Military History Club Podcast

James Holland on 'The Visionaries'

Saul David — Wed, 20 May 2026 09:56:48 +0100

MHC founder Saul David talks to James Holland about his new book The Visionaries: The Making of the Post-World War II Order in the West

Antonia Senior on 'Stalin's Apostles'

Saul David — Fri, 01 May 2026 11:00:01 +0100

MHC founder Saul David talks to Antonia Senior about her new book Stalin’s Apostles: The Cambridge Five and the Making of the Soviet Union (Book of the Month for April and the subject of May’s lecture).

Paul O'Keeffe on 'Trafalgar: Battle and Aftermath'

Saul David — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0100

MHC founder Saul David talks to Paul O’Keeffe about his new book Trafalgar: Battle and Aftermath.

Sir Antony Beevor

Saul David — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:21:03 +0000

MHC founder Saul David talks to bestselling and prizewinning war historian Sir Antony Beevor about his life and work, and his new book Rasputin and the Downfall of the Romanovs

Helen Carr on her life and work

Saul David — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 01:00:00 +0000

MHC founder Saul David talks to Medieval historian Helen Carr about her life and work, including her time as a researcher on BBC Radio 4’s ‘In Our Time’, and her two critically acclaimed and bestselling histories The Red Prince and Sceptred Isle.

Professor Gary Sheffield

Saul David — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 09:56:06 +0000

MHC founder Saul David speaks to Professor Gary Sheffield, the celebrated historian, about his life and work, his forthcoming publication Civilian Armies: British and Dominion Soldiers’ Experience in Two World Wars, and also an exciting collaboration they have planned for the club in 2026.

Eleo Gordon

Saul David — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 01:00:00 +0000

MHC founder Saul David talks to Eleo Gordon about her extraordinary 40 year career at Penguin publishing some of Britain's best military historians, including Sir Antony Beevor, Lyn MacDonald, Hugh Sebag-Montefiore, Geoff Wellum and, of course, Saul himself.

Hugh Sebag-Montefiore on 'Battle of the Arctic'

Saul David — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 01:00:00 +0000

MHC founder Saul David talks to Hugh Sebag-Montefiore about his excellent new book Battle of the Arctic: The Maritime Epic of World War Two.

Roger Moorhouse on 'Wolfpack'

Saul David — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 01:00:00 +0100

Military History Club founder Saul David talks to Roger Moorhouse about his new book Wolfpack: Inside Hitler's U-Boat War.

Rob Gallimore on 'Combat'

Saul David — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 12:49:24 +0100

MHC founder Saul David talks to Rob Gallimore, an ex-major in the Welsh Guards, about his service in Afghanistan, and the three ‘sensations’ that soldiers typically feel in combat.

Iain MacGregor on 'The Hiroshima Men'

Saul David — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 01:00:00 +0100

MHC founder Saul David talks to Iain MacGregor about his new book The Hiroshima Men: The Quest to Build the Atomic Bomb, and the Fateful Decision to Use It.

Max Hastings on 'Sword'

Saul David — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 01:00:00 +0100

MHC founder Saul David talks to Sir Max Hastings about his new book 'Sword: D-Day Trial by Battle'

Jack Bowsher on 'Thunder Run'

Saul David — Sun, 01 Jun 2025 01:00:00 +0100

MHC founder Saul David talks to Jack Bowsher about his new book 'Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945'

James Holland and Al Murray on Victory '45

Saul David — Thu, 01 May 2025 01:00:00 +0100

MHC founder Saul David talks to James Holland and Al Murray about their new book Victory ’45: The End of the War in Eight Surrenders.

Richard Overy on Rain of Ruin

Saul David — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 01:00:00 +0100

MHC founder Saul David talks to Professor Richard Overy about his new book Rain of Ruin: Tokyo, Hiroshima and the Surrender of Japan, the club's Book of the Month for March 2025.

Gordon Corrigan on the Duke of Wellington

Saul David — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 01:00:00 +0000

MHC founder Saul David talks to historian Gordon Corrigan about the Duke of Wellington, one of Britain's finest generals and the subject of Gordon's 2001 biography, Wellington: A Military Life.

Adam LeBor on The Last Days of Budapest

Saul David — Sat, 01 Feb 2025 01:00:00 +0000

MHC founder Saul David talks to historian and author Adam LeBor about his new book The Last Days of Budapest: Spies, Nazis, Rescuers and Resistance, 1940-1945 (January’s Book of the Month).

Saul David and Roger Moorhouse on Wolfpack and Tunisgrad

Saul David — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0000

MHC founder Saul David talks to Roger Moorhouse about their forthcoming books: Wolfpack: Hitler's U-boat War 1939-1945 (RM) and Tunisgrad: Destroying the Axis, 1942-43 (SD).

James Fenelon on Four Hours of Fury

Saul David — Sun, 01 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0000

MHC founder Saul David talks to James Fenelon about his new book 'Four Hours of Fury: The Untold Story of World War II"s Largest Airborne Operation and the Final Push into Nazi Germany

James Holland on Cassino '44

Saul David — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0100

MHC founder Saul David talks to James Holland about his new book Cassino '44: Five months of hell in Italy

Al Murray on Arnhem: Black Tuesday

Saul David — Sun, 01 Sep 2024 01:00:00 +0100

MHC founder Saul David talks to Al Murray about his new book Arnhem: Black Tuesday

Patrick Bishop on Paris '44

Saul David — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 01:00:00 +0100

MHC founder Saul David talks to Patrick Bishop about his brilliant new book Paris '44: The Shame and the Glory.

Nick Hewitt on 'Normandy: The Sailors' Story'

Saul David — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 01:00:00 +0100

MHC founder Saul David talks to Nick Hewitt about his new book Normandy: The Sailors' Story.

Sir Max Hastings on 'Operation Biting'

Saul David — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 01:00:00 +0100

MHC founder Saul David talks to Sir Max Hastings about his new book Operation Biting: The 1942 Parachute Assault to Capture Hitler’s Radar.

Evan Mawdsley on 'Supremacy at Sea'

Saul David — Wed, 01 May 2024 01:00:00 +0100

MHC founder Saul David talks to Evan Mawdsley about his new book Supremacy at Sea: Task Force 58 and the Central Pacific Victory, which covers the lead up to and course of the seminal Battle of the Philippine Sea in 1944.

Robert Lyman on 'Slim: Master of War'

Saul David — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 01:00:00 +0100

MHC founder Saul David talks to Rob Lyman about Slim: Master of War, his classic biography of one of Britain's finest commanders, Field Marshal Viscount 'Bill' Slim.

Henry Hemming on 'Four Shots in the Night'

Saul David — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 01:00:00 +0000

Patrick Bishop on 'Bomber Boys'

Saul David — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 01:00:00 +0000

To coincide with the release of the new Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg mini-series Masters of the Air, Patrick Bishop speaks to MHC founder Saul David about Bomber Boys, his classic and bestselling account of the British airmen who flew bombing raids over occupied Europe in World War II.

Jonathan Sumption on 'Triumph and Illusion'

Saul David — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 01:00:00 +0000

Jonathan (Lord) Sumption KC, former Justice on the Supreme Court, talks to MHC founder Saul David about Triumph and Illusion, the fifth and final volume of his monumental history of the Hundred Years War.

James Holland on 'The Savage Storm'

Saul David — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +0000

Bestselling historian and podcaster James Holland speaks to MHC founder Saul David about his new book The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943.:

Andrew Roberts on 'Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare'

Saul David — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 01:00:00 +0000

Andrew (Lord) Roberts spoke to MHC founder Saul David about his new book Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine that he co-authored with General David Petraeus.

Larisa Brown on 'The Gardener of Lashkar Gah'

Saul David — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 01:00:00 +0100

MHC founder Saul David talks to Larisa Brown, The Times’ defence editor, about her deeply researched and moving new book The Gardener of Lashkar Gah: The Afghans who risked everything to fight the Taliban.

Matthew Parker on 'One Fine Day'

Saul David — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 01:00:00 +0100

Saul David talks to Matthew Parker about his new book One Fine Day: 29 September 1923 - Britain's Empire on the Brink.

Roger Moorhouse on 'The Forgers'

Saul David — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 01:00:00 +0100

Saul David talks to Roger Moorhouse about his new book The Forgers: The Forgotten Story of the Holocaust's Most Audacious Rescue Operation.

Robert Sackville-West on 'The Searchers'

Saul David — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 13:00:00 +0100

Saul David talks to Robert Sackville-West about his new book The Searchers: The Quest for the Lost of the First World War.

Tom Whipple on 'The Battle of the Beams'

Saul David — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 01:00:00 +0100

Tom Whipple, Science Editor for The Times, talks to Saul about his new history of the science war, The Battle of the Beams: The Secret Science That Turned the Tide of World War Two.

Katja Hoyer on 'Beyond the Wall'

Saul David — Mon, 01 May 2023 13:00:00 +0100

Bestselling German-British historian Katja Hoyer talks to Saul about her new critically-acclaimed history of East Germany, Beyond the Wall.

Sarah Jobling and 'Rome's Forgotten War'

Saul David — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 01:00:00 +0100

TV director Sarah Jobling talks to Saul about the film 'Rome's Forgotten War' that she is about to make for the Content Club.

Norman S. Poser on 'From the Battlefield to the Stage'

Saul David — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 01:00:00 +0000

Military History Club founder Saul David talks to Norman S. Poser about his new book 'From the Battlefield to the Stage: The Many Lives of General John Burgoyne'

Robert Lyman on 'A War of Empires'

Saul David — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 01:00:00 +0000

MHC founder Saul David talks to Robert Lyman about his new book 'A War of Empires'

Ben Macintyre on 'Colditz'

Saul David — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 01:00:00 +0000

MHC founder Saul David talks to Ben Macintyre about his new bestseller 'Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle'

Huw J. Davies on 'The Wandering Army'

Saul David — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 01:00:00 +0000

MHC founder Saul David talks to Huw J. Davies about his new book 'The Wandering Army: The Campaigns that Transformed the British Way of War'

Damien Lewis on 'SAS: Brothers in Arms'

Saul David — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 01:00:00 +0000

MHC founder Saul David talks to Damien Lewis about his new book 'SAS: Brothers in Arms'

Sir Max Hastings on 'Abyss'

Saul David — Sat, 01 Oct 2022 01:00:00 +0100

MHC founder Saul David talks to Max Hastings about his timely new book 'Abyss: The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962'

Will Iredale on 'The Path Finders'

Saul David — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 13:00:00 +0100

MHC founder Saul David talks to Iain Will Iredale about his bestselling new book 'The Pathfinders: The Elite RAF Force that Turned the Tide of WWII'

Iain MacGregor

Saul David — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 13:00:00 +0100

MHC founder Saul David talks to Iain MacGregor about his new book 'The Lighthouse of Stalingrad: The Hidden Truth at the Centre of WWII's Greatest Battle'

Gavin Mortimer

Saul David — Fri, 01 Jul 2022 01:00:00 +0100

MHC founder Saul David talks to Gavin Mortimer about his controversial new biography 'David Stirling: The Phoney Major – The Life, Times and Truth about the Founder of the SAS'

Sir Antony Beevor

Saul David — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 01:00:00 +0100

MHC founder Saul David talks to bestselling and prize-winning historian Sir Antony Beevor about his latest book 'Russia: Revolution and Civil War, 1917-1921'

Jessie Childs

Saul David — Sun, 01 May 2022 01:00:00 +0100

MHC founder Saul David talks to prize-winning historian Jessie Childs about her new book 'The Siege of Loyalty House', set during the English Civil War of 1643-46.

General Sir Mike Jackson

Saul David — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0100

Club founder Saul David talks to General Sir Mike Jackson, the British Army's former chief of General Staff, about his long relationship with Russia and the Russians, his careful handling of Russian troops at Pristina Airport in Kosovo in 1999 (when Jackson was commanding KFOR), and Russia's recent invasion of Ukraine.

Richard B. Frank

Saul David — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 01:00:00 +0000

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

Saul David — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 01:00:00 +0000

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

Saul David — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000

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).