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History of the Second World War

Interview 50: Defenders of the Reich with Robert Forsyth

History of the Second World War

Wesley Livesay

Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.5626 Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

This time I was joined by Robert Forsyth to discuss his new book Defenders of the Reich: The Luftwaffe's War Against America's Bombers which you can purchase from Osprey publishing here: https://www.ospreypublishing.com/us/defenders-of-the-reich-9781472862860/ Contact advertising@airwavemedia.com to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:18.3

Today I'm joined by Robert Forsyth, the author of Defenders of the Reich,

1:22.6

The Luftwaffe's War Against America's Bombers, which is out now from Osprey publishing. It was published

1:28.7

earlier in November 2025. Thank you for joining us here today, Robert, to talk about your new book.

1:36.2

Pleasure. Good to be here. Thank you for inviting me on. So recently, the podcast has sort of had

1:42.2

several episodes on the Battle of Britain. Now, your book is not

1:45.4

about the Battle of Britain, but one of the themes of the Battle of Britain, one of the well-known

1:49.7

stories, is kind of the technological preparations that were done before the war to meet a

1:54.6

possible German bomber attack over Britain. On the German side, sort of before the war and then in its opening months,

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