Chinese Farm: Episode 21 — North to Ismailia
Chinese Farm: Episode 21 — North to Ismailia. Famous Tank Battles — open the episode listing and listening link.
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Convoys, Corners, and IEDs: How the Long Fight for Sadr City Tested Soldiers and Medics
A story of exposed convoys, hidden fighters, and the soldiers and medics who kept moving through an urban kill zone.
Gazala: Episode 19 — The Narrow Corridor
Gazala: Episode 19 — The Narrow Corridor. Famous Tank Battles — open the episode listing and listening link.
Golan Heights: Episode 26 — Why the Golan Held
Golan Heights: Episode 26 — Why the Golan Held. Famous Tank Battles — open the episode listing and listening link.
Kursk: Episode 25 — Belgorod and Kharkov
Kursk: Episode 25 — Belgorod and Kharkov. Famous Tank Battles — open the episode listing and listening link.
“Last Man to Leave”: Pfc. Richard Eller Cowan at Krinkelter Wald
A 22-year-old heavy machine gunner who held back a German attack in the Battle of the Bulge
Legacy: Battle of Thermopylae
Legacy: Battle of Thermopylae. Dispatch Audio Edition — open the episode listing and listening link.
Legacy: Battleships and Naval Power
Legacy: Battleships and Naval Power. Dispatch Audio Edition — open the episode listing and listening link.
Legacy: Blitzkrieg in World War II
Legacy: Blitzkrieg in World War II. Dispatch Audio Edition — open the episode listing and listening link.
Legacy: F-22 Raptor
Legacy: F-22 Raptor. Dispatch Audio Edition — open the episode listing and listening link.
Legacy: Operation Desert Storm
Legacy: Operation Desert Storm. Dispatch Audio Edition — open the episode listing and listening link.
Legacy: Wasp-Hobson Collision and Command at Sea
Legacy: Wasp-Hobson Collision and Command at Sea. Dispatch Audio Edition — open the episode listing and listening link.
Second El Alamein: Episode 4 — Montgomery Arrives
Second El Alamein: Episode 4 — Montgomery Arrives. Famous Tank Battles — open the episode listing and listening link.
Technical Sergeant Cleto L. Rodríguez at Paco Railroad Station, Manila, 1945
Technical Sergeant Cleto L. Rodríguez at Paco Railroad Station, Manila, 1945. Beyond the Call — open the episode listing and listening link.
Welcome to Operation Crusader / Sidi Rezegh - Season 2
Start here with the Famous Tank Battles series.
Elbe Day at Torgau
As the Second World War in Europe approached its end, converging Allied armies squeezed the shrinking territory of Nazi Germany from east and west. On April 25th, 1945, elements of the United States 69th Infantry Division, advancing eastward, encountered units of the Soviet 58th Guards Rifle Division near the town of Torgau on the Elbe River. Soldiers from both sides crossed the ruined landscape to shake hands on a d
USS Nautilus reaches the North Pole underwater
In the Cold War, geography and technology combined to redefine what counted as a front line. The nuclear-powered submarine USS Nautilus had already shown that a boat freed from the need to surface for air could stay submerged for long periods. In early August 1958, Nautilus undertook a bold transit under the polar ice cap, passing directly beneath the geographic North Pole on August 3rd.
Vanguard 1 and the space frontier
The late 1950s saw the opening moves of the space age, with the Soviet Union’s Sputnik launches and the United States racing to orbit its own satellites. On March 17th, 1958, the Navy-managed Vanguard program successfully placed a small, lightweight satellite into orbit, known as Vanguard 1. The satellite carried no weapons, but it featured innovative solar cells and transmitted tracking data that helped scientists r