Ken Oatley, as one of the people who took part in the bombing of Dresden, talks about what it was like, and what he feels about having done it. He was also one of the last men to hear Guy Gibson alive, and he took part in numerous raids. In this podcast, he talks to Dan about his wartime experiences.
The second atomic strike on the city of Nagasaki is less well known than the one a few days earlier on Hiroshima, but was it more influential in forcing the Japanese to surrender? To find out who exactly ordered it and why I talked to Harvard's Frederik Logevall. He discusses the debates that rag...
75 years ago this Spring, the aerial assault on Germany was reaching a crescendo as city after city was devastated by British and American bomber fleets. History Hit TV have just launched a major documentary to mark this anniversary featuring veterans and historians like Max Hastings and Victoria...
For 50 years Christopher Tugendhat has been collecting modern first editions of books, including many that he believes reflect and illuminate the British experience during the first sixty years of the 20th century. In this podcast, he explores political and social change from 1900 to 1964 through...