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The WW2 Podcast
Angus Wallace
Categories: Education
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In March 1941, 40,000 Australian and New Zealand troops were rushed to Greece in a desperate attempt to support the Greeks against the looming threat of a German attack. Although the operation was ultimately doomed to fail, the Aussies and Kiwis managed to hold up the German advance long enough to evacuate thousands to Crete, where Hitler then set his sights.
Joining me today is Craig Collie, author of ‘Where the Flaming Hell Are We? The Story of Young Australians and New Zealanders Fighting the Nazis in Greece and Crete’. We’ll be delving into these often-overlooked, disastrous operations in the Mediterranean.
I want to extend a big thank you to David Phillipson from the History Guild, who suggested our guest today and connected me with Craig. The History Guild has a project focusing on Australians in the Mediterranean theatre during WWII. For more articles and posts on this topic, visit historyguild.org.
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Previous episodes
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238 - 232 - The Australians and New Zealanders at Greece & Crete Mon, 22 Jul 2024
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237 - 231 - US Battle Tanks Mon, 15 Jul 2024 - 0h
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236 - 230 - U-505: Codename Nemo Mon, 01 Jul 2024 - 0h
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235 - 229 - D-Day Legacy Mon, 24 Jun 2024
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234 - 228 - D-Day Landing Craft Sat, 15 Jun 2024
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233 - 227 - D-Day: Sword Beach Sat, 01 Jun 2024
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232 - 226 - D-Day and the Great Deception Mon, 27 May 2024 - 0h
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231 - 225 - Hill 107 and the Battle of Crete Wed, 15 May 2024 - 0h
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230 - 224 - The Theory and Practice of Command in the British and German Armies Wed, 01 May 2024
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229 - 223 - Landing Craft Infantry Mon, 22 Apr 2024 - 0h
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228 - 222 - The D-Day Scientists Who Changed Special Operations Mon, 15 Apr 2024 - 0h
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227 - 221 - Training the Indian Army Mon, 01 Apr 2024 - 0h
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226 - 220 - The Archer: Reversing to Victory Fri, 22 Mar 2024 - 0h
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225 - 219 - D-Day Tourism Fri, 15 Mar 2024
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224 - 218 - Target Hong Kong Fri, 01 Mar 2024 - 0h
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223 - 217 - How the Luftwaffe Lost the skies over Germany Fri, 23 Feb 2024 - 0h
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222 - 216 - The Latvian Legion Thu, 15 Feb 2024 - 0h
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221 - 215 - The Power of Japanese Propaganda Thu, 01 Feb 2024 - 0h
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220 - 214 - Stan Hollis VC and the Green Howards on D-Day Mon, 15 Jan 2024 - 0h
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219 - 213 - The British Empire and Commonwealth’s War Against Imperial Japan Mon, 01 Jan 2024 - 0h
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218 - 212 - Invisible Generals Wed, 20 Dec 2023 - 0h
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217 - 211 - HG-76: Taking the Fight to Hitler's U-boats Fri, 15 Dec 2023 - 0h
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216 - 210 - The Battle for Italy, 1943 Fri, 01 Dec 2023 - 0h
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215 - 209 - Hospital Trains of WWII Tue, 21 Nov 2023 - 0h
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214 - 208 - 2SAS and Bill Sterling Wed, 15 Nov 2023 - 0h
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213 - 207 - Tank Warfare in North Africa, 1942-43 Wed, 01 Nov 2023
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212 - 206 - The Extraordinary Life of Journalist Wallace Carroll Sun, 15 Oct 2023
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211 - 205 - Victory to Defeat: The British Army 1918-40 Sun, 01 Oct 2023 - 0h
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210 - 204 - Armour in the Pacific Mon, 25 Sep 2023 - 0h
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209 - 203 - The Battle of Britain, July 1940 Fri, 15 Sep 2023 - 0h
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208 - 202 - Leningrad, 1941-42 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 - 0h
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207 - 201 - Japanese Americans in WWII Tue, 15 Aug 2023
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206 - 200 - The Life of Mrs George S Patton Thu, 10 Aug 2023
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205 - 199 - Patton, August - December 1944 Tue, 01 Aug 2023 - 0h
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204 - 198 - Kesselring Sat, 15 Jul 2023 - 0h
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203 - 197 - Kohima Sat, 01 Jul 2023
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202 - 196 - Winthrop Bell: Cracking the Code Thu, 15 Jun 2023 - 0h
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201 - 195 - Their Finest Hour Project Wed, 07 Jun 2023 - 0h
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200 - 194 - The Battle of Leyte Gulf Thu, 01 Jun 2023
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199 - 193 - London Underground Mon, 15 May 2023 - 0h
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198 - 192 - 'The Angels', The 11th Airborne Division Mon, 01 May 2023 - 0h
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197 - 191 - US Glider Pilots of World War II Sat, 15 Apr 2023 - 0h
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196 - 190 - Mussolini's Last 10 Days Sat, 01 Apr 2023 - 0h
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195 - 189 - The Stalingrad Airlift Wed, 15 Mar 2023 - 0h
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194 - 188 - Company of Heroes Tue, 07 Mar 2023 - 0h
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193 - 187 - Desert Armour: Tank Warfare in North Africa Wed, 01 Mar 2023
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192 - 186 - Our Man in Tokyo Wed, 15 Feb 2023 - 0h
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191 - 185 - Adrian Carton de Wiart Wed, 01 Feb 2023 - 0h
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190 - 184 - My Road to Mandalay Sun, 15 Jan 2023
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189 - 183 - The Waffen-SS Sun, 01 Jan 2023 - 0h