0x416 - The Combat Engineers of D-Day

June 22, 2023

How do you blast through the obstacles and minefields on the beaches Normandy? How do you get thousands of tonnes of tanks, guns, and men into the fight? And what about reopening the shattered French ports? You need men who are as skilled in construction as they are destruction. You need the engineers.

0x417 - The End of Nazi Intelligence in 1944

June 27, 2023

After years of undermining the Nazi regime and aiding the resistance, Abwehr Chief Wilhelm Canaris finally loses his battle with Heinrich Himmler and the SS. The Abwehr Trojan Horse is no more, and German intelligence is at death’s door at the most crucial moment.

0x418 - Nazis Destroy Last Jewish Sanctuary - War Against Humanity 102

July 6, 2023

Until now Miklos Horthy’s Kingdom of Hungary has been a rare sanctuary where most Jews have lived in relative safety. That changes with the German occupation. Now Adolf Eichmann. the Nazis, and their Hungarian allies bring the Holocaust to Hungary.

0x419 - Nazi Drone War Begins - War Against Humanity 103

July 11, 2023

Bombing enemy civilians does nothing to advance a nation’s war effort. But now, Adolf Hitler believes that the V-1 flying bomb, the first of the Vengeance Weapons, will bring London to its knees and unite the German population behind the war effort as never before. The missiles are ready for launch and thousands more civilians will die to satisfy the Führer’s delusions.

0x420 - How Hitler Approved His Own Assassination

July 13, 2023

So far, the German resistance haven’t had much luck with their attempts to kill the Führer, Adolf Hitler. But now, the German war hero Claus von Stauffenberg, together with Friedrich Olbricht and Henning von Tresckow, drives the resistance forward. It’s time to kill Hitler. It’s time for Operation Valkyrie.

0x421 - Diplomats Fight the Nazis in Budapest - War Against Humanity 104

July 18, 2023

Hungary's Jews are facing a Holocaust machine in overdrive. The deportation trains are arriving in such volume that even the extermination factory of Auschwitz can barely keep up with the pace. The entire country swiftly becomes Judenfrei and the Jews of Budapest sit helplessly as Adolf Eichmann and his Hungarian collaborators tighten the noose around them. Admiral Miklós Horthy is one of the few who can save them, but so far he has done nothing. Will that change?

0x422 - The Führer Adolf Hitler is Dead!?

July 20, 2023

Stauffenberg, Olbricht and the plotters launch Operation Valkyrie. The army moves in to seize power, troops surround the government quarter in Berlin, and Joseph Goebbels is arrested. But things start going wrong pretty much immediately and far away in East Prussia the Nazi fightback begins.

0x423 - Bombing France into Freedom - War Against Humanity 105

July 25, 2023

The destruction of German cities has shown how difficult it is for the heavy bombers of the RAF and USAAF to hit small targets with precision. Things will be no different when these big beasts go into action to support the D-Day landings. Thousands of French civilians will pay the price for the flawed logic of Allied bombing.

0x424 - D-Day Summary – Time Ghost PSA

July 28, 2023

Today we sat down with James Newman - our soon-to-be Head of Writing department and talked about the exciting D-Day adventure which had its spectacular finale last month.

0x425 - Moscow Invades Poland Again - War Against Humanity 106

August 4, 2023

The Home Army has fought hard to earn Poland its freedom from both Nazi and Soviet domination in Operation Tempest. But has it worked? Operation Bagration has seen the Red Army punching into Polish lands so what will become of Wilno, Lwów, and Lublin? And is the time right for an uprising in Warsaw?

0x426 - America Plans to Incinerate Japan - War Against Humanity 107

August 8, 2023

The Allied Strategic bombing campaign has claimed hundreds of thousands of civilian lives across Europe and has made little real impact on the Axis war machine. Even so, the United States is determined to extend the campaign to Japan. Until now, the vast distances of the Asia-Pacific theatre have protected the imperial enemy. That all changes when the USAAF unleashes the Superfortress.

0x427 - The End of Anne Frank’s Diary - War Against Humanity 108

August 10, 2023

In Poland, the SS and Wehrmacht unleash their most sadistic fighters to crush the Warsaw Uprising and massacre tens of thousands of people. In Amsterdam, the German security forces finally discover Anne Frank and her fellow fugitives. Against this backdrop, Heinrich Himmler talks of an irreversible ‘racial realignment’, and the Soviets discover the horrors of Majdanek.

0x428 - Hitler Youth Murder Canadian Soldiers - War Against Humanity 109

August 15, 2023

In Normandy, the Waffen SS butcher their military and civilian enemies while some Allied soldiers play fast and loose with the laws of the war. In China, hundreds of thousands flee their homes as friend, foe, and famine take their toll. Meanwhile, the spectre of deportation haunts Eastern Europe as Stalin reshapes his new empire.

0x429 - Life and Death at the heart of Nazism - On the Homefront 018

August 22, 2023

The Nazis love to spread the myth that they have transformed the German capital from a city of sin, unemployment, and Marxist street violence to the centre of a glorious new Reich. But the reality is that right now, Berliners are trapped between the Allied bombing and the Nazi regime’s tightening grip. And yet, the men and women of Berlin continue to support this war. For them, it’s a war of survival.

0x430 - Robo-tanks Slaughter Polish Children - War Against Humanity 110

August 25, 2023

Fierce fighting continues in Warsaw as German forces battle the Home Army’s uprising. Frustrated by a determined foe, the SS continues to retaliate against civilians, including Polish children. The Home Army calls for help but finds that London is silent. In Paris, the Resistance has their revenge against collaborators. The death factory at Auschwitz continues to burn as the Nazis start to evacuate the camps in the East.

0x431 - Hitler Plans His Genocidal Legacy - War Against Humanity 111

August 25, 2023

At the centre of his shrinking empire, Hitler plans his legacy. Together with his genocidal accomplice Heinrich Himmler, these two top murderers plan the destruction of the imagined creature of Judeo-Bolshevism. This week the children of Warsaw, the people of London, the peasants of Italy, and the souls condemned to slavery and death at Auschwitz pay the price for their warped worldview.

0x432 - The Double Agent Saving London From the V-1

August 30, 2023

The Germans are assaulting London with waves of V-1 flying bombs. But Eddie Chapman, a career criminal, serial womaniser, and masterful double agent working for MI5’s Double Cross is fighting a secret battle to beat the bombs. When he’s done with that, he pulls the wool over Reich’s eyes to help Britain beat the Kriegsmarine. This is Agent Zigzag.

0x433 - Will the Resistance Smash Nazism or Build Communism? - War Against Humanity 112

August 31, 2023

The hour of resistance is here. Across Western Europe, armies of resistance fighters rise up to meet the Allied armies and sabotage the Axis war machine. In Slovakia, a secret army fights to restore Czechoslovak independence. But against this hopeful backdrop, the Axis forces strike back hard. And, all around, the spectre of communism strikes fear in the Western Powers.

0x434 - It's getting worse.

September 3, 2023

Working via YouTube has always been a bit a of wrestling match, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for fighting in our corner.

0x435 - How Britain Helped the Communist Revolution - War Against Humanity 113

September 6, 2023

Fight the Nazis or fight your countrymen? From Marshal Tito's Partisans in Yugoslavia to the ELAS fighters in Greece, that is the animating question among the Balkans resistance movements. For many, the question is already answered. It is Mihailović and his Chetniks and EDES, EKKA, and the Greek royalist government who must be outmanoeuvred first. British foreign policy has so far failed to change this state of affairs, can Churchill get his SOE officers to stop these civil wars?

0x436 - At the end of the Axis’ Destiny - War Against Humanity 114

September 12, 2023

The imperial dreams of Germany and Japan are in tatters. But the expansionist beasts do their best to drag their enemies down with them. Across Europe the cycle of resistance and retaliation continues. Paris is free but Warsaw burns. V-1s rain down on innocent civilians in London. The Japanese cleanse West Borneo of opposition. The genocide of the Jews continues. For so many people, liberation is now so near yet so far away.

0x437 - When Patton Flipped out at Air Traffic Control

September 13, 2023

It’s time for another instalment of Across the Airwaves, where Indy and Sparty highlight some of the most interesting comments under our videos. In this episode they cover Patton losing his pilot’s license, the history of Polish 303 Squadron, the military irrationality of committing war crimes, and the community we’re creating here on the channel.

0x438 - Iranian Railways, Red Cross Care Packages, and Tail Gunners - WW2 - OOTF 31

September 20, 2023

How did the Allies build and manage an enormous railway supplying the Soviet Union through Iran? How did the Red Cross deliver aid parcels through enemy territory to Allied POWs? And, how effective were the rear gunners in ground attack aircraft like the Stuka and Sturmovik? Find out in this episode of Out of the Foxholes

0x439 - Is the Slovak Uprising Doomed to Fail? - War Against Humanity 115

September 21, 2023

Even as they battle an uprising in Slovakia, the Nazis see the opportunity to continue their racial realignment of Europe. The latest victims of this genocidal legacy are Anne Frank and her family, who arrive at Auschwitz. In Britain, the V-1 menace is defeated. But as London breathes a sigh of relief, the Nazis and their allies reduce Warsaw to rubble in a rampage of burning, looting, rape, and murder.

0x440 - What are we doing after WW2? TimeGhost Breakfast Club

September 25, 2023

It's been a while since our last one, but we're back with a fresh episode of the TimeGhost Breakfast Club! This episode has a look behind the scenes of TimeGhost, a short snippet of our team trip to Oktoberfest and an enticing sneak peek into the thrilling projects on the horizon. All whilst having breakfast between our latest filming!

0x441 - WW2 Jet Engine Development

September 28, 2023

Jet planes and jet engine technology revolutionized air travel, as we are all well aware. However, the development of jet planes during WW2 was fraught with all sorts of obstacles and hurdles. Let's take a look at it.

0x442 - The Man Who Stole the Atomic Bomb

September 29, 2023

In the New Mexico desert, a secret team of scientists is working flat out to develop atomic bombs. It’s the most important American military project in history. But one of those scientists lives a double life. Klaus Fuchs has decided to betray his country and share America’s most secret technology with the Soviet Union. But is he the only person who has turned traitor?

0x443 - Paris under the Swastika - Collaboration and Resistance - On the Homefront 019

October 3, 2023

Occupied Paris, a paradoxical city of banality and brutality, of resistance and collaboration. Join Anna as she takes you on a tour of the city from occupation, the establishment of the Pétain regime and collaboration, the growth of resistance, and finally liberation. But the story doesn’t end there and into the 21st century, the city of lights is haunted by its occupation.

0x444 - The Soviet Spies Who Kickstarted the Nuclear Arms Race

October 4, 2023

Last episode we saw Klaus Fuchs steal details of the American atomic bomb for the Soviet Union. But he’s only one component of a much bigger conspiracy. Today, Astrid introduces you to the mysterious web of Soviet atomic spies. Their work will change our world forever.

0x445 - Eastern Front Tank Warfare 1944

October 6, 2023

In this conflict, we’ve seen armoured warfare on a greater scale than anything before or since. Indy takes a look at some of the tanks slugging it out on the Eastern Front, from the long-serving Panzer III and IV, to the newer and more powerful Tiger and T-34 85, and the monstrous IS-2.

0x446 - How Britain Broke Hitler’s Brain

October 10, 2023

In a re-upload of one of our D-Day 24 Hour videos, Astrid introduces you to the war’s most effective counter-espionage and deception programme, The Double Cross system. Today she’ll talk about their operations before and during D-Day and introduce you to some of the most important double agents. Their mission - fool the Führer.

0x447 - Elvira, the Party Girl Double Agent

October 11, 2023

She’s the gambler with a hotline to the Abwehr. The party girl tearing up the London social scene. Now she’s doing her bit to hold back the Panzer Divisions and pave the way for D-Day. This is the story of Elvira Concepcion Josefina de la Fuente Chaudoir, Double Cross’s most flamboyant double agent.

0x448 - The Allied Rape Wave of 1944 - War Against Humanity 116

October 12, 2023

Since the earliest days of humanity, where there has been war, there has been rape. This war is no different. As vast armies battle across Europe, the chaos in their wake breeds an epidemic of rape. In its action and its punishment the European rape wave is also highly racialised. It adds up to a storm of suffering.

0x449 - Agent Garbo, MI5’s Greatest Actor

October 17, 2023

Juan Pujol Garcia’s neighbours think nothing of the new Spanish family that moves in during the war. But this quiet man who lives in suburban London and works for the BBC is a master of military deception. He runs a Double Cross network of invisible men who run rings around the Germans before, during, and after D-Day.

0x450 - Will Brutus Stab MI5 in the Back?

October 18, 2023

The problem with some Double Agents is that it’s very hard to trust them. After the mercurial Polish pilot and spymaster Roman Czerniawski offers his service to the Allies, MI5 and Double Cross worry that their new man will turn out to be a Triple Agent! But they’ll have to learn to trust agent Brutus because he might just hold the key to success in Operation Fortitude.

0x451 - Agent Treasure, MI5's Jewel of Deception

October 24, 2023

The intrigue of espionage lies in the shadows of trust. When the enigmatic Russian-born Nathalie Sergueiew is caught between German recruitment and British counter-intelligence, MI5 faces a quandary. Agent Treasure's unpredictable nature makes her a challenging asset, teetering between an invaluable ally and a potential risk. Yet, amidst the dance of deception, it becomes clear: Treasure's role is more golden than her codename suggests.

0x452 - The Double Cross Spy Bromance

October 25, 2023

Dusko Popov and Johnny Jebsen, Double Cross and Abwehr resistance working in perfect harmony. Together they forge a friendship that outfoxes the Nazis. But Popov and Jebsen are just a small part of a much wider story that goes to the heart of the anti-Nazi resistance and brings in our old friends Admiral Canaris and Hans Oster.

0x453 - The Tale of Fat Man and Little Boy

October 26, 2023

Here near the end of 1944, we look at the development of the atomic bomb. What different methods of creating a nuclear reaction are being developed? How close are they to development? How does it work? Will they be able to make one in 1945? Will it go boom?

0x454 - Smith Versus Smith: US Army/Marine Relations in 1944

October 27, 2023

When Marine Corps General Holland Smith removed Infantry General Ralph Smith from command in 1944 during the Battle of Saipan, it began a controversy that soon snowballed, threatening to sabotage Army-Marine relations at a time when cooperation was the key to victory.

0x455 - An Undersea Oil Pipeline to Beat the Nazis

November 1, 2023

They used to say that an army marches on its stomach. No so much anymore. These days armies march on oil. But how do the Allies get vast quantities of the stuff to their tanks and lorries across the Channel? Simple, they use the latest technology to lay a giant flexible pipeline across the sea. The armies of liberation are fuelled and ready.

0x456 - Will Japan Free or Enslave Indonesia? - War Against Humanity 117

November 3, 2023

Indonesian nationalists initially welcomed Japan’s promises of pan-Asianism. But now, these have been shown to be entirely hollow. While Indonesian nationalist leaders continue to support the new occupier, it’s clear that the country is simply under new colonial management. But the dream of Indonesian independence is still alive and this war will bring that day closer.

0x457 - The Magician Who Fooled the Nazis (and all of us)

November 7, 2023

Military deception is tricky. Sometimes you need to destroy a crucial piece of war industry or make an entire harbour disappear. Who do you call for this sort of job? Well, someone who knows a thing or two about tricking the eye. You need a professional magician. You need Jasper Maskelyne. But is there more to this illusionist than meets the eye?

0x458 - Western Front Tank Warfare 1944

November 8, 2023

This "corrupt" episode has been removed from YouTube and replaced by episode 463. Indy takes a look at the armoured beasts battling it out on the Western Front. On the German side we have vehicles like the long-serving Panzer IV, the sleek and modern Panther, and the obnoxiously heavy King Tiger. These are arrayed against the American stalwart, the M4 Sherman, and British tanks like the up-gunned Firefly, Cromwell, and Churchill.

0x459 - The Philippines Burns with Resistance - War Against Humanity 118

November 15, 2023

Organized resistance movements in Axis-occupied territory are often associated with beret-sporting, trench-coated Frenchmen. A far less known, but larger and more effective resistance movement existed in the Philippines.

0x460 - Japanese Concentration Camps - War Against Humanity 119

November 21, 2023

The Japanese decided that the Western civilians living in their new imperial territories threatened the Empire. Over one hundred thousand of these people now live in misery in concentration camps across Asia. Disease, overwork, hunger, and brutalisation are all taking their toll. Can the Allies free their civilians before time runs out?

0x461 - The Man Who Started the Cold War

November 23, 2023

What if I told you that a new conflict will sweep the globe in less than a year? It will open not with gunshots but with silent, shadowy espionage. The man who will kick off the Cold War is a quiet Canadian pilot, millionaire, and spymaster. A trusted aide to Churchill and FDR. I bet you haven’t heard this name before. William Stephenson.

0x462 - What Happened to the Nazis' Looted Art and Gold? - War Against Humanity 120

December 1, 2023

The Nazis have ripped the cultural and artistic treasures of Europe from their homes and brought them to the Reich to grace the walls of museums and the palaces of the criminal leadership. Now, with Germany on the ropes, those treasures are hidden away deep underground. But the Monuments Men, teams of Allied men and women fighting for art, are on the case. They will track down, preserve, and return these precious items.

0x463 - Western Front Tank Warfare 1944

December 8, 2023

This "fixed" episode replaces the corrupt episode 458. Indy takes a look at the armoured beasts battling it out on the Western Front. On the German side we have vehicles like the long-serving Panzer IV, the sleek and modern Panther, and the obnoxiously heavy King Tiger. These are arrayed against the American stalwart, the M4 Sherman, and British tanks like the up-gunned Firefly, Cromwell, and Churchill.

0x464 - Will Democracy End in 2024?

December 10, 2023

0x465 - How Churchill Started the Cold War in Greece in 1944 - War Against Humanity 121

December 12, 2023

You might think that the Cold War starts after this war ends. But already, as the Germans withdraw from Greece, the ideologically opposed Greek resistance groups ELAS and EDES are at each others’ throats. It all culminates in Athens in December 1944; British troops fire some of the first shots of the Cold War as Greece descends into Civil War.

0x467 - Camouflage

December 19, 2023

Camouflage comes in many forms, shapes, disguises, and even processes, for there are indeed many ways to hide your soldiers, guns, tanks, and even ships at sea. Today we take a wee look at camouflage during the war.

0x468 - The Gangsters of MI6

December 20, 2023

Should spies be suave gentlemen or streetwise crooks? Today, Astrid and Anna introduce you to two of MI6's original gangster spies, Walter Dicketts and Arthur Owens. They quickly bring some impressive results. But, the thing about criminals is that it can be hard to trust them. Just a couple of years into the war, MI6's Double Cross System might be in a lot of trouble…

0x469 - Did Miklos Horthy Save Hungary’s Jews? - War Against Humanity 122

December 21, 2023

After the first waves of Hungarian Jews were deported in the summer, Miklos Horthy halted Eichmann’s trains. Into the autumn of 1944 a coalition of diplomats, aid workers, and states attempts to save the Jews still surviving in Budapest. But when the SS launch a coup in Budapest and bring the Hungarian fascists come to power, time runs out.

0x470 - Curtis LeMay Starts Firebombing Tokyo - War Against Humanity 123

December 29, 2023

Curtis LeMay orders his B-29s to begin the firebombing of Japanese cities. This begins a campaign that will destroy the Japanese economy but leave hundreds of thousands dead. Meanwhile, the radicalisation of Japanese society continues at all levels as the Kamikaze suicide-pilots attack Allied warships and school-children build vengeance weapons.

0x471 - Will the Allied Bombers Finally Destroy Germany’s Economy in 1945? - War Against Humanity 124

January 4, 2024

The RAF and USAAF reopen the Combined Bomber Offensive against Germany in autumn 1944. The Allied heavy bombers are targeting a German economy that is churning out more war materiel than ever before, fuelled by German Armaments Minister Albert Speer’s army of slaves. But, as 1944 turns to 1945, the bombers finally start to break the German vampire economy. But, at what cost to civilian life?

0x472 - The Germans Knew about the Holocaust! - War Against Humanity 125

January 10, 2024

How often have you heard that the German population was unaware of the horrors of the Nazi camp system? Well, the opening months of 1945 destroys that myth once and for all as the SS force hundreds of thousands of Jews and other prisoners to march across the Reich and into the vast network of sub-camps. All of this happens in in full view of the German people.

0x473 - Eastern Front Deployments

January 11, 2024

The Soviets are just about to kick off a series of enormous offensives all along the Eastern Front. Here's a look at the forces who are to attack, and those who will be defending.

0x474 - The Gay Nazi Spying For Britain

January 17, 2024

What convinces a Nazi spy switch sides? For some it’s a deeply held opposition to the murderous ideology of the Third Reich. Sometimes it’s a love of money, adventure, or an affinity with Britain. But for others, the reason is simple: to save their own skin. One of those is Agent Tate, a man who never renounces his Nazi beliefs.

0x475 - Finnish Jews, Polish Special Forces, and MREs - WW2 - OOTF 32

January 24, 2024

How did Finland treat its Jews, and what did Finnish people know about the Holocaust? Who were the mysterious Polish Silent Unseen? And, what sort of rations did soldiers carry? Find out in this episode of Out of the Foxholes.

0x476 - The Sad Story of Churchill’s Iceman Geoffrey Pyke

January 31, 2024

Geoffrey Pyke is remembered as an eccentric scientist who spewed out ideas like giant aircraft carriers made of icy Pykerete. But there was much more to him than that. He was a spy, a special operations mastermind, and his novel ideas contributed to the success of D-Day.

0x477 - The Last Days of Auschwitz - War Against Humanity 126

February 2, 2024

When the SS evacuate the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp complex in the second half of January 1945, their intent is to make sure that no live prisoners get into the hands of the approaching Red Army. The death marches that follow are a final act of mass murder at the camp, that brings the death toll to close to 1.1 million murdered.

0x478 - The War Goals to End WW2 in 1945

February 8, 2024

While World War Two looks like it is about to end, the belligerent powers have vastly different goals for that end. Differences that may or may not prolong the war, will decide the survival of tens of millions of people, and the future fate of all of Humanity.

0x479 - Yalta, When Stalin Split the World

February 11, 2024

Indy and Sparty take you through the negotiations at Yalta as The Big Three thrash out the shape of the post war world. As the splits between East and West continue to deepen, who will come out on top?

0x480 - Red Army Rapes the Reich - War Against Humanity 127

February 13, 2024

When the Red Army invades the Eastern German Reich provinces, and occupied Poland, years of war, anti-German agitprop, and the general misery of being a Soviet soldier has whipped them into a frenzy of bloodthirsty revenge. It’s the women of all ethnicities who pay the heaviest price as German and Polish women, even liberated Soviet victims of Nazi terror are subjected to repeated mass rapes day in and day out

0x481 - Artillery! A WW2 Special

February 14, 2024

The modern artillery of the Great War was responsible for the vast majority of military deaths in that conflict, but how has artillery developed from that war to this one? Today we take a look at some of the artillery of WW2.

0x482 - The SS Betrays Hitler

February 20, 2024

Italy, 1945. Karl Wolff of the SS is looking for a way to save his skin. In his desperation he turns to Allen Dulles and the American OSS. Wolff’s bargaining chip? The surrender of German forces in Italy. The price? Escape from the hangman’s noose. Is it a price worth paying? And what will Joseph Stalin say when he finds out his allies are talking to the Nazis?

0x483 - Allied War Crimes, Latin American Troops, and Top-Secret Proximity Fuzes

February 21, 2024

Did the Western Allies commit war crimes? What did Latin American troops do during the war? And, how did the top-secret proximity fuze change the face of warfare? Find out in this episode of Out of the Foxholes

0x484 - Soviets Hunt Down the Heroes of Humanity

February 22, 2024

The Red Army taking Budapest launches a huge wave of crime by the soldiers and the Soviet state - the most famous crime will be when Moscow disappears Raoul Wallenberg. But he is not the only neutral country diplomat who has worked to save Budapest’s Jews threatened by the Soviets.

0x485 - Who Watches History Videos?

February 25, 2024

0x486 - V-2: Hitler’s Wunderwaffe

February 27, 2024

Hitler hopes that the V-2 rocket will turn the tide of the war. It’s cutting edge technology and impossible to intercept. Right now, the first long-range ballistic missile is raining death on London and Antwerp. But is it too little, too late? Find out the backstory to this powerful weapon.

0x487 - The Allied Hunt for Nazi Super Weapons

February 28, 2024

As the Allies advance further into Germany, they turn their eyes to a new objective: recovering as much of the Nazi science and as many of the scientists as they can. Advances in jet fighters, chemical and biological weapons, rockets, all of these will be useful in the inevitable future confrontation between East and West.

0x488 - The Brutal End to the Battle of Manila

February 29, 2024

This week yet another bloody urban battle draws to its conclusion. In Manila, despite clear orders from Tomoyuki Yamashita against wanton violence, his subordinates and superiors chose to ignore him. The Japanese defenders massacre, rape, loot and then burn the remains of the city.

0x489 - Who Cracked Enigma? The True Story, No B.S.

March 6, 2024

So, you think you know the Enigma Story? The Poles, the French, Bletchley Park, Alan Turing, and daring raids on sinking U-Boats. Well, there’s one figure you may never have heard of. Today, Anna and Astrid tell the story of a German Double Agent named Hans Thilo-Schmidt and his vital but forgotten part in the Enigma story.

0x490 - The Jewish Avengers Who Hunted Nazi Murderers

March 8, 2024

In March 1945 the first Jewish unit in the Allied forces reaches the frontline. Before fighting the Nazis, the men spent years battling against the policies of the British government. After the war, they will take vengeance on the perpetrators of the Holocaust and join the Zionist movement in building and fighting for Israel.

0x491 - Nazi Spies in New York

March 20, 2024

On a snowy night, two tall men are walking along the highway on the coast of Maine. They could hardly be more suspicious. They wear light European coats, no hats, large suitcases, and they leave a trail of footprints down to the beach… These strange men are German spies on the hunt for America’s biggest secrets!

0x492 - The Volkssturm - a Million men to save the Reich?

March 26, 2024

The Volkssturm is the last-ditch people’s army of the Third Reich. Sure, on paper, there are millions of old men and boys ready to defend Germany. But how will they be armed? Are they truly willing to die for Hitler? Will they make any difference at all?

0x493 - The Final Fury of the Allied Bombing War

March 29, 2024

The bombing war in Europe comes to an end in a fury of fire and destruction. Spartacus takes stock of the human toll of this campaign and assesses the near futility of it all. On the other side of the globe, the USAAF ratchets up the firebombing of Japan further still. Countless more civilian lives will be cut short.

0x494 - Italian Communists, The French in Indochina, and the fate of Italy’s army

April 5, 2024

What happened to Italian Soldiers overseas after the fall of Mussolini? What about the French soldiers left over in Indochina after the Japanese “occupation by invitation”? And, what did the Allies think of the Italian Communist movement and its partisan forces?

0x495 - The Secret Allied Wonder Weapon

April 11, 2024

Astrid and Anna take a break from tales of espionage to bring you one of international cooperation. Developed by a small group of highly driven individuals working in top secret, Proximity Fuzes are the new Allied super weapon changing the face of warfare forever. They’re just one of many impressive new developments which are helping the Allies win the war. Defeating the Axis is a righteous cause of course. But at its core, so much of our scientific progress is in the service of finding more effective ways to kill one another. What does this mean for our future?

0x496 - The Death of Franklin Roosevelt

April 12, 2024

He lead his nation through the Great Depression, transformed it into a war-winning titan, and is working to shape the coming postwar world in his image. But today, 4,422 days into his record breaking presidency, Franklin Roosevelt dies. What was his final year really like?

0x497 - The Führerbunker - Hitler’s Grave

April 18, 2024

The man who one conquered Europe, Adolf Hitler now cowers underground in the Fuhrerbunker as bombs and artillery rain down on the ruins of the Reich. Today Sparty gives you a tour of the damp and claustrophobic concrete maze that will soon become the dictator’s coffin.

0x498 - Russian and French Nazis Defend the Reich - SS Foreign Fighters

April 19, 2024

As the war turns ever more against Germany, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler keeps loosening the racial standards of his Waffen SS. More and more non-Germans fill the ranks of his forces. Some of these non-German fighters will be among the last defenders of the Third Reich.

0x499 - The History of Half-tracks, by the Chieftain

May 2, 2024

Is it a tank? Is it a truck? No, it’s a half-track! Nicholas Moran aka The Chieftain stops by to cover this Frankenstein of a vehicle. He looks at their origins at the turn of the twentieth century, their heyday as troop transporting, artillery towing, flak gunning, jacks-of-all-trades during the war, and their sudden decline after the war.

0x500 - Liberation of the Nazi Camps

May 10, 2024

It has been the most effective torture and murder machine in human history. Over 17 million have perished, but now freedom comes for the small portion who have managed to survive: the Nazi concentration camps are liberated.

0x501 - German-American Jews fight the Nazis

May 15, 2024

Jewish-American intelligence officers return to their homeland in Germany to fight the Nazis and find their families. As they advance they discover the true horror of the Holocaust. When the war is over, they have a chance for some justice.

0x502 - Glory Days of the Kamikaze! - Operation Kikusui

May 17, 2024

During the Battle of Okinawa, the Japanese see the opportunity to cripple the core of the Allied navies. With their conventional air and naval forces unable to challenge the Allies, the Japanese unleash a wave of mass Kamikaze attacks. Hundreds of suicide pilots smash their aircraft into the Allied fleet. This is Operation Kikusui.

0x503 - What Next for WW2?

May 23, 2024

So, what's next for us? Is this the end of the World War Two Channel?

0x504 - How Nazi Terror Came Home to Germany

May 24, 2024

Prominent Nazis flee the retribution that they have provoked. Meanwhile, they deploy greater levels of violence than ever before against the German people. With nothing left to lose, just how depraved will Nazi "justice" become? The regime's final farewell to its people will be a bloody one indeed.

0x505 - The Bloody Birth of Socialist Yugoslavia

May 30, 2024

In the final months of the war, Partisan leader Josip Tito and his forces complete their conquest of Yugoslavia. They destroy Draza Mihailovic’s Chetniks and Ante Pavelic’s Croatian Independent State and they outmanoeuvre King Peter. As Tito’s forces take revenge on their vanquished foes, Socialist Yugoslavia is born in a cradle of fire and blood.

0x506 - How Nazi war criminals fled to South America

May 30, 2024

How did so many Nazi war criminals escape to Argentina? The answer is the infamous network of ratlines stretching from Europe to South America. Joseph Mengele, Adolf Eichmann, Ante Pavelic, all of these monsters escape justice thanks to the efforts of former SS men, Juan Peron, the Red Cross, and perhaps even the pope.

0x507 - Join Us for a Victory Celebration at Oktoberfest!

June 1, 2024

This September will be the sixth year since our coverage of World War Two began, and the culmination of six long hard years of fighting. We think a celebration is in order, don’t you?

0x508 - Interview with a German WW2 Veteran

June 2, 2024

Recently, we had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Joachim Hess, who fought on the German side during World War II. He shared his unique perspective, outlining the life of a Wehrmacht soldier during the conflict.

0x509 - Redeployment! - Millions of men from Europe to Asia

June 5, 2024

Now that Japan is the only Axis power still in the fight, Allied forces- especially American ones- must redeploy to prepare for the final invasion of the Japanese Home Islands. But how do you move millions of men halfway around the globe? And which ones go- veterans or new recruits, or some combination? Who decides? Where exactly do you send them to prepare too, with some many eastern ports like Manila a shambles? Let's take a look.

0x510 - German WW2 Veteran recalls escaping from Soviet captivity

June 7, 2024

Once again, we have a unique opportunity to share with you another portion of our interview with Dr. Joachim Hess. Today, we hear the story of his daring escape from the Soviet prison camp.

0x511 - Nazi Werwolves: Post War Terror

June 18, 2024

The guns are silent in Germany but the Allied Forces suffer continue to suffer a flurry of bombings, assassinations, and shootings. Who is to blame? Well, the press suspects the Nazi Werwolves - terroristic bands of men, women, and children determined to carry on Hitler’s war. But just how serious is this violence really, and how many of the attackers are true believing Nazi fanatics?

0x512 - The Korean War, forgotten no longer!

June 19, 2024

0x513 - The Curious Case of Hitler’s Corpse

June 21, 2024

Joseph Stalin claims that Adolf Hitler managed to escape Berlin and is now living somewhere in hiding. It’s complete nonsense of course. But it raises some interesting questions. What remains do we have of Hitler? How do we know they belong to the Fuhrer? And, why is Stalin spreading these far-fetched lies?

0x514 - Meanwhile in 1950… Korea!

June 25, 2024

0x515 - Japan Decides on Peace - Are They Too Late?

June 27, 2024

The US bombers continue destroying Japanese cities with a rain of firebombs. As the country burns, the Japanese leadership and Emperor Hirohito finally realise they must seek peace.

0x516 - The Secret War to Capture Enemy Planes

July 4, 2024

What did the RAF and Luftwaffe think of each other’s toys? Who were the Zirkus Rosarius and the RAFwaffe? And what happens when American and German engineers team up to save the Luftwaffe’s wonder weapons? Deception, trickery, and subterfuge await once again in another instalment of Spies & Ties.