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  • 🎧 The Falklands Airdrop Ursula: Part Two with David Chaundler

    Dan talks to David Chaundler about the events of the Falklands War, from the Battle of Goose Green to the end of the conflict.

  • 🎧 The Falklands Airdrop Ursula: Part One with Kevin O'Brien and David Chaundler

    Dan talks to Squadron Leader Kevin O'Brien and Brigadier David Chaundler about Airdrop Ursula, which took David from a desk in Whitehall to the Falkland Islands in a matter of hours. In the first half of this very-special podcast, we hear the background to the operation. Image credit: Griffiths91...

  • 🎧 The Extremes of Humanity with Duncan McNab

    Dan talks to Military Historian and True Crime author Duncan McNab about the extremes of humanity.

  • 🎧 The Events of 11 November, 1918 with Paul Reed

    What happened on the last morning of the First World War, in the hours before the guns fell silent at 11:00? Dan talks to Paul Reed about how exactly you go about ending a four-year war, and the young men who didn't survive that last morning.

  • 🎧 The Empire Windrush with Alex von Tunzelmann

    The crisis in the Home Office about the treatment of citizens who arrived on the Windrush and their families has consumed British politics for months. Dan talks to Alex Von Tunzelmann about empires, immigration, and how the current situation arose.

  • 🎧 The Bavarian Soviet Republic with Volker Weidermann

    Dan chats to Volker Wiedermann, a German writer and literary critic, about the Bavarian Soviet Republic. The Republic, established in the aftermath of the First World War, was an unlikely formation and was quickly attacked from all sides, especially as it tried to propagate radical ideas about go...

  • 🎧 The Battle of Vimy Ridge with Paul Reed

    The Battle of Vimy Ridge was a military engagement fought primarily as part of the Battle of Arras, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France, during the First World War. Paul Reed is a military historian, battlefield photographer, and author. He's often on television talking about World War I a...

  • 🎧 The Battle of Taranto

    The Battle of Taranto took place on the night of 11–12 November 1940 during the Second World War between British naval forces, under Admiral Andrew Cunningham, and Italian naval forces, under Admiral Inigo Campioni. The Royal Navy launched the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in histo...

  • 🎧 The Battle of Salonika in World War One with Nick Ilic

    Dan Snow talks to Nick Ilic about the Battle of Salonika and the front against Bulgaria in the First World War.

  • 🎧 The Battle of Britain with Wing Commander Thomas Neil

    A very special podcast with Wing Commander Thomas Neil, one of the few to whom so many owed so much, talking about his experiences in the Battle of Britain.

  • 🎧 The Battle of Belleau Wood with Michael Neiberg

    Dan speaks to Professor Michael Neiberg about the famous stand of the US Marine Corps during the Battle of Belleau Wood, part of the German Spring Offensive in 1918.

  • 🎧 The Amelia Earhart Mystery with Amelia Rose Earhart

    Amelia Rose Earhart is an American private pilot and reporter for NBC affiliate in Denver, Colorado. Amelia is also an around the world pilot and keynote speaker.;This episode was livestreamed on Facebook.

  • 🎧 Tank 100: Part Two with David Willey

    David Willey is Curator at The Tank Museum. Located in Bovington, Dorset, the museum of the Royal Tank Regiment and Royal Armoured Corps is a collection of tanks and armoured fighting vehicles.

  • 🎧 Tank 100: Part One - World War Two Tank Commander with Captain David Render

    Captain David Render was a nineteen-year-old second lieutenant fresh from Sandhurst when he was sent to France to join a veteran armoured unit that had already spent years fighting with the Desert Rats in North Africa. Joining the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry five days after the D-Day landings, the ...

  • 🎧 Tank 100 with Rob Schaefer

    Rob Schaefer is a German military historian. Here he talks to Dan Snow about the German response to tanks during the First World War

  • 🎧 Spy Pigeons with Gordon Corera

    Dan talks to BBC Security Correspondent Gordon Corera about Britain's secret pigeon spy force.

  • 🎧 Spitfires and Eurovision with Chris West

    Dan talks to Chris West about his new history of the Eurovision song contest, and the political history that surrounds it. Image credit: Frederic de Villamil / Commons

  • 🎧 Spitfire with John Nichol

    Dan talks to John Nichol on his new bestseller about the Spitfire, the plane that was critical to the RAF's efforts in the Battle of Britain and the Second World War, and they discuss why it occupies such a special place in British hearts.

  • 🎧 Spitfire Pilot with Mary Ellis

    Last summer Dan was lucky enough to sit down with 101 year old Mary Ellis, a courageous and pioneering aviator. She talked about her love of flying and the incredible feats she undertook as a spitfire pilot. Mary Ellis passed away at the age of 101 on 25 July, 2018.

  • 🎧 Soviet Double Agent Oleg Gordievsky with Ben Macintyre

    Dan talks to Macintyre about a double agent - a story clouded in deception and intrepidation.

  • 🎧 Sophie Scholl, Resistance Fighter with Frank McDonough

    Dan talks to Frank McDonough about the resistance of Sophie Scholl, on the 75th anniversary of her execution by the Nazis.

  • 🎧 Sinking of the USS Indianapolis with David Boyle

    David Boyle @davidboyle1958 has been fascinated by the navy since he was a boy, but also writes about politics, economics and management. His latest book, Lost at Sea: The story of the USS Indianapolis, combines his interest in naval history with his interest in great management disasters, becaus...

  • 🎧 Shrouds of the Somme with Rob Heard

    Rob Heard created an incredibly-moving memorial to the Battle of the Somme. In the new podcast, Dan talks to him about his inspiration and what the work means to him.

  • 🎧 Sex and Socialism with Professor Kristen Ghodsee

    Did people have better sex under socialism? The answer is probably yes, and Dan talks to Kristen Ghodsee to find out why, also discussing why young people are having less sex and the Soviet approach to gender equality. Image credit: Adam Jones