WW2: Both Sides of The Wire
World War 2: Both Sides of the Wire is the podcast that takes you beyond the familiar and dives deep into the untold stories and surprising truths of the Second World War from the Allied and Axis perspectives.
Join us as we lift the lid on one of the most pivotal periods in human history, busting myths and unraveling the complexities of a conflict that still shapes our world today.
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Episode 103: Was Stalingrad the Real Turning Po...
In today’s episode, we’ll return to mythbusting, to take on one of the sacred cows of popular military history discussions: was Stalingrad the turning point in WW2?
56 min
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Episode 102: Walking Through Berlin’s History
In today's episode, we'll go for a stroll through Berlin and Brandenburg and take you with us on the ground to some of the most interesting spots in a city layered in history.
53 min
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Episode 101: The Last Stand on Okinawa
In today’s episode, we follow the fighting on southern Okinawa to its bitter conclusion, as US forces face their toughest challenge against a series of imposing ridges, and an enemy determined to fight to the last.
63 min
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Episode 100: Hitler’s Orders, His Generals and ...
In this week’s episode, we celebrate our 100th show by answering listener questions on the German Army’s lack of winter equipment in 1941, Hitler’s “no retreat” orders, Portugal’s role as a neutral power, and the relationship between Hitler and his generals.
57 min
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Episode 99: Battles That Shaped the 20th Century
In this week’s episode and in a long overdue collaboration between Not So Quite on the Western Front and WW2 Both Sides of the Wire, four of us sit down to explore what we feel are the battles that, for one reason or another, shaped the course of the 20th century.
50 min
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Episode 98: Okinawa: Kamikazes and the Yamato
In today’s episode, we hit the beaches at Okinawa, as American forces begin a grinding 82-day campaign to capture the island from determined and dug-in Japanese defenders.
49 min
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Episode 97: Okinawa Begins: Operation Iceberg
In today’s episode, we’re off to the vast expanses of the Pacific Ocean, to the small but strategically important island of Okinawa. The US invasion of the island in 1945 would be the largest amphibious landings in the Pacific theatre, and set the stage for the final phase of the war against Japan.
42 min
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Episode 96: The Real General Patton: Hero, Show...
In today’s episode, we tackle the legendary, controversial, and much mythologized US General George S. Patton – was he really as good as his reputation in popular memory?
62 min
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Episode 95: The Last Hours of Hitler’s Berlin 1945
In today’s episode, we examine the final phase of the Battle of Berlin, as Soviet troops conquer the city and Hitler meets his end.
73 min
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Episode 94: Trapped in the Ruins of Berlin
In today's episode, we begin the end of the story of the Battle of Berlin, as for the fighting reaches the city itself
60 min
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Episode 93: Closing the Ring - Berlin 1945
In today’s episode, we jump into the action in April 1945, as Soviet forces race towards Berlin and close the ring around the Nazi capital.
61 min
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Episode 92: The Last Line of Defence - Berlin 1945
In today's episode, we start the story with the launch of the Berlin Operation in April 1945, and the bitter struggle for Berlin that started on the high ground at Seelow.
49 min
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Episode 91: Why the Germans Fought to the Bitte...
In today's episode, we pick up the story of the Battle of Berlin 1945, drilling down on the German side of the wire as the Berlin Operation begins.
57 min
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Episode 90: Prelude to the Downfall: The Red Ar...
52 min
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Episode 89: Battle of the Bulge - Bastogne, Sko...
In today’s episode, we once again take up the story of the Battle of the Bulge after the initial German breakthrough, and consider how the Allies turned the tide.
68 min
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Episode 88: Battle of the Bulge - Day One: When...
In today’s episode, we return to the Battle of the Bulge and take up the action with the first chaotic days of the German offensive – when no one was sure how things would turn out.
52 min
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Episode 87: The Battle of the Bulge Begins: Ger...
In today’s episode, we’ll tackle Germany’s last-ditch offensive to win the war in the west: the Battle of the Bulge.
43 min
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Episode Bonus: The 1913 Redl Spy Case
This bonus episode features a special guest appearance on the Untitled History Podcast with Gareth Edwards, where we dive into the espionage case of Alfred Redl, an Austro-Hungarian officer who spied for Russia before World War I.
64 min
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Episode 86: Normandy’s Forgotten Battle with Pa...
In today's episode, we'll drill down to a relatively unknown battle from July 1944 that reveals much about the fierce fighting in the Normandy campaign — the Battle of La Haye-du-Puits.
63 min
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Episode 85: Should France have fought on in 1940?
In today's episode, we'll test the waters of a historical counterfactual. Could or should France have fought on in 1940?
58 min
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Episode 84: From Clash to Total War: Japan vs C...
In today’s episode, we’ll begin the story of the full-scale war between China and Japan, which started with the so-called China Incident in 1937.
57 min
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Episode 83: 900,000 vs 90,000: The Fight That S...
In today's episode, we'll continue the story of China's civil war and war of Resistance against Japan, including the debate around the long march that has become the stuff of legend in China today.
58 min
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Episode 82: How Manchuria Lit the Fuse of World...
In today’s episode, we’ll continue the epic story of the long fuse to the Second World War in Asia, where the Chinese Civil War spills over into a clash with Japan in Manchuria.
49 min
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Episode 81: Operation Anthropoid - The Escape &...
In this week’s episode, we continue and bring to an end the fascinating and also gruesome story of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. This week with Military Historian Dan Hill, check out his podcast: https://listen.not-so-quiet.com/
38 min
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Episode 80: Operation Anthropoid - The Assassin...
In today’s episode, we drop into Prague in May 1942 and explore the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich and the terrible aftermath. This week with Military Historian Dan Hill, check out his podcast: https://listen.not-so-quiet.com/
41 min