Radio War Nerd

Guest: Annibale Recorded: April 9, 2024 Annibale joins us for a 3-part series on the Battle of Kursk in WW2, the myths vs the realities, and some parallels to the current war in Ukraine. In part 1, we discuss the background, the battle plans, and the planning. For more, check out these episodes with

Guest: Annibale Recorded: June 28, 2020 Popular RWN guest Annibale wraps up his 5-part series on Italy on the Eastern Front in World War II. This episode: the political and cultural fallout of the Italian POWs in the Soviet Union, through films, political culture, and weaponized history... Listen to

Guest: Annibale Recorded: April 24, 2020 In this second part of Annibale's look at Italy on the Eastern Front in WWII, Hitler agrees to have a modest-sized Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia join the 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union to perform mostly backup duties well behind the front lines. By

Recorded: April 17, 2020 Guest: Annibale First, the War Nerd and Ames discuss foxes... At 07:45 - Annibale joins us for an update on the pandemic in Italy: crackdown on Lombardy's privatized medical care hucksters & coming to grips with possibility there'll be no vaccine or cure... At 31:00 - Anniba