- 376
- Episodes
- 149
- Transcribed
- 1,870
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 64K
- YouTube views
About History of the Second World War
History of the Second World War is a weekly podcast which will cover World War 2, beginning with the tumultuous years after the First World War, continuing into the descent into war during the 1930s, through the war years, and then into the post war aftermath.
- Publisher
- Wesley Livesay
- Category
- history · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 5 Apr 2020
- Latest episode
- 2 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
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2 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
281: North Africa '41 Pt. 3 - Retreat to Tobruk

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Listener Questions Pt. 9

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280: North Africa '41 Pt. 2 - Opposing Forces and Mersa Brega
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281: North Africa '41 Pt. 3 - Retreat to Tobruk
Published 2 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And in the meantime, he could be supplied by the Royal Navy, who had control over the sea lanes around Tobruk. They would be supporting the roughly 24,000 defenders that were left in Tobruk, 14,000 of them being Australians, and the rest being from a mix of different units of the British Empire. […]
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- YouTube views
- 64,494
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 560 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 1,310 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 76 / 100
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- Quality
- 82
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 99
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