Tag: World War II

Peace in Europe? Episode 102

Scott Bury, June 8, 2026June 8, 2026

The fighting has ended in Europe—but with millions of displaced people surging in all directions across Europe, it cannot be called peace. While millions of POWs look forward to going home, forced labourers and people of eastern Europe know they have no home to return to. And try to escape…

Season 4

After the Fall of Berlin: Episode 101

Scott Bury, June 3, 2026June 8, 2026

The centennial episode, number 100—with co-host David Sumner of Europe at War David Sumner of the Europe at War podcast joins to provide deeper insight into the last major battle in the European Theatre of the Second World War. Two huge Red Army fronts, the 1st Belorussian and the 1st…

Season 4

The Fall of Berlin—episode 100!

Host Contact, May 8, 2026May 15, 2026

David Sumner of the Europe at War podcast joins to provide deeper insight into the last major battle in the European Theatre of the Second World War. Two huge Red Army fronts, the 1st Belorussian and the 1st Ukrainian, crush the nazi capital between them, and bring an end to…

Season 4

Silesia, Part 1—Episode 96

Scott Bury, March 9, 2026May 15, 2026

The Red Army penetrates deep into Germany, leading to the redrawing of eastern European borders after. The Red Army penetrates deep into Germany, leading to the redrawing of eastern European borders after. Map 1: The Oder offensive–March 1945 Map 2: The Lower Silesian Offensive Map 3: The East Pomeranian Offensive…

Season 4

The Impossible Alliance, Part 2: Episode 95

Scott Bury, February 20, 2026May 15, 2026

Why did the Yalta Conference end the way it did? Why did Churchill try an end-run around Roosevelt? Why did Roosevelt try to curry Stalin’s favour? What would this mean to post-war history? Author Giles Milton joins to discuss some of the Second World War’s most perplexing questions. People Author…

Season 4

From Malta to Yalta: Episode 93

Scott Bury, February 2, 2026May 15, 2026

The Big Three shape the end of the Second World War … and the world to come. Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt meet in Malta in the Mediterranean in February 1945, to prepare to meet Josef Stalin in the second Big Three conference on Soviet territory—Yalta. It was a meeting…

Season 3

The experience of occupation: Ukraine in the 1940s and 2020s—Episode 59

Scott Bury, October 20, 2025May 16, 2026

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 –…

Season 4

The Fall of Berlin—80th anniversary with Anthony Tucker-Jones: Episode 74

Scott Bury, May 2, 2025May 16, 2026

On 2 May 1945, Red Army soldiers raised the Soviet Red Banner with hammer and sickle on the cupola of the Reichstag in Berlin. For the 80th anniversary of that famous photograph, Anthony Tucker-Jones joins the ‘cast to discuss the Fall of Berlin. “Raising a Flag over the Reichstag” shows…

Season 3

World War 2 links to Ukraine: The Latest: A conversation with Francis Dearnley—Episode 71

Scott Bury, March 31, 2025May 16, 2026

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

Scott Bury, January 26, 2025May 15, 2026

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…

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