Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk of the Royal Military College of Canada and University of Toronto returns to describe the reality for eastern European people under occupation during the Second World, and draws the line from then to today. Latest book: Enemy Archives: Soviet Counterinsurgency Operations and the Ukrainian Nationalist Movement –…
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Season 3
World War 2 links to Ukraine: The Latest: A conversation with Francis Dearnley—Episode 71
From the beginning of Russia’s illegal and brutal assault on sovereign Ukraine, Ukraine: The Latest has covered the war every week day. Francis Dearnley, Executive Editor for Audio for Ukraine: The Latest, joins the podcast to look at the historical links and parallels with the Eastern Front of World War…
Season 3
Crushing Blows: Episode 66
The first two of ten “crushing blows” against the German invaders of the USSR in 1944: Zhitomyr and Leningrad. The first two of ten “crushing blows” against the German invaders of the USSR in 1944: Zhitomyr and Leningrad. Map 1: The Zhitomyr-Berdichiv Offensive Map 2: Cherkassy or Kherson Pocket Map…
Season 3
Agent Zo—A conversation with Clare Mulley: Episode 62
Author Clare Mulley and I discuss her latest book, the story of one of the Allies’ most valuable intelligence agents, Elzbieta Zawacka, known as Agent Zo. Visit Clare Mulley’s website: https://claremulley.com/ Clare Mulley’s books: The Woman Who Saved the Children The Spy Who Loved The Women Who Flew for Hitler Agent Zo:…
Season 3
Ukraine occupied by nazis and communists: Episode 58—A conversation with Prof. Lubomyr Luciuk
Professor of political geography at the Royal Military College of Canada and Senior Research Fellow of the Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Toronto, shares his knowledge and insight into the experience of Ukraine under occupation by nazi and Soviet forces during the Second World War. Map: Ukrainian…