The History of WWII Podcast

The History of WWII Podcast


Latest Episodes

Episode 496-Interview w/Betina Anton: Hiding Mengele: How a Nazi Network Harbored The Angel of Death
November 21, 2024

Journalist Betina Anton comes on the show to discuss her book, Hiding Mengele: How a Nazi Network Harbored The Angel of Death. After experimenting and killing thousands of people in Auschwitz, Mengele flees Europe and hides in South America. As the years

Episode 495-Fight, Lose, Retreat, Repeat
November 18, 2024

Stalins second wave of massive counter attacks get underway in January 1942. Yet the Germans are a bit more prepared this time. Not that Gen. von Kluge will not have to fire numerous commanders as Army Group Center is threatened with encirclement.Learn

Episode 494-Veteran's Voices-The Guys from The Warrior Next Door Podcast Return!
November 10, 2024

Ryan Fairfield and Tony "The Tiger" Lupo return to the show, bringing interview clips from WWII Veterans. We cover incredible moments from D-Day and the 8th Army Air Force.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 493-The Rzhev Meat Grinder
November 03, 2024

As both sides still think they can win in the East, Germany and Soviet Russia will clash along the entire line of fighting. But no where more intensely than Rzhev. It will become a black hole of human lives and war equipment. Learn more about your ad choi

Episode 492-The Battle of Volkhov River: Leningrad is to be Saved
October 22, 2024

Stalin, not giving up winning the war by early 1942 has ordered a massive attack across the Volkhov River, to the SE of Leningrad. Meanwhile, Hitlers troops have finally cut the rail line feeding supplies to Leningrad. The Russians have the numbers and t

Episode 491-The Russians Are Coming!
October 14, 2024

Stalin, tasting a bit of success, now launches massive counter attacks up and down the line of all three German Army Groups. Yet, he will find out, in war, as in life, some things can not be rushed.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc

Episode 490-Between Stalin's Hammer and Hitler's Anvil
October 08, 2024

Army Group Center commander Von Kluge goes round and round with Hitler about retreating. Hitlers reasons become more wild, but events on the ground take over. And while Stalin is happy to take arms from the Western countries, he did all he could to make

Episode 489-2 Ep Special! Interview w/ Jan Davis: Air Born: Two Generations in Flight & Retreat or Die
September 30, 2024

Astronaut Jan Davis' book tells of her father's time as a B-17 pilot and POW. His can do attitude that gets challenged in a German prisoner Camp. Then, Army Group Center is under constant attack. There are breaches and encirclements along 4th Army’s lines

Episode 488-One Shot, One Kill: Soviet Snipers of the Eastern Front
September 23, 2024

From painful experiences during the Spanish Civil War and the Winter War against Finland, Soviet Russia started several sniper schools. Hence when the Axis came and the Eastern Front was born, these men and women took the fight to the enemy. But not as mu

Episode 487-A 2 Episode Special! Interview with Shannon Monaghan: A Quiet Company of Dangerous Men. Then, Merry Christmas From the Eastern Front
September 16, 2024

2 Ep Special! 1st, Interview with Shannon Monaghan about her book, A Quiet Company of Dangerous Men: The Forgotten British Special Operations Soldiers of WW2. Then, as Christmas approaches, the Germans continually fall back, unable to face the onslaught o