In the opening episode of our special Battleground ’44 series, Patrick Bishop and Saul David look at a character who cast a long shadow over the war in the west. The American general and later U.S. President - Dwight D. Eisenhower.
In this episode Saul and Patrick delve into Eisenhower's story: his background, his meteoric rise through the U.S. Military ranks, his personality and experiences, and why all that led to him and not others being selected for the top job.
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16. Frontline Reality
15. A storm in a teacup
14. President Zelensky
13. How did we get here?
12. Max Hastings
11. German Rearmament
10. Will Putin go nuclear?
9. The Russian Army
8. Shaping perceptions
7. Russian desperation?
6. Ukraine Strikes Back
5 . War crimes & 'the Reckoning'
4. A Lieutenant-Colonel's frontline reality
3. The Russian mindset
2. The Ukrainian counter-offensive
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Bonus: 'Piggy' Trotter and bomb disposal
16. Reflections and response
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