As the sun set on the end of the world for Nazi Germany the Soviets made a super tank of their own to counter the wonder weapons. With the armour to defeat German 88s, and the biggest gun ever mounted in a tank (until then) it was only relevant for a year, but it won the final battles of the Second World War. This episode is about the IS2.
Aug 2024
Edward Kaplan, "The End of Victory: Prevailing in the Thermonuclear Age" (Cornell UP, 2022)
Waging and winning a nuclear war have been called “thinking about the unthinkable” but that’s exactly what Edward Kaplan and I discussed in our interview about his recent book, The End of Victory: Prevailing in the Thermonuclear Age (Cornell UP, 2022).The current Dean of the Scho ... Show More
1h 6m
Jan 2025
The End of the Siege of Leningrad
January 27, 1944. Soviet forces defeat the German army outside Leningrad, ending an 872-day siege.
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15m 44s
Mar 2020
From Dunkirk to D-Day: The Story of Major Leslie Young
Today, I'm proud to be joined by Sir Nicholas Young. Nick is the son of British Major, Leslie Young and the former executive of the British Red Cross. In this episode, we discuss the remarkable war story of his father.Support the show and visit our sponsor www.legacy-collectibles ... Show More
39m 53s
Nov 2022
2. The Emperor's New Clothes - 国王的新衣 Guówáng de xīnyī
Welcome back to my Episode 2, today we will talk about one of the famous stories by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, And it’s one of the most well-known stories in China.
In this podcast, we will learn a lot of adjectives.
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16m 2s