The Long Road to June 6th: Build up to D-Day

The Long Road to June 6th: Build up to D-Day

"You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months." If you recognize those words, you'll know that this week we're talking about some pivotal D-Day history. Join us in this episode as we talk through the monumental buildup of troops and material before the Allies made their way across the channel for D-Day. As always, thank you for tuning in and don't forget to subscribe.

Exercise Tiger: The Forgotten D-Day Tragedy

What did the allies do to prepare for the beach landings in Normandy? Well, that's exactly what we're talking about this week in the foxhole. We explore the unfortunate events of the dress rehearsal that was Exercise Tiger. This was an interesting and often forgotten element of D-Day history that we enjoyed diving into and we hope you enjoyed it too. If you did enjoy the episode why not consider subscribing so you don't miss out on more interesting topics.

End The War by Christmas: Easy Company's Daring Jump Into Holland

Stand by the door, green light, GO GO GO! This week on Foxhole chat we're joining Easy Company as they jump in the largest airborne invasion in history. Operation Market Garden. We follow Easy as they struggle with replacement troops coming in and their advance through Holland. If you're watching along with us, what's been your favorite episode of the series so far? Thank you for tunning in and make sure you're subscribed so you can join us for the rest of the series!

Three German Dams, One Bouncing Bomb: 617 Squadron, The Dambusters

Bombs gone! Bombs gone! This week here on Foxhole chat we're exploring the amazing and daring raid the RAF took part in known as the Dambusters raid. Join us as we delve into the history behind how the raid came to be with the involvement of some top engineering minds, brave airmen and extraordinary aircraft. We hope you enjoyed this RAF based topic and if you did don't forget to make sure you subscribe so don't miss more peak war waffle.

How Do You Preserve History? Visiting Museums? Playing Video Games?

Hello and welcome back to the foxhole. This week we're talking about all the amazing ways that history is being preserved and how we can interact with history. This was a nice laid-back chat about our experiences with history, hopefully it inspired you to seek out ways that you can interact with history too. Make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss out on more thought-provoking topics.