104 - Alarmstart: The Luftwaffe in the Mediterranean
The WW2 Podcast
Angus Wallace
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 15 November 2019
⏱️ 50 minutes
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If you cast your mind back to February 2018 I discussed the experience of German fighter pilots experience in Western Europe with Patrick Eriksson, that's episode 60. Later that same year, Patrick followed up with a second book Alarmstart East, focusing on the luftwaffe fighting over Russia (episode 85).
Patrick has now finished his trilogy of Luftwaffe books with Alarmstart South and the final defeat, closing with the German experience flying in and around the Mediterean; so North Africa, Sicily, Malta etc and through to the end of the war.
So I asked Patrick back for a chat…
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| 0:30.0 | Hello and welcome to another episode of the World War II podcast. |
| 0:34.0 | I'm Angus Wallace. |
| 0:35.0 | Loll listener, if you cast your mind back to February 2018, |
| 0:40.0 | I discuss the German fighter pilot's experience in the West with Patrick Erikson. |
| 0:45.8 | That's episode 60 if anyone wants another listen. Later that year, Patrick followed up with a second book, Alarm Start, East, focusing on the Lufwaffe |
| 0:57.0 | fighting over Russia. That's episode 85. Well, Patrick has now finished his trilogy of Luftwaffe books with Alam Start South and the final defeat. |
| 1:08.6 | Closing with the German experience flying in and around the Mediterranean, so North Africa, Sicily, Malta, |
| 1:15.8 | etc through to the end of the war. So I've asked him back for a chat. As we've already |
| 1:21.5 | been chatting for a while, patrons look out for Patrick telling me about his research into the Battle of Britain. |
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