World War II

The deepest shelf in the archive, and unapologetically Pacific-heavy: Seth Paridon and Bill Toti's Unauthorized History of the Pacific War and Ray Harris Jr.'s chronological History of WWII Podcast anchor the theatre, while We Have Ways carries north-west Europe — the Sherwood Rangers Normandy series and the Bruneval raid both started here. Expect operational detail over grand narrative, and command decisions examined at the moment they were made.

Standout Picks

PickArthur 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

PickThe Battle for Wake Island · Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

PickIntro to the Philippine Campaign of 1942 · Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

PickThe Battle of Iwo Jima: Part 2 · Lions Led By Donkeys

PickHeist From The Sky: Hell Breaks Loose (Part 3) · We Have Ways of Making You Talk

PickEpisode 618-Midway: Nagumo's Dilemma · The History of WWII Podcast

PickThe Battle of Guadalcanal – Episode 1: The Landings · World War 2 LIVE

All featured episodes

The History of WWII Podcast

SelectionEpisode 626-Operation Watchtower Begins

EssentialEpisode 627-Interview with Dave R. Holland

SelectionEpisode 625-Next Stop: Guadalcanal

EssentialEpisode 624-The Battle of Midway Comes To An End

EssentialEpisode 623-And The Hiryu Makes Four

SelectionEpisode 622-Yorktown: Abandon Ship

PickEpisode 618-Midway: Nagumo's Dilemma

SelectionEpisode 616-Midway: First Blood

EssentialEpisode 615-Battle of Midway: Prelude

EssentialEpisode 612-Death of a Carrier

EssentialEpisode 613-The First Carrier Battle

We Have Ways of Making You Talk

EssentialBritish Band Of Brothers: The Fight For Point 103 (Part 3)

EssentialHeist From The Sky: The Raid Begins (Part 2)

PickHeist From The Sky: Hell Breaks Loose (Part 3)

EssentialHeist From The Sky: The Bruneval Raid (Part 1)

SelectionBelfast, Bunkers, and Vichy Show Trials

SelectionJapan's Road To War: Honne & Tatemae (Part 3)

EssentialJapan's Road To War: Countdown To Infamy (Part 4)

EssentialJapan's Road To War: Empire Of The Rising Sun (Part 1)

EssentialJapan's Road To War: Power Behind The Throne (Part 2)

EssentialAudie Murphy: Rome & France (Part 3)

Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

PickIntro to the Philippine Campaign of 1942

SelectionAppointment in Tokyo

PickThe Battle for Wake Island

SelectionSeason 5 Finale--Questions and Answers on the Pacific War

EssentialShipbuilding and Fleet Repair in the PTO with Sal Mercogliano – Episode 549

EssentialTask Force 58 Under Attack 1943-45 Archival Footage – Episode 548

SelectionThe Dangerous Shore with Sara Vladic – Episode 547

World War 2 LIVE

EssentialD-Day's Most Important Forecast? The Real Story Behind Pressure

SelectionHow Historians Create WWII Battle Maps?

EssentialThe Doolittle Raid: America Strikes Back

EssentialThe Battle of Guadalcanal - Episode 4: Halsey Takes Command

EssentialThe Battle of Guadalcanal – Episode 2: Hanging in the Balance

PickThe Battle of Guadalcanal – Episode 1: The Landings

Lions Led By Donkeys

EssentialThe Battle of Iwo Jima: Part 3

PickThe Battle of Iwo Jima: Part 2

EssentialThe Battle of Iwo Jima: Part 1

SelectionThe Battle of Ramree Island

The WW2 Podcast

EssentialMers El-Kébir: The British Attack on the French Navy

EssentialA Boy Soldier in Hitler's Army

EssentialTask Force Hogan

Dan Snow's History Hit

SelectionThe Commanders: Zhukov

SelectionThe Commanders: Yamamoto

New Books in Military History

PickArthur 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)

EssentialNicholas Evan Sarantakes, "The Battle of Manila: Poisoned Victory in the Pacific War" (Oxford UP, 2025)

The History Extra Podcast

EssentialThe battle of the Arctic: the overlooked crucible of WW2

The Warrior Next Door

SelectionFrank DeCicco Jr: B-17 Waist Gunner, 303rd Bomb Group, WW2 - Episode 3 of 3