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Episode 113: Karl Dönitz and His Rise to Power
2026-09-23 | 45 mins.In today’s episode, we’ll get better acquainted with one of the war’s most important commanders – Grand Admiral and short-lived President of the German Reich Karl Doenitz. His is a story of U-boats, the Nazi Party, and the Nuremberg trials.
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- Editing: Hunter Christensen & Linus Klaßen
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2026-09-16 | 55 mins.Episode covers German Operation Felix: the planned 1940-41 invasion of Gibraltar. Details Hitler's strategy, Franco's refusal to enter the war, German military plans (49th Mountain Corps, Stukas, artillery bombardment), British defenses, and why this "what if" never happened.
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2026-09-09 | 55 mins.In today’s episode, we will once again reach into our bag of questions from our supporter community – from German tank counterfactuals to South American neutrals to Soviet manpower.
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2026-09-02 | 1hIn today’s episode, Matthias returns to the Spanish Civil War to follow the conflict from the fighting around Madrid and the battles of Jarama and Brunete to Guernica, the Ebro offensive, and Franco’s final victory in 1939. We also explore the role of the International Brigades, German and Italian intervention, the development of combined-arms warfare, and the lasting political legacy of the war in Spain.
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- Editing: Hunter Christensen & Linus Klaßen
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2026-08-26 | 56 mins.In today’s episode, Matthias takes us to Spain in the 1930s to set the stage for one of the most complex conflicts of the interwar years: the Spanish Civil War. From the collapse of the monarchy and the deep political divisions of the Second Republic to Franco, the International Brigades, and intervention by Germany, Italy and the Soviet Union, we explore how Spain became a testing ground for the wider war to come.
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- Production: Linus Klaßen
- Editing: Hunter Christensen & Linus Klaßen
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About WW2: Both Sides of The Wire
World War 2: Both Sides of the Wire is the podcast that takes you beyond the familiar and dives deep into the untold stories and surprising truths of the Second World War from the Allied and Axis perspectives.
Join us as we lift the lid on one of the most pivotal periods in human history, busting myths and unraveling the complexities of a conflict that still shapes our world today.
Host: Prof. Matthias Strohn & Jesse Alexander
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