Al Murray arrives at the podcast carrying a German machine gun. James tells the story of a little known Italian massacre. Both men discuss the role of Hugo Boss in Nazi tailoring.
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Hans Globke was the civil servant responsible for framing the Nuremberg anti-Jewish race laws. Yet somehow he returned to post war government and became an architect of the modern German state. The Times’ Berlin correspondent Oliver Moody joins Al Murray
If Hugo Boss didn’t design Nazi uniforms, who did? Al Murray and James Holland take a deep sartorial dive into what the Wermacht wore. Al and James also discuss the upcoming festival and cardboard tanks.
With the world in a global crisis many are describing as the worst since the Second World War, Al Murray and James Holland compare the situation now with the autumn of 1939. How and why did rationing come about in
In April 1942 Denis Barnham flew his Spitfire off the deck of an aircraft carrier and headed for Malta, where the air battle over the island was at its most intense. This brilliant account of his time on the island
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I just found this podcast the other day and so am starting at the beginning. I just finished Episode 3 and was interested in the discussion on the MG42. My father was a Bren Gunner during the Second World War and so as a young child I probably knew far more about the pros and cons of the Bren vs the MGs 34 and 42 than any child should. Dad rarely spoke of the challenging times of his military service, but talked a lot about the non-life threatening aspects. Shortly before he passed away he related for the first time a very entertaining tale of sawdust in Italy after he had been invalided out of the infantry and into the REME. Yes, I did say sawdust. He did once tell the tale of when his platoon had been pinned down by a German mg and during a break in the firing he’d gone to the top of the ravine in which they where they were sheltering. What happened next was a bit of a sobering story for a young boy to hear from his dad. Needless to say, they were no longer troubled by that Spandau. Anyway, I’m very much looking forward to working my way through these.