John Rhodes on History Podcast
1) WWII - Operation Mission House
In March 1945, 80 years ago this month, the US Air Force launched an attack even more destructive than Hiroshima or Nagasaki. In the episode, John explores the firebombing of Tokyo.
2) Operation Plate Rack - The Bombing of Dresden
John explores the controversial bombing of the city of Dresden in 1945, 80 years ago this month.
3) WWII - The Big Three at Yalta
John analyses the Yalta conference and its long-term impact on the Cold War.
4) WWII - HAPPY NEW YEAR, IKE!
John examines Eisenhower's risks and opportunities at the beginning of 1945.
5) WWII - A Bridge So Close But Yet Too Far
John examines the joint Anglo-American airborne operation Market Garden, the biggest paratroop operation of Word War II.
6) WWII - Liberation of Paris
John describes how Paris was liberated during the global conflict that was World War II and the major players involved.
7) D Day - A Global Conflict
John describes some of the crucial battles that were also raging in other parts of the world at the same time as the Allies and Hitler’s armies were fighting in Normandy in the summer of 1944.
8) D Day - Airborne Assault
John tells the stories of the airborne troops who landed in Normandy on the night before D Day and paid a fearsome price. The American 82nd and 101st Airborne landed to the west of the beaches and the...Show More
9) D Day – Operation Overlord
John takes you to the five D Day beaches in Normandy. Through his eyes, we see the men who landed and fought there, the men who tried to repel them, and what happened that fateful day. The photograp...Show More
10) D Day - Eighty Years Ago
The invasion of Normandy in June 1944 was one of the greatest battles in history. John begins the story by examining Adolf Hitler’s rise to power and the events that made D Day necessary and inevitabl...Show More