James Holland debates the merits of British and German machine guns with National Army Museum curator Peter Johnston. Was the MG42 the best gun of World War Two? And did the Sten gun deserve such a mixed reputation?
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What can we learn from exploring original training manuals? Aviation historian Christoph Bergs and YouTube historian Bernhard Kast join James and Al to discuss documents and doctrine.
Al Murray reads a chapter from Bomber written by Len Deighton. Bomber is a fictionalised account of “the events relating to the last flight of an RAF Bomber over Germany on the night of June 31st, 1943”
In the wake of his death, Al Murray and James Holland discuss the Duke of Edinburgh’s war record and his role in the Royal Navy. They also answer questions on Civilian Affairs and Hanz Speidels’ drinking habit.
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