World at War Podcast

Paris Underground

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:56:00 GMT

Episode 11 : Mrs. Etta Shiber, a former housewife, who help form the Paris Underground. Where she helped smuggle 150 British soldiers out of occupied France. She was tracked around Paris, and was caught and imprisoned for a year and a half by the Gestapo. Etta was finally handed over the U.S. in exchange for Johanna Hofmann, a Nazi spy. The song you hear at the start and finish is called To Victory! by DJ Topshelf.

83 days

Mon, 4 Aug 2008 02:06:00 GMT

Episode 10 : About 4:30 in the afternoon of November 2, 1942. A fast Dutch luxury liner was torpedoed and sunk some few hundred miles off the coast of South America. Only a few of the more then four hundred persons on the ship survived, and three of them were Basil Izzi, Cornelius van der Slot and Nicko Hoogendam. They were a drift on a raft for 83 days just one day short of 12 weeks before they were pick up by United States Navy.

Dynamite Cargo

Sun, 5 Nov 2006 17:38:00 GMT

Episode 9 : Fred Herman's gripping, contemporary and somewhat fictionalized account of the horrific Murmansk Run. The song you hear at the start and finish is called To Victory! By DJ Topshelf

They Shall Not Have me

Sat, 21 Oct 2006 22:30:00 GMT

Episode 8 : In response to the emergency of World War II, Helion returned to France and joined the armed forces. Takend prisoner in June of 1940, he was held until 1942, when he managed to escape. This is his story.

Malta Spitfire

Sun, 14 May 2006 01:30:00 GMT

Episode 7 : George Beurling was the most successful Canadian Fighter pilot of World War II, with 28 kills . The song at the start and finish is called To Victory! By DJ Topshelf.

Prisoner of the Japs

Sun, 30 Apr 2006 04:21:00 GMT

Episode 6 : On December 8, 1941, Gwen Dew and two hundred other western civilians were held as prisoners of war until June 30, 1942. She arrived back in the United States on August 25, 1942. Music provided by DJ Topshelf of the Podsafe Music Network.

The Ship

Sun, 23 Apr 2006 02:20:00 GMT

Episode 5 : On 31 December 1942, HMS Achates was on escort duty protecting a Russian convey.The German heavy cruiser the Admiral Hipper, and six large destroyers had been ordered to attack and destroy the convoy. Despite being heavily outgunned the escort, under the command of Captain R. Vincent Sherbrooke, beat off the attack and not one merchant vessel was lost. The HMS Achates was sunk in the Barents Sea

The Land of Silent People

Sun, 16 Apr 2006 04:26:00 GMT

Episode 4 : On April 6, 1941, Hitler's forces, in alliance with the Hungarians and the Bulgarians, invaded Yugoslavia and Greece. The people of Yugoslavia fought bravely against the Nazis , but in the end proved to be too much for them and the Yugoslav army lay down its arms on April 18.1941. Music provided by DJ Topshelf of the Podsafe Music Network

Last Days of Sevastopol

Sun, 9 Apr 2006 07:33:00 GMT

Episode 3 : Germans had expended more than 46.000 shells and 20.000 tons of bombs against Sevastopol. The German and Romanian troops capture Sevastopol, Russia after 8 month siege on July 1, 1942. The song you hear at the start and finish is called To Victory! By DJ Topshelf of the Podsafe Music Network

Call it Pacific

Sun, 2 Apr 2006 03:52:00 GMT

Episode 2 : Douglas MacArthur's involvement in the Philippines and the Japanese invasion of the islands. The song you hear at the start and finish is called To Victory! By DJ Topshelf of the Podsafe Music Network

Combined Operations

Sat, 25 Mar 2006 02:17:00 GMT

Episode 1 : This podcast is 1940's radio dramas about events that happened during World War II. The first is the forming of the British Commandos. The song you hear at the start and finish is called To Victory! By DJ Topshelf of the Podsafe Music Network.