Best German High Command Podcasts (2025)

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What German High Command Said When Patton Turned His Army 90° in a Blizzard 17:08

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"Unmöglich." Impossible. That was the word echoing through German High Command bunkers on December 19, 1944. American General George S. Patton had just announced he would pivot three full divisions ninety degrees, march them through the worst winter in decades, and attack the southern flank of Germany's Ardennes Offensive—in just 48 hours. German F…

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What Eisenhower Said When George S. Patton Reached Bastogne First 14:27

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December 1944. The German Ardennes Offensive smashed into the Allied lines, surrounding the 101st Airborne at Bastogne and threatening to split the Western Front in two. As chaos spread across Europe, Eisenhower summoned his commanders and asked the impossible: “How soon can you reach Bastogne?” Only one general answered without hesitation—George S…

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What General Bradley Said When Patton Saved the 101st Airborne 23:02

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In December 1944, as the Battle of the Bulge raged across the frozen Ardennes, the Allied command faced an impossible situation. The 101st Airborne was surrounded in Bastogne, German armor was advancing, and the winter was the worst Europe had seen in decades. In the middle of this crisis, a confrontation unfolded that would shape the outcome of th…

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The Ghost Army Moves Tonight... George Patton’s Diary (June, 1944) 28:38

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In the silent darkness of June 1944, on the eve of D-Day, something strange awakens in the fields of England. Among inflatable tanks, phantom radio chatter, and divisions that never truly existed, rises one of World War II’s boldest deceptions: the Ghost Army. But in this story — told as if pulled from the lost pages of General George S. Patton’s h…

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What Eisenhower Said When Patton Was About to Be Fired 24:48

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In August 1943, at the height of World War II, General George S. Patton stood on the brink of ruin. After leading one of the most successful campaigns of the war in Sicily, Patton’s explosive behavior triggered a crisis that reached the desk of Supreme Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower. With court-martial looming and public outrage inevitable, Eisenho…

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When Patton Walked Into Hell And Came Out Leading Europe 17:44

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In the aftermath of World War II, General George S. Patton’s story did not end with his death, t began again in the depths of eternity. “When Patton Walked Into Hell, And Came Out Leading Europe” is a haunting, cinematic narrative told through the eyes of the General’s restless spirit. Between history and damnation, Patton walks through the ruins o…

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WW2/Episode 10 - Aftermath 53:50

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The historian Keith Lowe, author of the best-selling The Savage Continent, discusses what happened in the aftermath of the Second World War, which left a world in ruins, tens of millions of refugees, and a slide into anarchy and chaos. As the world was slowly rebuilt, this aspect of the war was forgotten - but it had a lasting impact. The music in …

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WW2/Episode 9 - America's 'Good War' 1:07:59

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Professor John Bodnar, author of The 'Good War' in American Memory, discusses America's World War Two. The United States came out of the conflict as a victorious superpower. But this has encouraged a narrative of American exceptionalism which has not lived up to critical scrutiny, with historians revealing a divided and often violent country during…

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WW2/Episode 8 - The Soviet-German War 1:16:28

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Professor Geoffrey Roberts explains why the Soviet-German conflict on the Eastern front was the decisive theatre of the Second World War: without it, Nazi Germany would certainly have taken much longer to defeat. Despite this, outside military accounts, the Red Army's struggle has been overshadowed in Western narratives by the Anglo-American war ef…

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WW2/Episode 7 - The Underground War 1:03:17

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HALIK KOCHANSKI is the author of the award-winning Resistance, a sweeping account of the underground war across Nazi-occupied Europe. She tells a much more complex story than usual of subversion, SOE, partisans and civil war, as well as desperate Jewish defiance. The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ens…

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WW2/Episode 6 - China's War 1:06:32

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PROFESSOR HANS VAN DE VEN reveals a WW2 narrative that will be unfamiliar to most of us - China's epic war of resistance against Japan in the years 1937-45 and how it created the Communist giant that has become the global superpower of today. The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble of Berlin as pa…

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WW2/Episode 5 - The Real Holocaust 1:04:51

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PROFESSOR CHRISTIAN GERLACH, author of The Extermination of the European Jews, revises the dominant narrative of the Holocaust to explain a phenomenon that was far more complex and far-reaching than has been previously understood. The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble of Berlin as part of the Le…

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WW2/Episode 4 - Food: A Matter of Life and Death 47:18

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Social historian LIZZIE COLLINGHAM, author of the ground-breaking The Taste of War, explains how food and its delivery was critical to the conduct of WW2 - and could be a matter of life or death. The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble of Berlin as part of the Lebensmelodien project, which seeks t…

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WW2/Episode 3 - The Pacific War 1:06:34

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The American historian IAN W. TOLL, author of the monumental Pacific War Trilogy, offers new insights into the conflict in the Pacific, which has too often been mis-remembered as an army-led narrative when the real victories were won at sea and in the air. The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble o…

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WW2/Episode 2 - A World At War: Winning and Losing 1:01:42

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PROFESSOR RICHARD OVERY explores the global context of WW2 to show how it transforms our understanding of the conflict - in particular, how it was lost and won. The music in this episode is from Ida Pinkert's 'Four Songs', played by the Nimrod Ensemble of Berlin as part of the Lebensmelodien project, which seeks to rediscover the lost music of comp…

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WW2/Episode 1 - Britain Alone? 1:00:03

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PROFESSOR DAVID EDGERTON shows how the traditional narrative of Britain's Second World War is seriously misleading. Britain was the richest nation in Europe in 1939 and lay at the centre of a huge global empire. It also, despite appeasement in the 1930s, maintained a thriving military-industrial-scientific complex throughout the inter-war period. T…