Battleground

Goalhanger

426 - 405. Escalation, Ambiguity, and the Ghost of Katyn

A history podcast that explores the narratives, turning points, and characters that shape conflicts, encompassing a blend of social and military history. Following on from the series on the Falklands War, best-selling military historians Patrick Bishop, Saul David, and Roger Moorhouse turn their attention every Friday to the war in Ukraine, and every Wednesday look back at the significant wars, events, and figures from conflicts around the world. Goalhanger Podcasts

426 - 405. Escalation, Ambiguity, and the Ghost of Katyn

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Battleground

Episodes

405. Escalation, Ambiguity, and the Ghost of Katyn

404. The Reinforced Character of Kharkiv

403. The Unimaginable: Will Nuclear Weapons Be Used Again in Our Lifetime?

Friends in High Places: Putin’s Lifelines and Britain’s Sanction U-Turn

401. The Battle for Kupiansk: Inside Ukraine's Comeback

400. Human Safari in Kherson & Drone Interceptors at Chernobyl

399. Is This the Beginning of the End?

398. Katya’s War: The Last Night in Avdiivka

397. Is the Kremlin Crumbling? Putin’s Bunkers, Coup Fears, and the Shoigu Suspicion

396. Katya’s War: From Kharkiv to Bakhmut

395. Kinetic Sanctions

394. Kharkiv: Flowers, Sunshine, and the Shadow of War

393. The Druzhba Pipeline Deal: Hungary’s New PM & Russia’s Hidden Inflation

392. Lessons for the West: The Most Experienced Army in Europe

391. The Hungarian Earthquake: The Fall of the Orbán Era

390. The Invisible Frontline: Power, Trauma, and Resilience in Odesa

389. Drone Breakthroughs, Russian Oil Strikes, and JD Vance in Budapest

388. Hungary’s High-Stakes Election

387. The Baltic Blitz: Dismantling Putin’s War Chest

386. Otto Skorzeny and the Gran Sasso Raid

385. Swapping Plastic for Metal: The New Economics of Warfare

384. Hubris at the Gates: The Fall of Russia's Elite

383. Odesa Mama, Port of War & Surviving Russian Occupation

382. Putin’s Windfall, Gerasimov’s Fictions, and Moral Equivalence

381. Battleground: Special Forces — The Listener Mailbag

380. Tragedy, Resilience, and Defiance: Reflections from a Week Across Ukraine

379. The Raid: Inside the SAS Assault on the Iranian Embassy: Part 2

378. Why Hungary and Iran Matter for Ukraine Right Now

377. The Iran Distraction: How the Middle East Mega-Drama Redraws the Map for Kyiv

376. The SAS and the Iranian Embassy Siege: Part 1

375. Ukraine’s Spring Surge

374. Operation Eagle Claw: Disaster in the Desert

373. Battlefield Gains, Geneva Stalemates, and the "Helmet of Memory"

372. The Cockleshell Heroes: Twelve Men, Two Survivors

371. Assassinations, Attrition, and the Telegram Crackdown

370. Battleground: Spetsnaz – Russia’s Elite Shadow

369. Trump’s "Truce" and Russia's waning influence in Azerbaijan

368. Operation Cauldron: The Perfect Raid Amidst the Dieppe Disaster

367. The Screaming Banshee and the Ukrainian 'Dad’s Army'

366. Blunders, Bullets, and the Black Mercedes: Entebbe part 2

365. Darkness in Kyiv and the Duel for Greenland

364. The Impossible Mission: Entebbe Part 1

363. Oreshnik Over Lviv: Winter Strikes and the Shadow Fleet

362. Introducing - Battleground: Special Forces

361. The Donroe Doctrine: From Caracas to Kyiv

360. Hero or Villain: Episode 6 - Douglas Haig

359. The Mar-a-Lago Charade & The "Dark Side of the Moon"

358. Hero or Villain: Episode 5 - Josip Tito

357. Ordinary People Don't Carry Machine Guns

356. Hero or Villain: Episode 4 - Tony Blair

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