Second World War podcast episodes

Bestselling author and historian Ben Macintyre joins us to discuss one of the most infamous German PoW camps of the Second World War

Giles Whittell tells the story of the 1942 St Nazaire Raid, an audacious attack by British commandos on German-occupied France

Brendan Simms and Steven McGregor explore the reasons behind the United States’ victory in the 1942 Pacific naval battle

Keith Lowe speaks to Imperial War Museum curators about creating their new galleries on the Holocaust and the Second World War

Keith Lowe talks to Matt Elton about how today’s conflict between Russia and Ukraine can be traced back to the Second World War

Caroline Shenton reveals the secret mission to save Britain’s national artworks and artefacts from the Nazis during the Second World War

John Martin charts the mission to save Britain from starvation during the Second World War

If 1940 was the year in which Winston Churchill’s reputation was forged, 1942 was the one in which it was almost destroyed. Taylor Downing chronicles a terrible period for the prime minister – both on the battlefield and in the court of public opinion

Ben Macintyre discusses the real history behind the new film Operation Mincemeat

Helen Fry discusses British intelligence officer Thomas Kendrick, who helped swing the Second World War in favour of the Allies

Tessa Dunlop explores the lives of the last surviving women who served in Britain’s armed forces during the Second World War

Simon Parkin discusses a WW2 internment camp on the Isle of Man that housed a dazzling array of artists, academics and musicians

James Holland relates the story of a British tank regiment, from D-Day until the defeat of Nazi Germany