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WW2: Both Sides of The Wire
By Prof. Matthias Strohn & Jesse AlexanderHistory
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WW2: Both Sides of The Wire episodes
- Episode 30: The OTHER D-Day in France: Operation Dragoon Part 1
In today’s episode, we’ll take a trip to the sunny coast of southern France! But don’t worry, dear listeners, we’re not going to talk about nude beaches and champagne - we’re going to talk about another D-Day in France: Operation Dragoon and the invasion of southern France in August 1944.
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- Production: Linus Klaßen
- Editing: Hunter Christensen & Linus Klaßen
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45 min - Episode 29: World War 2 Films
In today`s episode, it gets personal. We`re headed for the bright lights of Hollywood and the big screen! We`ll play the role of film buff and film critic, and share our opinions on the best - or at least our favourite - WW2 films
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52 min - Episode 28: Dieppe - The Disaster Unfolds
In today’s episode, we continue the story of the disastrous raid on Dieppe in 1942. How and why did the Allied plan go wrong, what happened on the beaches, and what did the Germans think of the whole affair?
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1 hr 14 min - Episode 27: Dieppe - The Mystery of Why
In today’s episode, we’ll make a stop on the French coast at the port town of Dieppe - the site of a raid-gone-wrong in 1942, the source of a Canadian tragedy, and the cause of heated debates about why this ill-fated battle even happened at all.
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- Production & Editing: Linus Klaßen
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48 min - Episode 26: Pearl Harbor - Lack of Oil or Chinese Quagmire?
In this episode, we continue our investigation of the Japanese decision to attack Pearl Harbour. Today we pick up the story in 1937, when Japan took the fateful decision to launch a full-scale invasion of China, a crucial step on the road to December 7, 1941.
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- Production & Editing: Linus Klaßen
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58 min - Episode 25: Pearl Harbor - Japan and the China Problem
In today’s episode, we’re going to put a new twist on an old favourite that is shrouded in its share of WW2 mythology: why did Japan decide to attack the United States at Pearl Harbor in 1941? Was it really only the oil embargo that tipped the balance, or is the story more complex?
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- Host: Prof. Dr. Matthias Strohn & Jesse Alexander
- Production & Editing: Linus Klaßen
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41 min - Episode 24: D-Day, Deception, Deceit: Operation Fortitude
In today’s episode we’re going to go behind the scenes to unpack what might have been the most important deception Operation of the Second World War: Operation Fortitude. Was it all just smoke and mirrors or did Allied lies win the Normandy campaign?
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- Production & Editing: Linus Klaßen
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53 min - Episode 23: End Game in Africa -Tunisgrad 1943
In today’s episode, we’re off to North Africa to dissect the Desert Fox’s last battle in the field and the US Army’s baptism of fire against the Wehrmacht. A campaign that sealed the fate of the Axis in Africa and that some have controversially nicknamed Tunisgrad.
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Credits:
- Host: Prof. Dr. Matthias Strohn & Jesse Alexander
- Production & Editing: Linus Klaßen
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1 hr 5 min - Episode 22: U-Boats
In today’s episode, we’ll get our feet wet in what Winston Churchill once called the most critical battle of the war: the Battle of the Atlantic. And of course the main part of this struggle for mastery of the seas was waged on the German side by submarines - the famous U-Boats, who did their utmost to strangle Britain and win the war for Germany.
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- Production & Editing: Linus Klaßen
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1 hr 11 min - Episode 21: Memory Part 2 - The Legacy of WW2 in Russia, USA and UK
In today’s episode we’re going to revisit a hot topic - a political topic even! That is the memory of the Second World War. Today we’re going to look at the legacy of how WW2 is remembered, commemorated, used and abused, and even enlisted on the political battlefield in the Allied Big Three - the USSR, US and UK.
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1 hr 13 min
About WW2: Both Sides of The Wire
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World War 2: Both Sides of the Wire is the podcast that takes you beyond the familiar and dives deep into the untold stories and surprising truths of the Second World War from the Allied and Axis perspectives.
Join us as we lift the lid on one of the most pivotal periods in human history, busting myths and unraveling the complexities of a conflict that still shapes our world today.
Host: Prof. Matthias Strohn & Jesse Alexander
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