Almost the entire slate is 1939–45 this week, from Holland and Murray's new Japan series through Parshall on Task Force 58 to Gullachsen's superb Hitlerjugend attrition study — your Pick, and rightly so. Rummage on Spain's 1809 and Kane on the centurionate provide welcome breathing room.
🎯 This Week's Pick
Arthur W. Gullachsen, "The Defeat and Attrition of the 12. SS-Panzerdivision Hitlerjugend: Volume II: Operations Martlet, Epsom, Windsor and Charnwood 11 June-12 July 1944" (Casemate, 2026)
New Books in Military History · 59:56 · Mar 31
Arthur W. Gullachsen — author, The Defeat and Attrition of the 12. SS-Panzerdivision Hitlerjugend Vol. II (Casemate)
World War IITactics & Battles
Gullachsen's second volume on the destruction of the 12th SS-Panzer-Division Hitlerjugend covers the critical Normandy operations — Martlet, Epsom, Windsor, and Charnwood — during the desperate month after D-Day. This is granular divisional-level combat history in the bocage and around Caen, exactly the kind of operational detail that reveals how attrition ground down a near-full-strength Panzer division. An hour-long interview that should appeal to anyone serious about the Normandy campaign.
Want the full digest?
Descriptions, listen links, book recommendations — free, every Friday.
Unsubscribe anytime.
🔴 Essential
The Battle of Guadalcanal – Episode 2: Hanging in the Balance
World War 2 LIVE · 1h05m · Apr 03
World War IITactics & BattlesLogistics & Supply
Japan's Road To War: Power Behind The Throne (Part 2)
We Have Ways of Making You Talk · 1h00m · Apr 01
World War IIStrategy & Grand Strategy
Japan's Road To War: Empire Of The Rising Sun (Part 1)
We Have Ways of Making You Talk · 1h03m · Mar 30
World War IIStrategy & Grand Strategy
Task Force 58 Under Attack 1943-45 Archival Footage – Episode 548
Unauthorized History of the Pacific War · 1h48m · Mar 31
World War IINavalWeapons & Technology
The Roman Centurion
The Ancients · 1h00m · Mar 29
AncientLeadership & CommandTactics & Battles
🟡 Selections
Episode 407 - The Battle of Ramree Island
Lions Led By Donkeys · 1h19m · Mar 30
World War IITactics & Battles
The Commanders: Zhukov
Dan Snow's History Hit · 1h04m · Mar 30
World War IILeadership & CommandStrategy & Grand Strategy
Episode 136: The Stumbling Colossus
Age of Napoleon · 58:04 · Mar 31
NapoleonicStrategy & Grand StrategyCivil War & Rebellion
If a friend would find this useful, send them the link. That’s the entire growth strategy.