Richard B. Frank is an American lawyer and historian. He is the author of a number of critically-acclaimed books, including Guadalcanal (1990), Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire and, most recently, Tower of Skulls (2020), the first instalment of a 3-volume history of the Asia-Pacific War. He served a tour of duty in Vietnam as an aerofile platoon leader in the 101st Airborne Division.

Patrick Bishop is a former war correspondent and Sunday Times bestselling author of Fighter Boys (2003), 3 Para (2006), Bomber Boys (2007) and Air Force Blue (2018). In this podcast, he discusses his latest book Operation Jubilee: Dieppe 1942 (2021).

Richard Overy is one of the world's leading historians of Nazi Germany and World War II. His many prize-winning and bestselling books include The Road to War (1989), Why the Allies Won (1995), Russia's War (1997), The Dictators (2004), The Bombing War (2013) and, the discussion of this podcast, Blood and Ruins (2021).