky Older Brother...
July 04, 2022 11:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MBThe story of the Lancaster actually begins with the downfall of an earlier Avro aircraft that failed to live up to the high expectations that birthed it. Even in aviation circles, the Avro Manchester is an almost forgotten aircraft, making such a relatively small impact on the war it is completely overshadowed by its younger brother’s many accomplishments. And yet without the Manchester there would have been no Lancaster and one can only speculate how differently the Allied war effort would ...
The Unstoppable Force of the Battleship USS Nevada...
June 27, 2022 11:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBOn May 11th 2020, an important historical discovery concerning the United States’ military history was announced that went largely unnoticed by the wider public because of the Covid-19 pandemic that is wreaking havoc across the globe. SEARCH Inc, the largest underwater and terrestrial archaeology firm in the United States working in collaboration with underwater robotics company Ocean Infinity, announced the discovery of the wreck of the American battleship USS Nevada BB-36 almost 72 years ...
What Was the Post War Career of the Messerschmitt Me 262?
June 20, 2022 11:00 - 17 minutes - 12 MBAn often overlooked part of the ME 262's story is that like many weapons from World War II, the Stormbird’s life didn’t end with the death of Hitler and the surrender of Nazi Germany on May 7th 1945. In this episode we are going to look at the Me262’s life in the post-war period and how it impacted the victorious Allies moving forward as they turned on one another in the early days of the Cold War. Welcome to Wars of the World. 🎶🎶 All music from CO.AG https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcav.....
3 Bloodless Conflicts Throughout History & How They Were Prevented From Escalating Further...
June 13, 2022 11:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MBLike any shooting war, a bloodless war can take on many forms and is not always declared by one side or the other. It simply comes into being as two sides with two opposing views clash often regarding territory and resources. Often, bloodless wars are seen as an alternative to actual shooting wars and are conducted as such with either side engaging in acts of vandalism or in some way inhibiting the affairs of the other short of firing weapons. Some bloodless wars are predominantly fought by...
4 Peculiar Allied Prototype Planes of WW2...
June 06, 2022 11:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBIn this episode, we are going to examine just a handful of peculiar Allied prototype planes that bucked the trend of warplane design in the early 1940s and while we may not remember them in the same breath as the Spitfire, Mustang, Bf109 or the Zero, they have nonetheless carved themselves a niche place in the annals of military aviation history. Welcome to Wars of the World. 🎶🎶 All music from CO.AG https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcav... Narrated by: William Earl Written & Researched by...
The Hijacking of Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 648 | Operation Condor
May 30, 2022 11:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MBThe famous Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands was preceded and arguably inspired by a dramatic and largely forgotten event that took place almost 20 years earlier, when the sleepy Falkland Islanders awoke to the news that armed Argentinians had landed on their islands claiming them for Buenos Aires. This is the story of the 1966 Condor Operation. Welcome to Wars of the World. 🎶🎶 All music from CO.AG https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcav... Narrated by: William Earl Written & Resea...
Using German Weapons Against Them | The Story of the Royal Navy's U-Boat
May 23, 2022 11:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBThroughout the history of naval warfare, it has been common practice to absorb captured enemy vessels into one’s own fleet, bolstering numbers and replacing losses. A common occurrence in the days of great sailing vessels firing cannonballs at one another, with the invention of high explosive shells, often captured enemy vessels became too damaged during a fight to be of use to anyone however there have of course been many exceptions. In this episode, we are going to examine the story of how...
The Story of the T-10 Tank | How The Soviets Pushed Back the Germans to Final Defeat
May 16, 2022 11:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MBThe Soviet Union was probably the most enthusiastic of the Allies when it came to heavy tanks, not just from a tactical standpoint but from a psychological perspective also. In today’s episode, we are going to look at the tanks that bore the name of the Soviet leader Josef Stalin, known to his followers as the Man of Steel. This is the story of the Stalin heavy tanks and how they helped the Soviets blunt German armoured superiority and push the Fascists back to final defeat. Welcome to Wars ...
The US Pilot with an American Kill Marking...
May 09, 2022 11:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBIt has long been a tradition amongst fighter pilots to display their prowess in the air with markings on their aircraft denoting their victories over enemy planes. Often these markings have taken the form of flags representing the country of which their defeated opponent hailed from. A prime example of this would be a North American P-51D Mustang flown by 1st Lieutenant Curdes. Having served in both theatres of the war where he proved himself supremely skilled in the art of air warfare, Curd...
The Deadliest Jobs of the Vietnam War...
May 02, 2022 11:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBThe conflict in Vietnam seemed to encompass all aspects of modern combat in the 1960s and 70s. From guerrilla fighting to armoured warfare. From technologically advanced air power to small four-man boats with machine guns. There seemed no end of dangerous assignments for the forces of the United States committed to repelling the communist Viet Cong insurgents from South Vietnam and their supporters in the north. However, some jobs will always stand out a little more than others when it comes...
Notorious Prisoner of War Camps & Great Escapes...
April 25, 2022 11:00 - 18 minutes - 12.4 MBOn July 27th 1929, many of the world’s powers signed an agreement in Geneva that dictated the treatment of enemy soldiers captured during wartime. The Geneva Convention was seen as a revolution in international law, putting the world on a more civilised path for the future in the wake of the horrors of the First World War. However, as Shakespeare put it, “The Devil can cite scripture for his purpose,” and while the promise of Humane treatment at the hands of his captors might encourage a sol...
Devastating Cases of Friendly Fire In WW2...
April 18, 2022 11:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MBWar is a complex business. It only takes one simple error to be made for total disaster, even the killing of one’s own troops and allies. Known today as “friendly fire”, these tragic and fatal mistakes go all back to the dawn of history and despite advancements in technology still occur today. In today’s episode, we are going to examine five cases of “friendly fire” during one of the most devastating periods of history – the Second World War. Welcome to Wars of the World. 🎶🎶 All music from...
Where Are America's Missing Nukes?
March 28, 2022 14:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MBIn today’s episode, we are going to look at three cases where US nukes have not only been declared as Broken Arrows but in part or in whole remain missing to this very day. Nuclear Weapons unaccounted for. Welcome to Wars of the World. 🎶🎶 All music from CO.AG https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcav... Narrated by: William Earl Written & Researched by: Tony Wilkins History Should Never Be Forgotten... Support the show
When the Royal Navy Sank Half a Ship in 1967...
March 21, 2022 14:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBGiven the immense amount of shipping sunk by submarines during the Second World War, it is incredible to remind ourselves that as of mid-2021 only three ships have been sunk in combat by a submarine since 1945. Meanwhile, numerous old vessels have been expended as targets to help hone the skills of submarine crews should they ever be called upon to wage their undersea war for real ever again. However, between the modern history training and actual combat sits an unusual event that occurred i...
The Battle of Lissa & Ship Ramming in Naval Battles
March 14, 2022 14:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBThe Battle of Lissa is seldom remembered outside of naval circles or even amongst the peoples of the respective combatants involved but it was an engagement that seemed to show that traditional naval warfare was being turned on its head thanks to new technologies that somewhat ironically, forced naval commanders to revert to the ancient tactic of ramming enemy ships. In this episode of Wars of the World, we will examine this influential battle and study the impact it had on warship design an...
The Incredible British Female Spies of WWII...
March 07, 2022 15:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MBSOE agents could expect merciless treatment if captured and thus the psychological strain of being constantly on their guard meant only the strongest and toughest of people would do. Because they needed the very best of the best, the SOE didn’t have room to discriminate based on gender. What mattered most to them was that any prospective agent was intelligent, resourceful, tenacious, courageous and above all dedicated to eradicating Nazism. In today’s episode, we are going to look at three o...
The Battleship Roma & The Birth of The Smart Bomb...
February 28, 2022 19:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBThe narrative of the air campaign during World War II centres around huge formations of bombers dropping hundreds – sometimes thousands – of tons of bombs on the ground below in an effort to pummel the enemy into oblivion. Despite the best efforts of the crews involved, dropping bombs from around 15,000ft meant that a great number of them missed their intended targets meaning they were fighting and dying often for nothing. Military commanders got around this by instead targeting entire citie...
The Most Feared & Dangerous WWII Nazi Fighter Pilots...
February 21, 2022 19:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MBAs Germany found its forces split to fight the British Commonwealth in North Africa and Greece and the vast Soviet front in 1941, the Luftwaffe found that even with its proven fighters such as the Messerschmitt Bf109 and the Focke Wulf 190, they simply didn’t have enough to meet all the requirements Hitler asked of them effectively. What they needed was a new weapon which would leap-frog German fighter technology far beyond what the Allies possessed. A weapon that was not only deadly but s...
China's Undersea Dragons | The Pursuit Force of Nuclear Armed Ballistic Missile Submarines
February 14, 2022 19:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBThe 1930s and 40s were time a of great pain for the Chinese people. Exploited by nearly all of the great foreign powers for decades, its vast population were largely impoverished and with the collapse of the Qing Dynasty in 1911 which had ruled the country since the mid-17th century, political instability broke the country up into factions. Then of course came the second world war, the Japanese occupation of China saw acts of brutality against the Chinese population that would be considered...
The Russian Night Witches of World War II
February 07, 2022 19:00 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MBIn the 1930s, with the black clouds of war gathering over the skies of Europe once more, the Soviet Union under Josef Stalin pushed to demonstrate its technical prowess to the rest of the world, particularly in the air, where the Soviets established a number of endurance records for aircraft. To demonstrate how far the Soviet Union had come culturally, a number of these record-breaking efforts included female pilots and aircrew, and none were more famous than Marina Raskova. Often credited a...
Unexplained Aviation Mysteries of WWII...
January 31, 2022 19:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MBIf the trenches were the defining combat element of the First World War, then surely air power was the defining element in Second. Previously, air power primarily served to support the army and navy, but now it was of vital importance to the war effort in its own right. The battle for the skies was bloody and brutal where no quarter was ever given for to own the skies was to command the battlefield below. Between 1939 and 1945, the primary combatants built an estimated 810,000 aircraft of va...
The Girls Who Seduced And Killed Nazi Soldiers...
January 24, 2022 19:00 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MBAs opposed to the fighting in North Africa or the brutal Eastern Front, prior to 1944 the German soldiers stationed in the west enjoyed good food, wine and the company of the local women. All the while they were unaware that they were often being lured in by those brave men and women who refused to submit to Hitler’s tyranny. In Holland, three young women would wage a secret war against their occupiers using their innocent and youthful looks to lower their enemy’s guard before they struck ou...