Sun, 28 June 2015
The Abwehr, the German intelligence service during the second world war was not known for its resounding successes. But in Nazi occupied Netherlands its Operation North Pole, or "the England Game" was a resounding success. Captured resistance agents tried to warn their British handlers, but to no avail. Agents were repeatedly inserted, captured and executed. Dur: 22mins File: .mp3 |
Sat, 13 June 2015
In August 1914 the airplane was seen as an interesting toy by the High commands of all the powers. The British Royal Flying Corps took five squadrons to France, consisting of some 60 planes of different varieties. The pilots being generally rich sportsmen, who had learned to fly in their own aircraft before the war. The planes were fragile, slow and very expensive an airplane cost over £1,000, at a time when the average weekly wage was £2 for a labourer – so close to 10 years’ pay! Dur: 35mins File: .mp3 |
Fri, 12 June 2015
In this episode Angus is joined by Josh Brouwers, Lindsay Powell, Mark McCaffery and Joseph Hall. We look at Ancient Warfare Magazine volume VIII, issue 5 "Rebellion against the Empire: The Jewish-Roman wars"
Direct download: VIII_5_-_The_Roman-Jewish_Wars.mp3
Category:Ancient Warfare Magazine -- posted at: 7:00am UTC |