Season 03
(2020)
Overview
WW II Year 1941
Cast
as Self
Episodes
Week 071 - It's 1941 - A World at War - WW2 - January 4 1941 0.0
January 4, 2020
1941 begins with action in North-Africa and China, but Indy also takes a moment to assess the current stakes and stakeh…
Week 072 - Fighting Far Away From Home - Allied Advance in Africa - WW2 - January 11 1941 0.0
January 11, 2020
Action in Albania. Action in North-Africa. Action in East-Africa. Action in China and action on the Mediterranean. It l…
Week 073 - Mao Against Everyone - China at War and Civil War - WW2 - January 18, 1941 0.0
January 18, 2020
The Chinese Communists and Nationalists Clash while they're also both facing Japanese armies in the North. And although…
Week 074 - When Anti-Semites Infight, Jews Still Die - Pogroms in Romania - WW2 - January 25, 1941 0.0
January 25, 2020
The British offensive in East-Africa takes off with some rapid advances. Meanwhile in Eastern-Europe, Romania is the st…
Week 075 - Africa, the Axis’ Achilles Heel - The Allied African Campaigns - WW2 - February 1, 1941 0.0
February 1, 2020
Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas dies this week as Italy is still uncomfortably wrapped up in the Albanian Mountain…
Week 076 - Rommel to fix the Bungle in Benghazi - WW2 - February 8, 1941 0.0
February 8, 2020
As the Italian campaigns in Africa collapse, Hitler considers his options and then chooses Erwin Rommel to rescue their…
Week 077 - Enter Erwin Rommel - The British Advance in Africa - WW2 - February 15 1941 0.0
February 15, 2020
While the Germans send one of their best generals to North Africa to bail out the Italians, Great Britain switches focu…
Week 078 - The Brits Will Walk 500 Miles, and They Will Walk 500 More - WW2 - February 22, 1941 0.0
February 22, 2020
As the British make spectacular advances in East-Africa, with even more spectacular advances on the horizon, South-East…
Week 079 - The Nazis Building Bridges, Not Walls - WW2 - February 28, 1941 0.0
February 29, 2020
Parts of the British forces in North-Africa are being send to Greece to strengthen the Allied position there. While the…
Week 080 - Bulgaria Joins the Fascist Alliance - WW2 - 080 - March 7, 1941 0.0
March 7, 2020
German troops pour into Bulgaria as they join the Axis alliance, while British troops enter Greece in anticipation of a…
Week 081 - Nigerians Chasing Italians Like Cheetahs Hunt a Bull - WW2 - March 14, 1941 0.0
March 14, 2020
An Italian offensive into Greece is prepared, just as the Germans are preparing to also attack Greece via Bulgaria. Mea…
Week 082 - Culling the Nazi Wolfpacks - Submarines, Spies, China, and Africa - WW2 - March 21 1941 0.0
March 21, 2020
While two more Kriegsmarine u-boat aces go down, the moving parts of the war are getting more complex leaving the intel…
Week 083 - Yugoslavia Joins the Axis Powers. and then they don’t - WW2 - March 28, 1941 0.0
March 28, 2020
This week, the Yugoslavia is the stage for some rather dramatic and quite consequential events. Furthermore, the Nigeri…
Week 084 - Rommel Storms Into North-Africa - WW2 - April 4, 1941 0.0
April 4, 2020
The British thought they would be safe for a while, but this week they are proven wrong. This week, Erwin Rommel begins…
Week 085 - Nazis in the Balkans - The Invasion of Greece and Yugoslavia - WW2 - April 11, 1941 0.0
April 11, 2020
This week, the German Army invades Greece and Yugoslavia as it launches Operation Marita and Operation 25 respectively.…
Week 086 - Yugoslavia Crushed - Battle for Greece Continues - WW2 - April 18, 1941 0.0
April 18, 2020
The Battles for Yugoslavia and Greece continue as the Soviet-Union and Japan sign a non-aggression pact.
Week 087 - Another Last Stand at Thermopylae - The Battle of Greece - WW2 - April 25, 1941 0.0
April 25, 2020
The Battle of Greece continues as forces clash once more at the historic site of Thermopylae.
Week 088 - Balkans in Nazi Hands - A Greek Tragedy - WW2 - May 02, 1941 0.0
May 2, 2020
Greece falls as Axis troops push through the last Allied defenses. New plans are made for a German invasion of Crete, a…
Week 089 - Enigma Captured! - WW2 - May 9, 1941 0.0
May 9, 2020
An Enigma encode is captured in the Atlantic Ocean as the Germans make plans for a new offensive in Crete. Britain is h…
Week 090 - Nazi Nuts Trading Places & Victory for the Commonwealth - WW2 - May 16, 1941 0.0
May 16, 2020
In the week that Rudolf Hess makes his flight to Britain, the Luftwaffe prepares for theirs to Crete. The British utili…
Week 091 - Invasion of Crete: a Bloody Mess - WW2 - May 23 1941 0.0
May 23, 2020
Operation Mercury commences as fallschirmjäger airborne troops land on the Greek island of Crete. A bloody and messy ba…
Week 092 - Sink the Bismarck! - The Pride of the Kriegsmarine's Demise - WW2 - May 30 1941 0.0
May 30, 2020
This week, the Battle of Crete continues as the Bismarck and Prinz Eugen set sail to the Atlantic, starting one of the …
Week 093 - British Officers Abandon Their Men to the Nazis - WW2 - June 6 1941 0.0
June 6, 2020
The British morale reaches new low after losses at Crete and the loss of the HMS Hood. New plans are made for North-Afr…
Week 094 - Finland and France Join Hitler - WW2 - June 13 1941 0.0
June 13, 2020
Germany, Romania and Finland prepare for a gigantic invasion of the Soviet Union, whose own military is in a dire state…
Week 095 - French Killing French in Syria - WW2 - June 20, 1941 0.0
June 20, 2020
The Allies continue advancing into Vichy French Syria, but they are halted and pushed back by Erwin Rommel at the Halfa…
Week 096a - Operation Barbarossa - Biggest Land Invasion in History - WW2 - June 22 1941 0.0
June 22, 2020
June 22 1941. The first day of Operation Barbarossa begins as Adolf Hitler’s German armies invade Joseph Stalin’s Sovie…
Week 096b - Operation Barbarossa - End of the Nazi-Soviet Alliance - WW2 - June 27 1941 0.0
June 27, 2020
Operation Barbarossa kicks off this week with action all along the front as German panzers pierce through deep into the…
Week 097 - Wehrmacht 1/3 of Way to Moscow - WW2 - July 4 1941 0.0
July 4, 2020
Operation Barbarossa continues this week but is already running into problems that are gonna be hard to fix. The Japane…
Week 098 - Has Germany Lost WW2 Already in Mid-1941? - WW2 - July 11 1941 0.0
July 11, 2020
Germany keeps advancing on the eastern front, and yet by now, transport and supply problems are seriously undermining t…
Week 099 - Barbarossa: a Wehrmacht Soap Opera - WW2 - July 18 1941 0.0
July 18, 2020
As the German armed forces stretch further and further into the USSR, the Wehrmacht command doesn't seem to agree where…
Week 100 - The Wehrmacht - an Army on Horseback - WW2 - July 25 1941 0.0
July 25, 2020
Although we may picture panzers when we think of the German Army in WW2, it was very much an army that relied on horses…
Week 101 - Japan is Getting Hungry, Barbarossa is Confused - WW2 - August 1, 1941 0.0
August 1, 2020
Japan needs resources for its seemingly endless war in China, but where to look for them? And who might have a problem …
Week 102 - Tanks, but no Tanks - Hitler Hinders the Blitzkrieg - WW2 - August 8, 1941 0.0
August 8, 2020
In Japan those in power are divided as to what to do as war with the Western powers looks more and more likely. Meanwhi…
Week 103 - Churchill and Roosevelt vow to destroy all Nazis - WW2 - August 15, 1941 0.0
August 15, 2020
Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt issue a charter that lays out their thoughts for the future, the Soviets are i…
Week 104 - "There are no Soviet Prisoners of War, only Traitors" - WW2 - August 22, 1941 0.0
August 22, 2020
Josef Stalin is forming new armies to fight off the German onslaught, and yet it continues gaining ground in the north …
Week 105 - The Allies Invade Iran, Barbarossa Continues - WW2 - August 29, 1941 0.0
August 29, 2020
The British and Soviets work together invade Iran, while Barbarossa trudges ever on, with heavy losses. Bletchley Park …
Week 106 - The war is two years old - WW2 - 106 - September 5, 1941 0.0
September 5, 2020
It is two years this week since Germany invaded Poland. That European conflict soon became a global one. Japan's invasi…
Week 107 - Victory for the Red Army! - WW2 - September 12, 1941 0.0
September 12, 2020
The German invasion of the Soviet Union has taken enormous amounts of territory, but this week the Red Army not only st…
Week 108 - Another week, another half million for the Germans - WW2 - September 19, 1941 0.0
September 19, 2020
Kiev falls to the Germans, yielding hundreds of thousands of prisoners as whole armies are surrounded, but behind the l…
Week 109 - Free from the Nazi Occupation - but for how long can it last? WW2 - September 26, 1941 0.0
September 26, 2020
In former Yugoslavia, the Republic of Uzice breaks free from the German occupation, even as the Germans are mopping up …
Week 110 - A Huge New German Offensive Begins - Operation Typhoon! - WW2 - October 3, 1941 0.0
October 3, 2020
Adolf Hitler's renewed drive on Moscow, the Soviet capital, begins this week, even as the Japanese drive on Changsha en…
Week 111- An Open Road to Moscow! - WW2- October 10, 1941 0.0
October 10, 2020
The road to Moscow does indeed lay open before the Germans, but for how long? And can they exploit such an opportunity-…
Week 112 - Panic in Moscow! The Germans are here! - WW2 - October 17, 1941 0.0
October 17, 2020
Moscow panics as the Germans edge closer and take prisoners by the hundreds of thousands, even as the temperature drops…
Week 113 - Martial Law in Moscow, but is the Cavalry coming? - WW2 - October 24, 1941 0.0
October 24, 2020
The Germans draw ever closer to Moscow, but Soviet reinforcements have begun to arrive from Siberia and the city's defe…
Week 114 - Winter is Coming - WW2 - October 31, 1941 0.0
October 31, 2020
Operation Typhoon is halted until the coming winter can freeze enough ground to increase mobility. But the ever colder …
Week 115 - The Red Army must double in size... and now! - WW2 - November 7, 1941 0.0
November 7, 2020
There is a lull now on the Eastern Front, and Adolf Hitler uses the time to plan another drive on Moscow and points bey…
Week 116 - Night Vision Brings Triumph to the British! - WW2 - November 14, 1941 0.0
November 14, 2020
The British sink an entire convoy of supplies heading for Rommel in North Africa by using radar at night, something the…
Week 117 - Surprise Attack On Rommel! - Operation Crusader Begins - WW2 - November 21, 1941 0.0
November 21, 2020
The long planned Allied Offensive in North Africa- Operation Crusader- begins, but the Allies are worrying about how to…
Week 118 - Winter is here? The Germans can see Moscow - WW2 - November 28, 1941 0.0
November 28, 2020
The German advance has pushed within artillery range of Moscow, but can they reach it- and take it- before the Red Army…
Week 119 - Winter is Here! The failure of Barbarossa - WW2 - December 5, 1941 0.0
December 5, 2020
The Wehrmacht is halted by the Red Army at the gates of Moscow. Not only that, but a Red Army counteroffensive begins p…
Week 120a E.01 - Enter Japan - Pearl Harbour - WW2 - December 7, 1941 0.0
December 7, 2020
Japan's meticulous planning and preparation made it possible to surprise the Americans at Pearl Harbor. Alert on Oahu i…
Week 120b E.02 - Genda's Plan - Pearl Harbour - WW2 - December 7, 1941 0.0
December 7, 2020
There are signals of attack and a buzz of chatter in the air, but will this be enough to force the American defenders o…
Week 120c E.03 - Calm Before the Storm - Pearl Harbour - WW2 - - December 7, 1941 0.0
December 7, 2020
War is sort of declared, but Japanese planes have already started their attack.
Week 120d E.04 - Tiger, Tiger, Tiger - Pearl Harbour - WW2 - December 7, 1941 0.0
December 7, 2020
The first wave commences its attack, how successful will it be? Will months of planning and preparation pay off?
Week 120e E.05 - Burning Ships - Pearl Harbour - WW2 - December 7, 1941 0.0
December 7, 2020
The first wave continues, and with it, the chaos and destruction.
Week 120f E.06 - Another Wave - Pearl Harbour - WW2 - December 7, 1941 0.0
December 7, 2020
Desperate and shocked, American forces scramble to mount a resistance to the attack. But how effective can this be as t…
Week 120g E.07 - Dogfights - Pearl Harbour - WW2 - December 7, 1941 0.0
December 7, 2020
American pilots are in the air, defending Pearl Harbor. They have already lost so much, and the Japanese show no sign o…
Week 120h E.08 - Burning People - Pearl Harbour - WW2 - December 7, 1941 0.0
December 7, 2020
The Japanese attack is over, but the damage is done and the remaining Americans in Hawaii are left to react to their de…
Week 120i E.09 - A Pacific War - Pearl Harbour - WW2 - December 7, 1941 0.0
December 7, 2020
Today marks the beginning of a war all over the South Pacific and Southeast Asia. How will the world change from here?
Week 120j E.10 - The Road to War - Pearl Harbour - WW2 - December 7, 1941 0.0
December 7, 2020
The circle closes, and we see why these fateful decisions were made and what the United States' reaction will be.
Week 120k - Hitler Declares War on the USA and the Jews - WW2 - December 12, 1941 0.0
December 12, 2020
The Japanese launch attacks all over Southeast Asia and the Pacific, and launch a preemptive surprise attack on the Ame…
Week 121 - The Japanese are unstoppable everywhere - WW2 - December 19, 1941 0.0
December 19, 2020
The Japanese make gains in Malaya, Burma, Hong Kong, Borneo, and the Philippines. The Allies also have trouble in the A…
Week 122 - Heinz Guderian's Christmas and the fall of Hong Kong - WW2 - December 26, 1941 0.0
December 26, 2020
The Japanese offensives and advances in Southeast Asia and the Pacific continue unabated and both Hong Kong and Wake Is…