Season 04 (2021)

Week 123 - The Formation of the United Nations! - WW2 - January 2, 1942
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January 2, 2021 • 17m

At the ongoing Arcadia Conference, 26 nations sign the Declaration of the United Nations. Otherwise it is very much a week of moti...Read more

Week 124 - Washington DC Abandons The Troops in the Field - WW2 - January 9, 1942
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January 9, 2021 • 19m

The US government realizes that it cannot send help to relieve the US and Filipino forces in the Philippines, but it does not tell...Read more

Week 125 - German U-Boats to Strike New York - WW2 - January 16, 1942
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January 16, 2021 • 17m

Operation Pauchenslag, long-range German submarines operating just of the US Coast, kicks into action this week, as does the Japan...Read more

Week 126 - The Formalization of Extermination - The Wannsee Conference - WW2 - January 23, 1942
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January 23, 2021 • 17m

Nazi Germany's "Holocaust by Bullets" has already claimed over a million lives over the past 8 months; this week German authoritie...Read more

Week 127 - Fortress Singapore Stands Alone! - WW2 - January 30, 1942
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January 30, 2021 • 16m

The Japanese advance on Singapore has gotten close enough that the British have destroyed the causeway to Singapore Island. The Ja...Read more

Week 128 - Pearl Harbour Avenged! - WW2 - February 6, 1942
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February 6, 2021 • 17m

The Japanese advance in Burma and the Dutch East Indies, but they've reached the end of the Malayan Campaign- Singapore, which the...Read more

Week 129- German Army Surrounded: You Did Nazi That Coming! - WW2 - February 13, 1942
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February 13, 2021 • 18m

The Soviet Red Army has managed to surround some 100,000 German soldiers in the Demyansk Pocket. The Allies are surrounded in Fort...Read more

Week 130 - Britain's Worst Defeat - Singapore Falls - WW2 - February 20, 1942
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February 20, 2021 • 17m

The most humiliating defeat in British history according to Winston Churchill- 80,000 men lost as prisoners of war! Humiliated by ...Read more

Week 131 - Japan Destroys Allied Armada in Biggest Naval Battle in Decades - WW2 - February 27, 1942
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February 27, 2021 • 17m

The Japanese are advancing in the Dutch East Indies and Burma, brushing aside defenders, but their biggest victory this week is at...Read more

The Japanese Raid Australia and the British Raid France - March 6, 1942
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March 6, 2021

The Japanese advance in Burma continues, threatening Rangoon, and also make landings on Java and New Guinea. They even go so far a...Read more

Week 133 - Tumbling Capitals - MacArthur on the Run - WW2 - March 13, 1942
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March 13, 2021 • 16m

Rangoon in Burma falls to the invaders without a shot, the Dutch East Indies surrender 100,000 men to them at Batavia, and the Jap...Read more

Week 134 - Crap Tactics in the Pacific - Shall MacArthur Return? - WW2 - March 20, 1942
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March 20, 2021 • 16m

MacArthur makes one of the most iconic remarks of the whole war, but considering the fact that the Philippines seem unsalvageable,...Read more

Week 135 - New Blitzkrieg Against a Wall of 9 Million! - WW2 - March 27, 1942
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March 27, 2021 • 16m

The Allies make plans to bring the war to Germany by possibly attacking in North Africa. Holding Malta might be the key to such ad...Read more

Week 136 - The Carpet Bombing of Germany begins - WW2 - April 3, 1942
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April 3, 2021 • 18m

Britain's campaign to firebomb the old towns of Germany where civilians reside begins in earnest this week. The British also destr...Read more

Week 137 - America Surrenders - The Fall of Bataan - April 10, 1942
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April 10, 2021 • 16m

After holding out since the beginning of the year, the American and Filipino defenders at Bataan can do so no more, and they surre...Read more

Week 138 - America Strikes Back - Tokyo in Flames - WW2 - April 18 1942
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April 17, 2021 • 17m

The Doolittle Raid is just a little bombing raid over Tokyo that doesn't do that much physical damage. It does, however, have big ...Read more

Week 139 - Allied Intelligence cracks Japanese codes! - WW2 - April 25, 1942
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April 24, 2021 • 16m

After last week's Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, pretty much the entire Japanese fleet is sent out looking for American ships. They do n...Read more

Week 140 - Japan - One Battle from Victory? - May 2, 1942
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May 1, 2021 • 16m

Now Burma and control of the Burma Road have fallen to the Japanese. Can nothing stop them? The Allies are thinking about maybe us...Read more

Week 141 - Carrier vs. Carrier - The Battle of Coral Sea - WW2 - May 9, 1942
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May 8, 2021 • 19m

This week sees a major clash between the naval forces of the Japanese and the Allies. Both sides take big damage, though on the ta...Read more

Week 142 - Joseph Stalin Jumps the Gun - May 16, 1942
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May 15, 2021 • 16m

The Soviets pre-empt a German offensive with one of their own in the south of the Eastern Front, but that's not the only fighting....Read more

Week 143 - AF is short of fresh water - WW2 - May 23, 1942
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May 22, 2021 • 16m

Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov arrives in London to meet with Churchill, but at home in the USSR the Germans have launched an ins...Read more

Week 144 - Rommel's Desert Dash - The Whole Bloody Afrika Korps! - Gazala - WW2 - May 30, 1942
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May 29, 2021 • 17m

Erwin Rommel begins his surprise new offensive with "Rommel's Moonlight Ride", bringing all of his mighty mobile units to the fray...Read more

Week 145a - Midway, pt.1 - Clash of the Titans - June 5, 1942
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June 5, 2021 • 20m

The supposedly surprise Japanese operations against Midway Atoll and the Aleutian Islands kick-off, but they don't know that Allie...Read more

Week 145b - Germany to Strike Strongest Fortress in the World - WW2 - June 6, 1942
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June 6, 2021 • 17m

Midway isn't the only fight right now. Germany is trying to crack the mighty fortress of Sevastopol and take the whole Crimea. In ...Read more

Week 145c - Midway pt.2 - A New War? - WW2 - June 7, 1942
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June 7, 2021 • 18m

We left off last time with several burning behemoths. Watch today to see the action that follows, not just on the high seas, but a...Read more

Week 146 - Sevastopol Must Fall! - WW2 - June 13, 1942
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June 12, 2021 • 17m

It's a week of starts and stops. The Battle of Sevastopol kicks into high gear, and the Battle of Gazala enters its third phase. A...Read more

Week 147 - Tobruk: A second siege? - WW2 - June 20, 1942
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June 19, 2021 • 16m

Two convoys head from opposite ends of the Mediterranean to supply Malta, hoping to run interference for each other, and the Battl...Read more

Week 148 - Fall Blau Starts...or Does it? - WW2 - June 26, 1942
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June 26, 2021 • 18m

Fall Blau, the huge Axis summer offensive in the Soviet Union, is supposed to being this, but is postponed to next. The smaller Op...Read more

Week 149 - Fall Blau Begins, Stalin Caught off Guard Again - WW2 - July 3, 1942
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July 3, 2021 • 19m

It's that time of the year again- the time when the Axis Powers drive deep into the Soviet Union. Fall Blau is the name of this ye...Read more

Week 150 - Fall Blau - A Victim of Its Own Success? - WW2 - July 10, 1942
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July 10, 2021 • 20m

Adolf Hitler is not happy, and yet phase one of Fall Blau has accomplished all of its goals and done so ahead of the timetable. Ho...Read more

Week 151 - Stalingrad Now a Primary Objective?! - Hitler's Chaotic Directives - WW2 - July 17, 1942
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July 17, 2021 • 16m

The second phase of Fall Blau begins with second guessing by the Axis Powers and constant changes in directive. The Soviet Union's...Read more

Week 152 - Wehrmacht Conquers 250 Miles of Nothing - WW2 - July 24, 1942
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July 24, 2021 • 19m

The Soviets keep withdrawing from the advancing Axis forces, and Hitler keeps issuing contrary orders to try and stop that, with t...Read more

Week 152B - How Hitler Created the World's Worst Traffic Jam - WW2 - July 27, 1942
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July 27, 2021 • 14m

"I said DAMN, this traffic jam... How I hate to be late, hurts my motor to go so slow. Time I get home my supper be cold. Damn, th...Read more

Week 153 - Not a Step Back! - Wehrmacht Closes in on Stalingrad - WW2 - July 31, 1942
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July 31, 2021 • 18m

Operation Edelweiss opens with a blast, and as the Wehrmacht closes in on Stalingrad, Stalin issues that famous order. There aren'...Read more

Week 154 - Guadalcanal - Allies Take the Initiative - August 7, 1942
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August 7, 2021 • 17m

The Axis Forces are on the move on the Eastern Front and in the Caucasus, but this week the Allies begin an offensive of their own...Read more

Week 155 - No Soviet Oil for Hitler - WW2 - August 14, 1942
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August 14, 2021 • 20m

The Axis advance into the Caucasus is going great... except the oil towns they take have no oil, and wasn't that the whole purpose...Read more

Week 156 - Swastika Raised on Highest Point in Europe - WW2 - August 21, 1942
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August 21, 2021 • 18m

The Axis advance in the Caucasus takes Mt. Elbrus, and the one on Stalingrad continues, and there are several raids of note this w...Read more

Week 157 - Yamamoto: Midway Round Two? - World War Two - August 28, 1942
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August 28, 2021 • 23m

The Battle of the Eastern Solomons takes place this week- another carrier battle. As for the Germans, they're advancing on Staling...Read more

Week 158 - This War is Three Years Old - WW2 - September 4, 1942
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September 4, 2021 • 18m

As the war turns three there is is no slacking in the fighting. Erwin Rommel launches another Axis attack in North Africa, but it ...Read more

Week 159 - Hitler Finally Fed Up with his Army - WW2 - September 11, 1942
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September 11, 2021 • 15m

Adolf Hitler sacks Wilhelm List, Army Group Commander in the Caucasus. His replacement does not have military command experience. ...Read more

Week 159B - Stalingrad, Hitler's Obsession - WW2 - September 13, 1942
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September 18, 2021 • 13m

Here's an extra weekly episode for you. The suburbs of Stalingrad have fallen and the fight for the city proper is about to begin,...Read more

Week 160 - Stalingrad Falls? - WW2 - September 18, 1942
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September 18, 2021 • 20m

It's a big week, but by now they all are. The fighting in Stalingrad is intense, the fighting on Guadalcanal is intense, and the ...Read more

Week 161 - Stalingrad, Factory by Factory, Room by Room - WW2 - September 25, 1942
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September 25, 2021 • 17m

Franz Halder, German Army Chief of Staff since the war began, loses his job this week, but the offensive this summer has failed to...Read more

Week 162 - This is Russia, The Soviet Thermopylae - WW2 - October 2, 1942
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October 2, 2021 • 19m

The fighting for Stalingrad continues, but the Soviets forces are split and the Volga is on fire. In the Caucasus, the Axis forces...Read more

Week 163 - Stalingrad Thunderdome: Paulus vs. Chuikov! - WW2 - October 9, 1942
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October 9, 2021 • 18m

Things are looking pretty grim for Vassily Chuikov's 62nd Army in Stalingrad this week, as the German 6th Army launches its bigges...Read more

Week 164 - Stalingrad, Stalingrad, No Retreat! - WW2 - October 16, 1942
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October 16, 2021 • 20m

The Americans win a naval victory off Guadalcanal and even manage to reinforce the Marines there with the first Army units to arri...Read more

Week 165 - Showdown at El Alamein - WW2 - October 23, 1942
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October 23, 2021 • 18m

Could this be the beginning of the big break in North Africa? The Allies have the men, the armor, and the fuel... they just have t...Read more

Week 166 - Nazi General Dies of Heart Attack - WW2 - October 30, 1942
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October 30, 2021 • 20m

The Allies may be on the verge of a breakthrough in North Africa, but they're losing at sea to the Japanese this week, and the Axi...Read more

Week 167 - The Allies Break Through! - WW2 - November 6, 1942
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November 6, 2021 • 18m

After all these months of fighting, the British 8th Army breaks through Erwin Rommel's Axis positions in North Africa, but the All...Read more

Week 168 - Axis and Allies Both Invade France - WW2 - November 13, 1942
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November 13, 2021 • 22m

Operation Torch goes off this week, the Allied invasion of French Northwest Africa, but this prompts the Germans to invade Europea...Read more

Week 169 - The Red Army Kicks Ass - Operation Uranus! - WW2 - November 20th, 1942
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November 20, 2021 • 19m

After months of stubborn defense the time has finally come for the Soviet Counterstroke, but is it in time to save Stalingrad? And...Read more

Week 170 - Bigger Than Uranus? - Mars - WW2 - November 27, 1942
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November 27, 2021 • 21m

Last week’s counterattack was just the beginning, for the Soviets launch another giant offensive this week. And things look bad fo...Read more

Week 171 - Axis Armies Facing Starvation - WW2 - December 4, 1942
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December 4, 2021 • 19m

The Soviets have launched offensives on the entire eastern front and by now hundreds of thousands of men are surrounded at Staling...Read more

Week 172 - One Year Since Pearl Harbour - WW2 - December 11, 1942
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December 11, 2021 • 20m

The Japanese try and fail to supply their starving soldiers. The Allies fail to break through in Tunisia and New Guinea. The fight...Read more

Week 173 - Guadalcanal Life Expectancy: 30 Days - WW2 - December 18, 1942
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December 18, 2021 • 17m

Just a few weeks ago massive offensives were launched in North Africa and the Soviet Union, against the Axis. These operations and...Read more

Week 174 - A Red Christmas - WW2 - December 25, 1942
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December 25, 2021 • 19m

The Soviet offensive Operation Mars is over; it has failed, but Operation Little Saturn has been such a success that the Axis are ...Read more