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How the Allies plucked victory from the jaws of defeat

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4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The Second World War saw Allied forces evolve from serial losers to a war-winning machine. Comedian and history buff Al Murray talks to Spencer Mizen about 10 commanders – from Bernard Montgomery to George Patton and Omar Bradley to Orde Wingate – whose experiences chart that transformation. (Ad) Al Murray is the author of Command: How the Allies Learned to Win the Second World War (Headline, 2022). Buy it now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Command-Allies-Learned-Second-World/dp/1472284593/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Just Between Us, the podcast with all of the answers, some of the time.

0:05.0

A bit of a different thing going on this week.

0:07.3

You've been immature and you've lied.

0:10.3

And now you're trying to turn it on me and manipulate me and gaslight me.

0:13.9

I was trying to manipulate you.

0:15.7

Diana, you would be chucking their clothes out of the window.

0:18.1

I know, I'd be like, are you joking?

0:20.6

I don't know.

0:21.7

I guess you'd have to ask.

0:23.5

Someone that has sex.

0:24.2

Someone that has sex.

0:25.2

Right.

0:26.4

And remember, it's just between us.

0:32.3

Welcome to the History Extra podcast.

0:35.7

Fascinating historical conversations from BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed.

0:49.4

From Bernard Montgomery to George Patton and Omar Bradley, the Second World War produced

0:55.8

some of the most celebrated commanders in modern military history.

1:00.2

But how did these leaders react to the Allies' early defeats?

1:04.2

And how did they evolve their tactics to turn their armies into war-winning machines?

1:10.0

Al Murray, comedian, history fanatic, and author of a new book on the Allied commanders.

1:16.1

Answered these questions and many more in discussion with Spencer Mizzin.

1:20.7

So Al, you've just written a book called Command,

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