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The tank first appeared on the battlefields of the First World War as an experimental weapon designed to break the deadlock of trench warfare. Within a generation, it had become the defining weapon of modern land warfare, playing a central role in campaigns across Europe, North Africa and beyond.
In this episode, I'm joined by Hamish de Bretton Gordon, former tank comm...
The British Army in the Second World War is often judged through the lens of manpower shortages and a sense of being overstretched. Critics point to a force spread across too many theatres and suggest that this inevitably limited its effectiveness.
But is that a fair assessment of an army that expanded from a few hundred thousand men into a global fighting force of ove...
In early September 1944, as Allied forces raced across France and Belgium, the German occupation of Brussels was beginning to collapse.
On 2 September, around 1,500 prisoners, including members of the Belgian Resistance, Allied airmen, SOE agents, and political prisoners, were taken from Brussels prisons and loaded onto a train bound for Germany.
For many, it se...
1942 was a year of extraordinary contrasts for Nazi Germany.
As the year began, Hitler's armies appeared unstoppable. German forces dominated much of Europe, Rommel was advancing across North Africa, and a new offensive in the Soviet Union promised the prospect of victory in the East.
Yet by the end of the year, Germany's fortunes had changed dramatically. Defea...
In June 1944, as the Allied armies fought to break out from the Normandy beachhead, attention turned to a series of heavily defended German positions west of Caen. Among them was Rauray Spur, a vital piece of high ground that overlooked much of the surrounding countryside and offered the Germans an excellent observation point.
Before the launch of Operation Epsom, the...