History of the Second World War
by Wesley Livesay
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279: North Africa '41 Pt. 1 - Why Are the Germans Here?
Oct 14, 2026
25m 22s
278: The War At Sea '41 Pt. 16 - The End of the Surface Raiders
Oct 7, 2026
24m 52s
Listener Questions Pt. 8
Oct 2, 2026
23m 06s
277: War at Sea '41 Pt. 15 - The End of the Bismarck
Sep 30, 2026
21m 46s
276: War at Sea '41 Pt. 14 - Wounded Beast
Sep 23, 2026
23m 34s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/14/26 |  279: North Africa '41 Pt. 1 - Why Are the Germans Here? | German forces arrived in North Africa in February 1941 to shore up Italy’s collapsing position, but the limited mission conceived in Berlin soon collided with Erwin Rommel’s far more ambitious plans. This episode examines the creation of the Afrika Korps, the uneasy German-Italian command arrangement, the arrival of German ground and air units in Libya, and the supply problems that would shape every Axis advance across the desert—setting the stage for both Rommel’s legend and the long campaign ahead. Credit Logo image: By Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-783-0150-28 / Valtingojer / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5477801 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 25m 22s | ||||||
| 10/7/26 |  278: The War At Sea '41 Pt. 16 - The End of the Surface Raiders | News of Bismarck's sinking brings celebration in London, but the sailors struggling in the cold Atlantic face a desperate fight for survival. This episode examines the rescue effort, the Royal Navy's reckoning with the loss of Hood, the German leadership's response to the failed operation, and how the destruction of Bismarck helped bring the era of German surface raiding in the Atlantic to an end. Credit Logo Image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/state_library_south_australia/3331881750/in/album-72157623232407924 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 24m 52s | ||||||
| 10/2/26 | Listener Questions Pt. 8 | More strategic bombing discussion, how did merchant shipping work, occupied economies, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 23m 06s | ||||||
| 9/30/26 |  277: War at Sea '41 Pt. 15 - The End of the Bismarck | After days of pursuit, King George V and Rodney finally close with the crippled Bismarck in the stormy Atlantic. This episode follows the brutal final battle from the opening salvos through the destruction of Bismarck's guns and superstructure, the British battleships' point-blank bombardment, and Dorsetshire's torpedo attack as Germany's most powerful warship slips beneath the waves. Credit Logo Image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/state_library_south_australia/3331881750/in/album-72157623232407924 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 21m 46s | ||||||
| 9/23/26 |  276: War at Sea '41 Pt. 14 - Wounded Beast | With Bismarck crippled and unable to steer after the Ark Royal's torpedo attack, the German battleship's crew struggles through flooding, failed repairs, and growing exhaustion while both German commanders ashore and British forces at sea prepare for the inevitable final encounter. This episode follows the messages that revealed the ship's desperate condition, the nighttime attacks by Captain Vian's destroyers—including Piorun's bold challenge—and the convergence of King George V and Rodney before the battle that would end Operation Rheinübung. Credit Logo Image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/state_library_south_australia/3331881750/in/album-72157623232407924 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 23m 34s | ||||||
| 9/16/26 |  275: War at Sea '41 Pt. 13 - Lucky Strike | After Bismarck slips away from her British pursuers, the Royal Navy launches a desperate search before dwindling fuel supplies force the chase to end. This episode follows the intelligence breakthrough that reveals the battleship's course, the Ark Royal Swordfish strike that mistakenly attacks HMS Sheffield, and the second attack that cripples Bismarck's steering and seals her fate. Credit Logo Image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/state_library_south_australia/3331881750/in/album-72157623232407924 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 29m 56s | ||||||
| 9/11/26 | Listener Questions. Pt 7 | Greece, First World War Blockade Breaking, Crete, and WW2 Main Battery shell reliability. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 25m 35s | ||||||
| 9/9/26 | naval warfareWorld War II+4 | — | Royal Navy | FranceHMS Victorious+2 | BismarckRoyal Navy+7 | — | 24m 43s | ||
| 9/2/26 | naval warfareWorld War II+4 | — | BismarckPrinz Eugen+3 | Denmark StraitFrance | HMS HoodBismarck+7 | — | 24m 48s | ||
| 8/26/26 | naval warfareWorld War II+3 | — | HoodPrince of Wales+2 | Denmark Strait | HoodPrince of Wales+6 | — | 25m 42s | ||
| 8/19/26 | naval warfareWorld War II+3 | — | Royal Navy | Denmark Strait | BismarckPrinz Eugen+5 | — | 22m 33s | ||
| 8/14/26 | Naval warfareWorld War II+4 | — | Royal NavyBismarck+1 | NorwayAtlantic+1 | BismarckPrinz Eugen+6 | — | 27m 03s | ||
| 8/6/26 | World War IInaval warfare+3 | — | BismarckPrinz Eugen | — | BismarckPrinz Eugen+4 | Coveronhistory20 | 24m 15s | ||
| 8/4/26 | GeographyGerman Success in Russia+2 | — | — | — | listener questionsgeography+3 | — | 24m 59s | ||
| 7/29/26 | Battle of the AtlanticU-boat warfare+4 | — | DönitzGermany+2 | West Africa | U-boat commandersconvoy HX-112+4 | Coveronhistory20 | 26m 35s | ||
| 7/23/26 | naval warfareU-boats+4 | — | Fw-200 Condors | French Atlantic bases | U-boatsnaval war+7 | — | 27m 35s | ||
| 7/17/26 | Operation BerlinNaval Warfare+5 | — | KriegsmarineRAF+2 | BrestAtlantic | Operation BerlinScharnhorst+6 | — | 24m 27s | ||
| 7/13/26 | Naval warfareWorld War II+3 | — | German battleships ScharnhorstGneisenau+2 | Atlantic | Operation BerlinScharnhorst+3 | — | 24m 32s | ||
| 7/2/26 | Allied invasionoccupied economies+3 | — | — | — | Allied invasionFrance 1942+3 | — | 23m 24s | ||
| 7/1/26 | Germany's auxiliary cruiserscommerce raiding+5 | — | Admiral HipperRoyal Navy+2 | Atlantic | Germanyauxiliary cruisers+5 | — | 24m 02s | ||
| 6/25/26 | German surface raiding campaignKriegsmarine+4 | — | Kriegsmarine | BrestSt. Nazaire | German Navysurface raiders+6 | — | 25m 34s | ||
| 6/17/26 | evacuationmilitary strategy+5 | — | Royal Navy | CreteSphakia+1 | Creteevacuation+8 | — | 25m 30s | ||
| 6/11/26 | evacuationnaval battles+4 | — | Royal NavyLuftwaffe | CreteSphakia+1 | CreteRoyal Navy+5 | — | 22m 40s | ||
| 6/3/26 | World War IIBattle of Crete+4 | — | — | CreteMaleme+3 | CreteAllied counterattack+6 | — | 20m 38s | ||
| 5/31/26 | listener questionswar aims+3 | — | Airwave Mediamegaphone.fm | — | listener questionswar aims+3 | — | 24m 11s | ||
| 5/27/26 | naval warfareWorld War II+4 | — | Royal Navy | CreteLuftwaffe | CreteRoyal Navy+8 | — | 25m 02s | ||
| 5/20/26 | World War IImilitary history+4 | — | 8th Greek RegimentGerman 2nd Parachute Rifle Regiment | CreteChania+3 | CreteGerman invasion+5 | — | 28m 10s | ||
| 5/7/26 | World War IICrete+3 | — | — | CreteMaleme+2 | CreteGerman airborne assault+5 | — | 24m 21s | ||
| 4/29/26 | Allied defenseGerman airborne assault+3 | — | Royal Navy7th Flieger Division+1 | CreteGreece | CreteWorld War II+6 | — | 36m 11s | ||
| 4/22/26 | military historyWorld War II+4 | — | RAFRoyal Navy | GreeceAlbania+1 | Greeceevacuation+6 | — | 23m 34s | ||
| 4/15/26 | World War IIGreece+4 | — | GermanyANZAC | GreeceYugoslavia+7 | GreeceOperation Marita+6 | — | 24m 09s | ||
| 4/13/26 | Spanish Civil WarYugoslavia's transportation infrastructure+3 | — | Airwave Media | Yugoslavia | Spanish Civil WarYugoslavia+3 | — | 23m 05s | ||
| 4/1/26 | naval warfareWorld War II+4 | — | Bletchley ParkRoyal Navy | GreeceItaly | Cape Matapannaval victory+8 | — | 23m 06s | ||
| 3/25/26 | GreeceWorld War II+4 | — | Tripartite Pact | GreeceAlbania+5 | GreeceWorld War II+7 | — | 23m 50s | ||
| 3/13/26 | Italo-Greek WarGerman intervention+4 | — | British RAFOperation Marita | GreeceRomania+2 | Italo-Greek WarOperation Marita+7 | — | 25m 54s | ||
| 3/5/26 | World War IIGermany+4 | Timothy Manion | Airwave Mediamegaphone.fm+2 | — | BarbarossaWorld War II+5 | — | 43m 21s | ||
| 3/3/26 | listener questionsWorld War I+3 | — | Airwave MediaHistory of the Second World War | — | listener questionsWorld War I+3 | — | 24m 00s | ||
| 2/25/26 | Italo-Greek Warmilitary strategy+4 | — | Royal Hellenic Air Force | GreeceAlbania+1 | Italo-Greek WarItalian invasion+6 | — | 27m 07s | ||
| 2/23/26 | Italo-Greek Warmilitary history+5 | — | — | GreeceAlbania+1 | MussoliniGreece+7 | — | 27m 35s | ||
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Chart history for History of the Second World War
Peaked at #37 in VN, currently #37 in VN.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
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| VN | — | #37 | #37 | — |
| MY | — | #58 | #58 | — |
| CO | — | #59 | #59 | — |
| HU | — | #99 | #99 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #109 | #109 | — |
| IS | — | #112 | #112 | — |
| PE | — | #117 | #117 | — |
| Denmark | — | #125 | #125 | — |
| Canada | — | #150 | #150 | — |
| ID | — | #150 | #150 | — |
| Brazil | — | #157 | #157 | — |
| NG | — | #162 | #162 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #167 | #167 | — |
| Australia | — | #174 | #174 | — |
| United States | — | #200 | #200 | — |
Chart Positions
15 placements across 15 markets.
Chart Positions
15 placements across 15 markets.