The Battle of Peleliu: D-Day (Part 1)

The Battle of Peleliu: D-Day (Part 1)

In the early hours of 15 September 1944, the guns of an armada of United States Navy warships open fire on a tan, craggy-looking island in the Pacific. This bombardment is followed by waves of carrier based aircraft dropping napalm and firing rockets on enemy positions. The warships open fire again until the US Marines of the 1st Division, nicknamed the Old Breed, begin their assault on the island of Peleliu. The landings do not go to plan as the Japanese defenders open fire on the landing craft and the Marines struggle to establish a beachhead on the first day of the brutal Battle of Peleliu, one of the US Marine Corps' most bitter of the Second World War. Thanks to: * Henry Sledge, the author of ‘The Old Breed... the Complete Story Revealed: A Father, a Son, and How WWII in the Pacific Shaped Their Lives:’ * Joseph Wheelan, author of 'Bitter Peleliu: The Forgotten Struggle on the Pacific War's Worst Battlefield' * Professor John McManus, co-host of the World War II Live podcast and author of ‘Island Infernos: The US Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944’. You can listen to The War Office on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/06pwh72NidKiydbJ4Cfmpr], Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1896339023], Amazon Music [https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/44caf91c-ba2f-4c6e-9b1e-39a0f4f78323/the-war-office], or The War Office Podcast YouTube Channel [https://www.youtube.com/@TheWarOfficePodcast].  New episodes will be released every Tuesday morning. If you enjoy the episodes, please help us grow the podcast by subscribing, liking, sharing, commenting, and listening to future releases. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Russian Invasion of Crimea 2014

On 27 February 2014, armed and masked men with no insignia or identification begin to appear in Simferopol, the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in Ukraine. These “little green men,” as they will soon become better known, occupy key intersections and set perimeters around government buildings in the city. This is the official beginning of Russia’s invasion of Crimea, the first action in Russia’s quest to expand its territories into Ukraine. Thanks to: * Professor Mark Galeotti, author of ‘Putin Takes Crimea 2014: Grey-zone Warfare Opens the Russia-Ukraine Conflict'  * Jesse Driscoll, Professor of Political Science in the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California San Diego and co-author of ‘Ukraine's Unnamed War: Before the Russian Invasion of 2022’ with Dominique Arel, Chair of Ukrainian studies at the University of Ottawa. You can listen to The War Office on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/06pwh72NidKiydbJ4Cfmpr], Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1896339023], Amazon Music [https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/44caf91c-ba2f-4c6e-9b1e-39a0f4f78323/the-war-office], or The War Office Podcast YouTube Channel [https://www.youtube.com/@TheWarOfficePodcast].  New episodes will be released every Tuesday morning. If you enjoy the episodes, please help us grow the podcast by subscribing, liking, sharing, commenting, and listening to future releases. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Stopping Rommel in the Desert - The First Battle of El Alamein

After defeats at the Battle of Gazala and the fall of Tobruk, the British 8th Army is in full retreat into Egypt at the end of June 1942. Defensive positions are hastily prepared at the tiny railway station of El Alamein to stop Britain’s nemesis in the desert, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. The British 8th Army is now the only thing in the way of the Axis conquest of Egypt. Thanks to: * Dr. Niall Barr - Author of 'Pendulum of War: The Three Battles of El Alamein' * Richard Doherty - Military historian and author of 'El Alamein 1942: Turning Point in the Desert' * Dr David Brock Katz - Research fellow at Stellenbosch University and author of 'South Africans versus Rommel: The Untold Story of the Desert War in World War II' You can listen to The War Office on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/06pwh72NidKiydbJ4Cfmpr], Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1896339023], Amazon Music [https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/44caf91c-ba2f-4c6e-9b1e-39a0f4f78323/the-war-office], or The War Office Podcast YouTube Channel [https://www.youtube.com/@TheWarOfficePodcast].  New episodes will be released every Tuesday morning. If you enjoy the episodes, please help us grow the podcast by subscribing, liking, sharing, commenting, and listening to future releases. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Operation Linebacker, Day 1 - The Largest Air Battle of the Vietnam War

On 10th May 1972 and the United States launches Operation Linebacker. The first day of the operation will be conducted against targets in the North Vietnamese port of Haiphong and its capital Hanoi. The response of the Vietnam People's Air Force will lead to the largest air battle of the Vietnam War. Thanks to: * Dr. Brian D. Laslie - Author of 'Air Power's Lost Cause: The American Air Wars of Vietnam' * Marshall L. Michel III - Author of 'Operation Linebacker I 1972' * Phil Mentesana - F-4 pilot during Operation Linebacker and volunteer at the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum * The Behind the Wings Podcast You can listen to The War Office on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/06pwh72NidKiydbJ4Cfmpr], Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1896339023], Amazon Music [https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/44caf91c-ba2f-4c6e-9b1e-39a0f4f78323/the-war-office], or The War Office Podcast YouTube Channel [https://www.youtube.com/@TheWarOfficePodcast].  New episodes will be released every Tuesday morning. If you enjoy the episodes, please help us grow the podcast by subscribing, liking, sharing, commenting, and listening to future releases. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Operation Neptune Spear - The Hunt for Osama Bin Laden

In the early hours of May 2nd, 2011, US Navy SEALS are en route for Pakistan are hoping to bring a 10-year search to its conclusion. Their target is just one man; Osama bin Laden. This episode covers the manhunt for Bin Laden, and the final operation to kill or capture him - Operation Neptune Spear. Thanks to: * Joby Warrick - Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and best-selling author of 'The Triple Agent: The Al-Qaeda Mole who Infiltrated the CIA' * Adam M. McMahon - Associate Professor of Political Science at Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. His article 'Obama, Operation Neptune Spear, and the Specter of Failure', was published by the journal Congress & the Presidency in 2024. He is writing a forthcoming book entitled American Extremist that traces the development of the Department of Homeland Security from September 11th, 2001 to January 6th, 2021. He can be reached at amcmahon@rider.edu You can listen to The War Office on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/06pwh72NidKiydbJ4Cfmpr], Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1896339023], Amazon Music [https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/44caf91c-ba2f-4c6e-9b1e-39a0f4f78323/the-war-office], or The War Office Podcast YouTube Channel [https://www.youtube.com/@TheWarOfficePodcast].  New episodes will be released every Tuesday morning. If you enjoy the episodes, please help us grow the podcast by subscribing, liking, sharing, commenting, and listening to future releases. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.