Unknown Warriors Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/unknown-warriors Leading historians challenge the received narratives of the First and Second World Wars (WW1 and WW2). Two podcast series of 10 Episodes each, created by Michael Baker. © Michael Baker. All rights reserved f17823cf-2f43-5ba3-ade7-98ca11d72180 no en Thu, 30 Oct 2025 18:34:28 +0000 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 20:37:20 +0000 https://www.unknownwarriorspod.co.uk https://img.transistor.fm/sNNNs_PKy_xpmHESKjAVRzmuKF5i3B-d1VfKRvghDVI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzU1MTEvMTYzMzcx/MTYzOS1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.jpg Unknown Warriors https://www.unknownwarriorspod.co.uk serial Michael Baker Leading historians challenge the received narratives of the First and Second World Wars (WW1 and WW2). Two podcast series of 10 Episodes each, created by Michael Baker. Leading historians challenge the received narratives of the First and Second World Wars (WW1 and WW2). First World War (WW1), Second World War (WW2), Western Front, Eastern Front, shell shock, remembrance, commemoration, casualties, Indian Army, Somme, atrocities, poison gas, German high command, Hindenburg, Hundred Days, year of victory, war without end, attrition, 'Britain alone?, Churchill, Chamberlain, appeasement, global war, winning and losing, food, shipping, Pacific War, Holocaust, Final Solution, Lebensraum, Hunger Plan, Soviet POWs, Soviet-German war, Stalin, Zhukov, resistance, partisans, Jewish uprising, Depression, Good War, Greatest Generation, desertion, rapes, anarchy, bombing, Blitz, Veronika Dankeschons, displaced persons (DPs), refugees Michael Baker contact@unknownwarriorspod.co.uk No No WW1/Episode 1 - 100 Years On 1 1 1 1 WW1/Episode 1 - 100 Years On full 0a85265a-bca5-40d0-81df-c43ef4da4e1b https://share.transistor.fm/s/8ff4cfec See above under Episode Summary

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]]> Mon, 26 Feb 2024 13:00:00 +0000 Michael Baker and Heather Jones Michael Baker and Heather Jones 2259 The popular British view of the First World War is now very outdated. PROFESSOR HEATHER JONES explains how professional historians have transformed the landscape since the 1960s. What’s emerging, at the centenary, is a much more complex and diverse picture. The popular British view of the First World War is now very outdated. PROFESSOR HEATHER JONES explains how professional historians have transformed the landscape since the 1960s. What’s emerging, at the centenary, is a much more complex and diverse pictur First World War (WW1), Second World War (WW2), Western Front, Eastern Front, shell shock, remembrance, commemoration, casualties, Indian Army, Somme, atrocities, poison gas, German high command, Hindenburg, Hundred Days, year of victory, war without end, attrition, 'Britain alone?, Churchill, Chamberlain, appeasement, global war, winning and losing, food, shipping, Pacific War, Holocaust, Final Solution, Lebensraum, Hunger Plan, Soviet POWs, Soviet-German war, Stalin, Zhukov, resistance, partisans, Jewish uprising, Depression, Good War, Greatest Generation, desertion, rapes, anarchy, bombing, Blitz, Veronika Dankeschons, displaced persons (DPs), refugees No WW1/Episode 2 - The Western Front 1 1 2 2 WW1/Episode 2 - The Western Front full 863fa8ce-5535-4ca1-afbf-d79e28772a12 https://share.transistor.fm/s/cccc7a5d See above under Episode Summary

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]]> Mon, 26 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000 Michael Baker and Gary Sheffield Michael Baker and Gary Sheffield 2118 The popular British narrative depicts the war on the Western Front as wasteful and futile. PROFESSOR GARY SHEFFIELD shows such a view is misplaced: this war had to be fought and won. The Allies learned the hard way how to cope in unprecedented battle conditions, but ultimately overcame their mistakes to inflict a decisive defeat on the Germans. The popular British narrative depicts the war on the Western Front as wasteful and futile. PROFESSOR GARY SHEFFIELD shows such a view is misplaced: this war had to be fought and won. The Allies learned the hard way how to cope in unprecedented battle cond First World War (WW1), Second World War (WW2), Western Front, Eastern Front, shell shock, remembrance, commemoration, casualties, Indian Army, Somme, atrocities, poison gas, German high command, Hindenburg, Hundred Days, year of victory, war without end, attrition, 'Britain alone?, Churchill, Chamberlain, appeasement, global war, winning and losing, food, shipping, Pacific War, Holocaust, Final Solution, Lebensraum, Hunger Plan, Soviet POWs, Soviet-German war, Stalin, Zhukov, resistance, partisans, Jewish uprising, Depression, Good War, Greatest Generation, desertion, rapes, anarchy, bombing, Blitz, Veronika Dankeschons, displaced persons (DPs), refugees No WW1/Episode 3 - Through German Eyes 1 1 3 3 WW1/Episode 3 - Through German Eyes full c73feae4-329c-47bd-8fea-235a727f6e08 https://share.transistor.fm/s/86ae4cb2 See above under Episode Summary

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]]> Mon, 26 Feb 2024 15:00:00 +0000 Michael Baker and Jonathan Boff Michael Baker and Jonathan Boff 1803 Trans-national and comparative history has deepened our understanding of the First World War. DR JONATHAN BOFF looks at the Western Front from the German perspective, throwing new light on the major campaigns of this trench-bound struggle and on the final German collapse in 1918. Trans-national and comparative history has deepened our understanding of the First World War. DR JONATHAN BOFF looks at the Western Front from the German perspective, throwing new light on the major campaigns of this trench-bound struggle and on the final First World War (WW1), Second World War (WW2), Western Front, Eastern Front, shell shock, remembrance, commemoration, casualties, Indian Army, Somme, atrocities, poison gas, German high command, Hindenburg, Hundred Days, year of victory, war without end, attrition, 'Britain alone?, Churchill, Chamberlain, appeasement, global war, winning and losing, food, shipping, Pacific War, Holocaust, Final Solution, Lebensraum, Hunger Plan, Soviet POWs, Soviet-German war, Stalin, Zhukov, resistance, partisans, Jewish uprising, Depression, Good War, Greatest Generation, desertion, rapes, anarchy, bombing, Blitz, Veronika Dankeschons, displaced persons (DPs), refugees No WW1/Episode 4 - Crossing The Line 1 1 4 4 WW1/Episode 4 - Crossing The Line full b1091543-92e7-4ba2-8c54-b563de7bdfba https://share.transistor.fm/s/440905d3 See above under Episode Summary

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]]> Mon, 26 Feb 2024 16:00:00 +0000 Michael Baker and Diana Preston Michael Baker and Diana Preston 1742 Before 1914 international rules were established to govern the conduct of warfare. DIANA PRESTON explains how all sides in the First World War rapidly overran key red lines as they sought to secure a military advantage. In the course of a mere six weeks in 1915, the world changed forever. Before 1914 international rules were established to govern the conduct of warfare. DIANA PRESTON explains how all sides in the First World War rapidly overran key red lines as they sought to secure a military advantage. In the course of a mere six weeks i First World War (WW1), Second World War (WW2), Western Front, Eastern Front, shell shock, remembrance, commemoration, casualties, Indian Army, Somme, atrocities, poison gas, German high command, Hindenburg, Hundred Days, year of victory, war without end, attrition, 'Britain alone?, Churchill, Chamberlain, appeasement, global war, winning and losing, food, shipping, Pacific War, Holocaust, Final Solution, Lebensraum, Hunger Plan, Soviet POWs, Soviet-German war, Stalin, Zhukov, resistance, partisans, Jewish uprising, Depression, Good War, Greatest Generation, desertion, rapes, anarchy, bombing, Blitz, Veronika Dankeschons, displaced persons (DPs), refugees No WW1/Episode 5 - Shell Shock 1 1 5 5 WW1/Episode 5 - Shell Shock full fcd0ec14-d4c5-410a-9327-01eea0703c2e https://share.transistor.fm/s/ff2e72d9 See above under Episode Summary

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]]> Mon, 26 Feb 2024 16:05:00 +0000 Michael Baker and Taylor Downing Michael Baker and Taylor Downing 1722 Shell shock was unknown before the First World War. TAYLOR DOWNING shows how it reached crisis levels at the battle of the Somme, drawing a brutal response from the British Army. The medical establishment were divided over how to deal with it and the military were terrified that it would undermine morale and effectiveness. Shell shock was unknown before the First World War. TAYLOR DOWNING shows how it reached crisis levels at the battle of the Somme, drawing a brutal response from the British Army. The medical establishment were divided over how to deal with it and the mili First World War (WW1), Second World War (WW2), Western Front, Eastern Front, shell shock, remembrance, commemoration, casualties, Indian Army, Somme, atrocities, poison gas, German high command, Hindenburg, Hundred Days, year of victory, war without end, attrition, 'Britain alone?, Churchill, Chamberlain, appeasement, global war, winning and losing, food, shipping, Pacific War, Holocaust, Final Solution, Lebensraum, Hunger Plan, Soviet POWs, Soviet-German war, Stalin, Zhukov, resistance, partisans, Jewish uprising, Depression, Good War, Greatest Generation, desertion, rapes, anarchy, bombing, Blitz, Veronika Dankeschons, displaced persons (DPs), refugees No WW1/Episode 6 - The Indian Experience 1 1 6 6 WW1/Episode 6 - The Indian Experience full 36277425-bcdf-47e3-8fb1-141e00a33baa https://share.transistor.fm/s/0bd7a923 See above in Episode Summary

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]]> Mon, 26 Feb 2024 16:10:00 +0000 Michael Baker and George Morton Jack Michael Baker and George Morton Jack 1886 1.5 million Indians volunteered to fight for Britain during the First World War. As GEORGE MORTON JACK reveals, their story has too often been ignored or misunderstood. For Britain, the conflict was partly about defending its huge empire, and the Indians, colonial subjects vulnerable to growing nationalism at home, were critical to this struggle. 1.5 million Indians volunteered to fight for Britain during the First World War. As GEORGE MORTON JACK reveals, their story has too often been ignored or misunderstood. For Britain, the conflict was partly about defending its huge empire, and the Indians, First World War (WW1), Second World War (WW2), Western Front, Eastern Front, shell shock, remembrance, commemoration, casualties, Indian Army, Somme, atrocities, poison gas, German high command, Hindenburg, Hundred Days, year of victory, war without end, attrition, 'Britain alone?, Churchill, Chamberlain, appeasement, global war, winning and losing, food, shipping, Pacific War, Holocaust, Final Solution, Lebensraum, Hunger Plan, Soviet POWs, Soviet-German war, Stalin, Zhukov, resistance, partisans, Jewish uprising, Depression, Good War, Greatest Generation, desertion, rapes, anarchy, bombing, Blitz, Veronika Dankeschons, displaced persons (DPs), refugees No WW1/Episode 7 - Year of Victory 1 1 7 7 WW1/Episode 7 - Year of Victory full c10d1de2-8187-4961-9141-fadec1bcb5e3 https://share.transistor.fm/s/322e6e19 See above in Episode Summary

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]]> Mon, 26 Feb 2024 16:15:00 +0000 Michael Baker and Peter Hart Michael Baker and Peter Hart 1542 In the popular British narrative, 1918 is the ‘forgotten year’ of the First World War. PETER HART explains how, in fact, it was vital to turning stalemate into Allied victory. After the Germans failed in their last great gamble to win the war in massive spring offensives, the Allied coalition relentlessly pressed home its growing advantage in men and resources to force a final German retreat. In the popular British narrative, 1918 is the ‘forgotten year’ of the First World War. PETER HART explains how, in fact, it was vital to turning stalemate into Allied victory. After the Germans failed in their last great gamble to win the war in massive s First World War (WW1), Second World War (WW2), Western Front, Eastern Front, shell shock, remembrance, commemoration, casualties, Indian Army, Somme, atrocities, poison gas, German high command, Hindenburg, Hundred Days, year of victory, war without end, attrition, 'Britain alone?, Churchill, Chamberlain, appeasement, global war, winning and losing, food, shipping, Pacific War, Holocaust, Final Solution, Lebensraum, Hunger Plan, Soviet POWs, Soviet-German war, Stalin, Zhukov, resistance, partisans, Jewish uprising, Depression, Good War, Greatest Generation, desertion, rapes, anarchy, bombing, Blitz, Veronika Dankeschons, displaced persons (DPs), refugees No WW1/Episode 8 - War Without End 1 1 8 8 WW1/Episode 8 - War Without End full 1939408a-b2a0-4e91-8d79-3cec63beadca https://share.transistor.fm/s/84c30537 See above in Episode Summary

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]]> Mon, 26 Feb 2024 16:20:00 +0000 Michael Backer and Robert Gerwarth Michael Backer and Robert Gerwarth 1776 We think of the First World War as 1914-18 but, as PROFESSOR ROBERT GERWARTH shows, 1918 did not end the war in much of Europe and beyond, violence continuing well into the 1920s as new nation states emerged out of the chaos of collapsed empires. We think of the First World War as 1914-18 but, as PROFESSOR ROBERT GERWARTH shows, 1918 did not end the war in much of Europe and beyond, violence continuing well into the 1920s as new nation states emerged out of the chaos of collapsed empires. First World War (WW1), Second World War (WW2), Western Front, Eastern Front, shell shock, remembrance, commemoration, casualties, Indian Army, Somme, atrocities, poison gas, German high command, Hindenburg, Hundred Days, year of victory, war without end, attrition, 'Britain alone?, Churchill, Chamberlain, appeasement, global war, winning and losing, food, shipping, Pacific War, Holocaust, Final Solution, Lebensraum, Hunger Plan, Soviet POWs, Soviet-German war, Stalin, Zhukov, resistance, partisans, Jewish uprising, Depression, Good War, Greatest Generation, desertion, rapes, anarchy, bombing, Blitz, Veronika Dankeschons, displaced persons (DPs), refugees No WW1/Episode 9 - Attrition 1 1 9 9 WW1/Episode 9 - Attrition full 740100f7-9178-4420-8c9f-94d7f2354f65 https://share.transistor.fm/s/67d84974 See above in Episode Summary

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]]> Mon, 26 Feb 2024 16:25:00 +0000 Michael Baker and William Philpott Michael Baker and William Philpott 1846 Most general histories of the First World War are narrative-driven or told from a national perspective. PROFESSOR WILLIAM PHILPOTT analyses the conflict as a coherent phenomenon, showing how the combatant nations had to evolve a strategy of attrition in which all the resources of the state were harnessed to support the armies in the field. In short, a war for survival where defeat for the losers meant national destruction. Most general histories of the First World War are narrative-driven or told from a national perspective. PROFESSOR WILLIAM PHILPOTT analyses the conflict as a coherent phenomenon, showing how the combatant nations had to evolve a strategy of attrition in w First World War (WW1), Second World War (WW2), Western Front, Eastern Front, shell shock, remembrance, commemoration, casualties, Indian Army, Somme, atrocities, poison gas, German high command, Hindenburg, Hundred Days, year of victory, war without end, attrition, 'Britain alone?, Churchill, Chamberlain, appeasement, global war, winning and losing, food, shipping, Pacific War, Holocaust, Final Solution, Lebensraum, Hunger Plan, Soviet POWs, Soviet-German war, Stalin, Zhukov, resistance, partisans, Jewish uprising, Depression, Good War, Greatest Generation, desertion, rapes, anarchy, bombing, Blitz, Veronika Dankeschons, displaced persons (DPs), refugees No WW1/Episode 10 - Looking Back 1 1 10 10 WW1/Episode 10 - Looking Back full 5f40d081-0da2-4e2b-a106-906f0d25d786 https://share.transistor.fm/s/09b1e210 See above under Episode Summary

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]]> Mon, 26 Feb 2024 16:30:00 +0000 Michael Baker and Mark Connelly Michael Baker and Mark Connelly 2135 PROFESSOR MARK CONNELLY shows how memory and remembrance have played a key role in the way later generations have interpreted the First World War. Memories of the past tend to mirror the concerns of the present: Britain, Germany and other nations have largely shaped their view of the Great War in response to their own immediate agendas rather than any quest for the truth. PROFESSOR MARK CONNELLY shows how memory and remembrance have played a key role in the way later generations have interpreted the First World War. Memories of the past tend to mirror the concerns of the present: Britain, Germany and other nations have lar First World War (WW1), Second World War (WW2), Western Front, Eastern Front, shell shock, remembrance, commemoration, casualties, Indian Army, Somme, atrocities, poison gas, German high command, Hindenburg, Hundred Days, year of victory, war without end, attrition, 'Britain alone?, Churchill, Chamberlain, appeasement, global war, winning and losing, food, shipping, Pacific War, Holocaust, Final Solution, Lebensraum, Hunger Plan, Soviet POWs, Soviet-German war, Stalin, Zhukov, resistance, partisans, Jewish uprising, Depression, Good War, Greatest Generation, desertion, rapes, anarchy, bombing, Blitz, Veronika Dankeschons, displaced persons (DPs), refugees No WW2/Episode 1 - Britain Alone? 2 2 1 1 WW2/Episode 1 - Britain Alone? full 26394aed-64c8-445e-8642-cce9ecc69836 https://share.transistor.fm/s/1d5b1916 PROFESSOR DAVID EDGERTON shows how the traditional narrative of Britain's Second World War is seriously misleading. Britain was the richest nation in Europe in 1939 and lay at the centre of a huge global empire. It also, despite appeasement in the 1930s, maintained a thriving military-industrial-scientific complex throughout the inter-war period. These advantages would enable the nation to fight a resource-rich, technological war.

The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble of Berlin as part of the Lebensmelodien project, which seeks to rediscover the lost music of composers affected by the Holocaust (www.lebensmelodien.com).

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The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble of Berlin as part of the Lebensmelodien project, which seeks to rediscover the lost music of composers affected by the Holocaust (www.lebensmelodien.com).

]]> Wed, 08 May 2024 09:00:00 +0100 Michael Baker and David Edgerton Michael Baker and David Edgerton 3603 PROFESSOR DAVID EDGERTON shows how the traditional narrative of Britain's Second World War is seriously misleading. Britain was the richest nation in Europe in 1939 and lay at the centre of a huge global empire. It also, despite appeasement in the 1930s, maintained a thriving military-industrial-scientific complex throughout the inter-war period. These advantages would enable the nation to fight a resource-rich, technological war.

The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble of Berlin as part of the Lebensmelodien project, which seeks to rediscover the lost music of composers affected by the Holocaust (www.lebensmelodien.com).

]]> Second World War, Britain's WW2, Britain Alone? British Empire, Global War No WW2/Episode 2 - A World At War: Winning and Losing 2 2 2 2 WW2/Episode 2 - A World At War: Winning and Losing full a95f2174-3bf8-4087-b9d2-138809f82fee https://share.transistor.fm/s/0b99d5d6 PROFESSOR RICHARD OVERY explores the global context of WW2 to show how it transforms our understanding of the conflict - in particular, how it was lost and won.

The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble of Berlin as part of the Lebensmelodien project, which seeks to rediscover the lost music of composers affected by the Holocaust (www.lebensmelodien.com).

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The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble of Berlin as part of the Lebensmelodien project, which seeks to rediscover the lost music of composers affected by the Holocaust (www.lebensmelodien.com).

]]> Wed, 08 May 2024 09:02:00 +0100 Michael Baker and Richard Overy Michael Baker and Richard Overy 3702 PROFESSOR RICHARD OVERY explores the global context of WW2 to show how it transforms our understanding of the conflict - in particular, how it was lost and won.

The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble of Berlin as part of the Lebensmelodien project, which seeks to rediscover the lost music of composers affected by the Holocaust (www.lebensmelodien.com).

]]> Second World War, WW2, Global War, British Empire, Axis powers, China, Eastern Front No WW2/Episode 3 - The Pacific War 2 2 3 3 WW2/Episode 3 - The Pacific War full 4d43c142-aea3-455c-8bd8-91731c7cf036 https://share.transistor.fm/s/06791372 The American historian IAN W. TOLL, author of the monumental Pacific War Trilogy, offers new insights into the conflict in the Pacific, which has too often been mis-remembered as an army-led narrative when the real victories were won at sea and in the air.

The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble of Berlin as part of the Lebensmelodien project, which seeks to rediscover the lost music of composers affected by the Holocaust (www.lebensmelodien.com).

]]> The American historian IAN W. TOLL, author of the monumental Pacific War Trilogy, offers new insights into the conflict in the Pacific, which has too often been mis-remembered as an army-led narrative when the real victories were won at sea and in the air.

The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble of Berlin as part of the Lebensmelodien project, which seeks to rediscover the lost music of composers affected by the Holocaust (www.lebensmelodien.com).

]]> Wed, 08 May 2024 09:04:00 +0100 Michael Baker and Ian W. Toll Michael Baker and Ian W. Toll 3994 The American historian IAN W. TOLL, author of the monumental Pacific War Trilogy, offers new insights into the conflict in the Pacific, which has too often been mis-remembered as an army-led narrative when the real victories were won at sea and in the air.

The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble of Berlin as part of the Lebensmelodien project, which seeks to rediscover the lost music of composers affected by the Holocaust (www.lebensmelodien.com).

]]> WW2, Second World War, Pacific War, Japan/Japanese, Imperial Japanese Navy, Pearl Harbour, Midway, Coral Sea, Leyte Gulf, Philippines, General Douglas MacArthur, Admiral Chester Nimitz, Admiral Ernest King No WW2/Episode 4 - Food: A Matter of Life and Death 2 2 4 4 WW2/Episode 4 - Food: A Matter of Life and Death full 71de51ff-8d59-477e-bb54-25bfebb03889 https://share.transistor.fm/s/1f92eea9 Social historian LIZZIE COLLINGHAM, author of the ground-breaking The Taste of War, explains how food and its delivery was critical to the conduct of WW2 - and could be a matter of life or death.

The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble of Berlin as part of the Lebensmelodien project, which seeks to rediscover the lost music of composers affected by the Holocaust (www.lebensmelodien.com).

]]> Social historian LIZZIE COLLINGHAM, author of the ground-breaking The Taste of War, explains how food and its delivery was critical to the conduct of WW2 - and could be a matter of life or death.

The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble of Berlin as part of the Lebensmelodien project, which seeks to rediscover the lost music of composers affected by the Holocaust (www.lebensmelodien.com).

]]> Wed, 08 May 2024 09:06:00 +0100 Michael Baker and Lizzie Collingham Michael Baker and Lizzie Collingham 2838 Social historian LIZZIE COLLINGHAM, author of the ground-breaking The Taste of War, explains how food and its delivery was critical to the conduct of WW2 - and could be a matter of life or death.

The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble of Berlin as part of the Lebensmelodien project, which seeks to rediscover the lost music of composers affected by the Holocaust (www.lebensmelodien.com).

]]> Second World War, WW2, Global War, Food Shipments, Shipping Space, Lend Lease, Nazi Hunger Plan, Exporting Hunger No WW2/Episode 5 - The Real Holocaust 2 2 5 5 WW2/Episode 5 - The Real Holocaust full f608ff52-18ea-4b4f-bea6-b381eb8c9ee4 https://share.transistor.fm/s/e7770ab1 PROFESSOR CHRISTIAN GERLACH, author of The Extermination of the European Jews, revises the dominant narrative of the Holocaust to explain a phenomenon that was far more complex and far-reaching than has been previously understood.

The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble of Berlin as part of the Lebensmelodien project, which seeks to rediscover the lost music of composers affected by the Holocaust (www.lebensmelodien.com).

]]> PROFESSOR CHRISTIAN GERLACH, author of The Extermination of the European Jews, revises the dominant narrative of the Holocaust to explain a phenomenon that was far more complex and far-reaching than has been previously understood.

The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble of Berlin as part of the Lebensmelodien project, which seeks to rediscover the lost music of composers affected by the Holocaust (www.lebensmelodien.com).

]]> Wed, 08 May 2024 09:08:00 +0100 Michael Baker and Christian Gerlach Michael Baker and Christian Gerlach 3891 PROFESSOR CHRISTIAN GERLACH, author of The Extermination of the European Jews, revises the dominant narrative of the Holocaust to explain a phenomenon that was far more complex and far-reaching than has been previously understood.

The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble of Berlin as part of the Lebensmelodien project, which seeks to rediscover the lost music of composers affected by the Holocaust (www.lebensmelodien.com).

]]> First World War (WW1), Second World War (WW2), Western Front, Eastern Front, shell shock, remembrance, commemoration, casualties, Indian Army, Somme, atrocities, poison gas, German high command, Hindenburg, Hundred Days, year of victory, war without end, attrition, 'Britain alone?, Churchill, Chamberlain, appeasement, global war, winning and losing, food, shipping, Pacific War, Holocaust, Final Solution, Lebensraum, Hunger Plan, Soviet POWs, Soviet-German war, Stalin, Zhukov, resistance, partisans, Jewish uprising, Depression, Good War, Greatest Generation, desertion, rapes, anarchy, bombing, Blitz, Veronika Dankeschons, displaced persons (DPs), refugees No WW2/Episode 6 - China's War 2 2 6 6 WW2/Episode 6 - China's War full fae54175-01d9-4ab9-b234-23dbc13871fe https://share.transistor.fm/s/21795e3c PROFESSOR HANS VAN DE VEN reveals a WW2 narrative that will be unfamiliar to most of us - China's epic war of resistance against Japan in the years 1937-45 and how it created the Communist giant that has become the global superpower of today.

The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble of Berlin as part of the Lebensmelodien project, which seeks to rediscover the lost music of composers affected by the Holocaust (www.lebensmelodien.com).

]]> PROFESSOR HANS VAN DE VEN reveals a WW2 narrative that will be unfamiliar to most of us - China's epic war of resistance against Japan in the years 1937-45 and how it created the Communist giant that has become the global superpower of today.

The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble of Berlin as part of the Lebensmelodien project, which seeks to rediscover the lost music of composers affected by the Holocaust (www.lebensmelodien.com).

]]> Wed, 08 May 2024 09:10:00 +0100 Michael Baker and Hans van de Ven Michael Baker and Hans van de Ven 3992 PROFESSOR HANS VAN DE VEN reveals a WW2 narrative that will be unfamiliar to most of us - China's epic war of resistance against Japan in the years 1937-45 and how it created the Communist giant that has become the global superpower of today.

The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble of Berlin as part of the Lebensmelodien project, which seeks to rediscover the lost music of composers affected by the Holocaust (www.lebensmelodien.com).

]]> C WW2, Japan's WW2, Sino-Japanese War, Chang Kai Shek, Kuomintang, Yellhina'sow River dykes, Manchuria, Kwantung Army, Mao Tse Tung, Rape of Nanking, Wuhan, Chongqing, General Stilwell No WW2/Episode 7 - The Underground War 2 2 7 7 WW2/Episode 7 - The Underground War full e1c14347-827d-4ee0-be07-090023116b25 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a2493b7c HALIK KOCHANSKI is the author of the award-winning Resistance, a sweeping account of the underground war across Nazi-occupied Europe. She tells a much more complex story than usual of subversion, SOE, partisans and civil war, as well as desperate Jewish defiance.

The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble of Berlin as part of the Lebensmelodien project, which seeks to rediscover the lost music of composers affected by the Holocaust (www.lebensmelodien.com).

]]> HALIK KOCHANSKI is the author of the award-winning Resistance, a sweeping account of the underground war across Nazi-occupied Europe. She tells a much more complex story than usual of subversion, SOE, partisans and civil war, as well as desperate Jewish defiance.

The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble of Berlin as part of the Lebensmelodien project, which seeks to rediscover the lost music of composers affected by the Holocaust (www.lebensmelodien.com).

]]> Wed, 08 May 2024 09:12:00 +0100 Michael Baker and Halik Kochanski Michael Baker and Halik Kochanski 3797 HALIK KOCHANSKI is the author of the award-winning Resistance, a sweeping account of the underground war across Nazi-occupied Europe. She tells a much more complex story than usual of subversion, SOE, partisans and civil war, as well as desperate Jewish defiance.

The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble of Berlin as part of the Lebensmelodien project, which seeks to rediscover the lost music of composers affected by the Holocaust (www.lebensmelodien.com).

]]> WW2, Second World War, French resistance, Vichy France, SOE, underground war, partisans, maquis, milice, Soviet POWs, Serb Cetniks, Josip Tito, De Gulle, General Giraud, Oradour-sur-Glane, Jewish defiance, Warsaw ghetto uprising No WW2/Episode 8 - The Soviet-German War 2 2 8 8 WW2/Episode 8 - The Soviet-German War full f94d1a8a-b687-4fb1-b5fe-43238cc331fa https://share.transistor.fm/s/00232219 Professor Geoffrey Roberts explains why the Soviet-German conflict on the Eastern front was the decisive theatre of the Second World War: without it, Nazi Germany would certainly have taken much longer to defeat. Despite this, outside military accounts, the Red Army's struggle has been overshadowed in Western narratives by the Anglo-American war effort. Professor Roberts corrects the balance.

The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble of Berlin as part of the Lebensmelodien project, which seeks to rediscover the lost music of composers affected by the Holocaust (www.lebensmelodien.com).

]]> Professor Geoffrey Roberts explains why the Soviet-German conflict on the Eastern front was the decisive theatre of the Second World War: without it, Nazi Germany would certainly have taken much longer to defeat. Despite this, outside military accounts, the Red Army's struggle has been overshadowed in Western narratives by the Anglo-American war effort. Professor Roberts corrects the balance.

The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble of Berlin as part of the Lebensmelodien project, which seeks to rediscover the lost music of composers affected by the Holocaust (www.lebensmelodien.com).

]]> Wed, 08 May 2024 09:14:00 +0100 Michael Baker and Geoffrey Roberts Michael Baker and Geoffrey Roberts 4588 Professor Geoffrey Roberts explains why the Soviet-German conflict on the Eastern front was the decisive theatre of the Second World War: without it, Nazi Germany would certainly have taken much longer to defeat. Despite this, outside military accounts, the Red Army's struggle has been overshadowed in Western narratives by the Anglo-American war effort. Professor Roberts corrects the balance.

The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble of Berlin as part of the Lebensmelodien project, which seeks to rediscover the lost music of composers affected by the Holocaust (www.lebensmelodien.com).

]]> Soviet-German War, Eastern Front, Nazi-Soviet Pact, Stalin, Marshal Zhukov, battle for Moscow, General Winter, Stalingrad, Kursk, Operation Bagration, Warsaw Uprising, 'Pause on the Oder, Berlin Offensive, General Pavlov, Soviet/German casualties No WW2/Episode 9 - America's 'Good War' 2 2 9 9 WW2/Episode 9 - America's 'Good War' full 409da0b3-002e-410f-be8a-409471373350 https://share.transistor.fm/s/7b5788b8 Professor John Bodnar, author of The 'Good War' in American Memory, discusses America's World War Two. The United States came out of the conflict as a victorious superpower. But this has encouraged a narrative of American exceptionalism which has not lived up to critical scrutiny, with historians revealing a divided and often violent country during the war years.

The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble of Berlin as part of the Lebensmelodien project, which seeks to rediscover the lost music of composers affected by the Holocaust (www.lebensmelodien.com).

]]> Professor John Bodnar, author of The 'Good War' in American Memory, discusses America's World War Two. The United States came out of the conflict as a victorious superpower. But this has encouraged a narrative of American exceptionalism which has not lived up to critical scrutiny, with historians revealing a divided and often violent country during the war years.

The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble of Berlin as part of the Lebensmelodien project, which seeks to rediscover the lost music of composers affected by the Holocaust (www.lebensmelodien.com).

]]> Wed, 08 May 2024 09:16:00 +0100 Michael Baker and John Bodnar Michael Baker and John Bodnar 4079 Professor John Bodnar, author of The 'Good War' in American Memory, discusses America's World War Two. The United States came out of the conflict as a victorious superpower. But this has encouraged a narrative of American exceptionalism which has not lived up to critical scrutiny, with historians revealing a divided and often violent country during the war years.

The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble of Berlin as part of the Lebensmelodien project, which seeks to rediscover the lost music of composers affected by the Holocaust (www.lebensmelodien.com).

]]> America's World War Two, United States and WW2, Band of Brothers, The Greatest Generation, Saving Private Ryan, American exceptionalism, Stephen Ambrose, Tom Brokaw, America First, Silver Legion, German American Bund, Wrigley's, Coca-Cola, Rosie the Riveter, UN Charter of Human Rights, racial segregation, civil rights, GIs, desertion, rapes, black-marketeers, Marine Corps, Iwo Jima, Joe Rosenthal No WW2/Episode 10 - Aftermath 2 2 10 10 WW2/Episode 10 - Aftermath full 9f358fa8-a092-4520-9eb2-59615a1fb314 https://share.transistor.fm/s/4d951aee The historian Keith Lowe, author of the best-selling The Savage Continent, discusses what happened in the aftermath of the Second World War, which left a world in ruins, tens of millions of refugees, and a slide into anarchy and chaos. As the world was slowly rebuilt, this aspect of the war was forgotten - but it had a lasting impact.

The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble of Berlin as part of the Lebensmelodien project, which seeks to rediscover the lost music of composers affected by the Holocaust (www.lebensmelodien.com).

]]> The historian Keith Lowe, author of the best-selling The Savage Continent, discusses what happened in the aftermath of the Second World War, which left a world in ruins, tens of millions of refugees, and a slide into anarchy and chaos. As the world was slowly rebuilt, this aspect of the war was forgotten - but it had a lasting impact.

The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble of Berlin as part of the Lebensmelodien project, which seeks to rediscover the lost music of composers affected by the Holocaust (www.lebensmelodien.com).

]]> Wed, 08 May 2024 09:18:00 +0100 Michael Baker and Keith Lowe Michael Baker and Keith Lowe 3230 The historian Keith Lowe, author of the best-selling The Savage Continent, discusses what happened in the aftermath of the Second World War, which left a world in ruins, tens of millions of refugees, and a slide into anarchy and chaos. As the world was slowly rebuilt, this aspect of the war was forgotten - but it had a lasting impact.

The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble of Berlin as part of the Lebensmelodien project, which seeks to rediscover the lost music of composers affected by the Holocaust (www.lebensmelodien.com).

]]> aftermath of WW2, total deaths, slave labour, anarchy, famine, Veronika Dankeschons, pilfering, 'Nazi tourism', refugees, displaced persons (DPs), continued persecution of Jews, German guilt, German victimhood, denazification, war crimes, America's 'greatest generation', No