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 57: Appeasement: The Biggest Mistake Be...
In today’s episode, we’re going to take a page from the armchair generals and Monday morning quarterbacks and look at what might have been one of the Second World War’s great mistakes - the appeasement of Germany in the 1930s.
56 min
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Episode 56: The Malta Mistake: Operation Hercul...
In today’s epsiode, we take up the story of Malta again, and dip our toes into the dangerous waters of historical counterfactuals: could the Axis have taken Malta, and if so, how?
41 min
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Episode 55: The Malta Mistake: Why Hitler Never...
In today’s episode, we’re going to investigate what some consider a major strategic mistake of WW2 - the Axis failure to capture the Mediterranean island of Malta.
38 min
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Episode 54: The Secret to Military Success? Ger...
In today's session we are going to explore what made the Germans fight well in the Second World War. This is linked to doctrine and we will therefore analyse the most important German doctrine, the so-called Truppenführung, and we will shed light on how this influenced the "German way of war".
54 min
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Episode 53: Listeners’ Q&As – From Jet Fighters...
In today’s episode, we’re diving back into your questions—ranging from myths that outlived empires to the nuts and bolts of battlefield logistics—because, once again, you've sent us more great ones than we could possibly ignore.
52 min
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Episode 52: Occupied Norway: Resistance, Raids ...
In today’s episode, we’ll round off the story of Norway in WW2 by exploring what happened in the country after the Germans conquered it - from raids to resistance to liberation.
57 min
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Episode 51: Narvik 1940: Germany's Arctic Disas...
In today's episode, we continue the story of the invasion of Norway in 1940.
53 min
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Episode 50: Why Hitler Invaded | Norway in WWII...
In today’s episode, we’ll take on a topic that you, our supporters and listeners, requested us to discuss. And that is the story of Norway in WW2 - from invasion to occupation to liberation.
53 min
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Episode 49: Killing Hitler: The July Bomb Plot ...
In today’s episode, we’re going to talk about the plan everyone wishes had worked: the July 20 plot to kill Hitler.
69 min
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Episode 48: Killing Hitler: The July Bomb Plot ...
In today’s episode, we’re going to talk about the plan everyone wishes had worked: the July 20 plot to kill Hitler.
54 min
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Episode 47: German Resistance
In today’s episode, we’re going to explore the diverse and tragic story of Germans who resisted the Nazi regime.
55 min
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Episode 46: Listeners’ Q&As - From Hitler To Th...
In today’s episode, we answer more questions from our community and touch on topics from Hitler to the merchant navy.
50 min
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Episode 45: Listeners’ Q&As - From SS Generals ...
46 min
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Episode 44: Grandfathers - Part 3
Today's episode, we're going to once again continue the story of our grandfather's experiences on both sides of the wire during the second World War.
65 min
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Episode 43: Grandfathers - Part 2
In today’s episode we’re going to continue the story of our grandfathers’ experiences on both sides of the wire during the second world war.
44 min
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Episode 42: Grandfathers - Part 1
Today’s episode is a family matter – we’re going to tell the stories of two young men at war: one German, and one Canadian. Those two young men went on to become our very own grandfathers and this is their story.
53 min
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Episode 41: War’s end - Part 2
In today’s episode, we round off the story of the messy end of the Second World War in Europe - from the second try at a final surrender in Berlin, to the battles that happened after the war was over, and the implications for the coming Cold War.
64 min
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Episode 40: War’s end - Part 1
In today’s episode, we’ll revisit the end of the Second World War in Europe. Ending the fighting in May 1945 was a messy business, with political manoeuvring, inter-Allied tensions, and even last-ditch battles after the war was officially over.
41 min
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Episode 39: The Siege Of Leningrad - Part 3
In today’s episode, we round off the story of the siege of Leningrad, as we turn to the harrowing experience of the Soviet civilians who suffered through the blockade for nearly 900 days.
45 min
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Episode 38: The Siege Of Leningrad - Part 2
In today’s episode, we continue the story of the Second World War’s longest siege - the siege of Leningrad.
41 min
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Episode 37: The Siege Of Leningrad - Part 1
In today’s episode, we’ll begin our journey into the story of the longest siege of the Second World War - and perhaps the deadliest siege of all time – the siege of Leningrad.
48 min
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Episode 36: Prisoners of War: Germans in wester...
n this episode, we’ll round off our in depth discussion of the experience of prisoners of war - and this time, we’ll turn to Germans in western Allied hands, who might be sent to the vast and remote forests of Canada or end up living for weeks in dirt holes in open fields.
61 min
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Episode 35: Prisoners of War in Western Europe
In today’s episode, we will continue our exploration of the fate of prisoners of war. We’ll touch on the years of forced labour and drudgery, death marches in the final days, and war crimes: and this not the Eastern Front, but Western Europe.
52 min
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Episode 34: World War 2 Films - Part 2
In today’s episode, we face the bright lights of Hollywood again as we continue our cinematographic journey through Second World War movies…the good the bad and the ulgy
56 min
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Episode 33: Prisoners of War in Asia
In today’s episode, we’ll pick up our theme of Prisoners of War - and this time we’ll focus on the Asia-Pacific theatre. As in Eastern Europe, similar harrowing themes defined the experience of men in enemy hands: a punishing climate, disregard for human life, forced labour, and even a ten-year-wait before seeing home.
55 min