Ray Harris Jr.

Creator of The History of WWII Podcast.

[Ray Harris Jr. @WW2Podcaster]

Ep 500 is out! Stalin and Zhukov are determined to cause chaos behind Army Group Center's lines. This includes cavalry, regular army, paratroopers and partisans. https://t.co/J9iCErCUTI

[Imperial War Museums @I_W_M]

'Planes to Russia' - the British and American contribution to the Soviet Union's air war documented in an episode of the newsreel 'War Pictorial News', 1942.

Find the full episode here: https://t.co/8EMGjKpMFE

Film: IWM WPN 56

[Ray Harris Jr. @WW2Podcaster]

Today in WWII: Today in 1939, Finnish troops decimate Soviet troops near Suomussalmi. The Finns were outgunned and outmanned. But proving once again that desire beats duty, 2 soviet divisions would be wiped out by Feb of 1940.

[Ray Harris Jr. @WW2Podcaster]

Ep 496 is out! Interview w/Betina Anton about her book, Hiding Mengele. This is the story about the Angel of Death living out his post war life in South America. Sometimes, the bad guy gets away.

[Ray Harris Jr. @WW2Podcaster]

Ep 496 is out! Interview w/Betina Anton about her book, Hiding Mengele: How A Nazi Network Harbored The Angel of Death

[Ray Harris Jr. @WW2Podcaster]

Ep 489 has 2 episodes! Interview with Astronaut Jan Davis: Air Born: Two Generations in Flight. It covers her B-17 pilot father and her time going into space.

[Ray Harris Jr. @WW2Podcaster]

Ep 488 is out! The Soviet snipers on the Eastern Front during the Battle of Moscow. Plus a bit about the history of snipping.

[Ray Harris Jr. @WW2Podcaster]

Ep 487 is out! A 2 Episode special. First, interview with Dr. Shannon Monaghan about SOE agents in Eastern Europe as Stalin's forces come ever closer and then, a regular episode, Merry Christmas from the Eastern Front, 1941.

[Mike Croissant @croissant_mike]

I’m happy to announce that my publisher, Kensington Books, has licensed the UK rights to #bombinghitlershometownbook to Canelo Ltd. I’m glad this #wwii story will now make it into the hands of a whole new audience beginning in May 2025. Here is the cover:

[Andreas Koureas FRAS FRSA 🇬🇧🎗️ @AndreasKoureas_]

“When I warned [the French] that Britain would fight on alone, whatever they did,

Their Generals told their Prime Minister and his divided cabinet: ‘In three weeks, England will have her neck wrung like a chicken.

‘Some chicken….Some neck!’ ”

- Winston Churchill, 30th December 1941 to the Canadian Parliament.

[Second World War tweets from 1941 @RealTimeWWII]

Due to public anger, British government have lifted the ban on taking shelter in London Underground stations- platforms now crammed with people hiding from German bombing.

[Ray Harris Jr. @WW2Podcaster]

Ep 486 is out! Interview w/ Robert Hutton: The Illusionist: The True Story of the Man Who Fooled Hitler. The great deception just before the Battle of El Alamein.

[Ray Harris Jr. @WW2Podcaster]

Ep 484 is out! Hitler cleans house after Army Group Center fails to take Moscow. https://t.co/SPI8MzaWW7

[Ray Harris Jr. @WW2Podcaster]

Ep 483 is out! Not One Step Back. Hitler orders Army Group Center to stop retreating, to stand and fight. Meanwhile, he will send reinforcements and has taken command of Army Group Center.

[Ray Harris Jr. @WW2Podcaster]

Members! Ep 254 is out! The Finns through desperate actions, have their first victory.

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Ep 480-Japanese Americans at War is out! https://t.co/SPI8Mzap6z

[Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian @DrHelenFry]

Daphne Park, "Queen of Spies," trained WW2 Resistance teams but was later dismissed for calling out a senior officer's incompetence.

She then went on to become a top MI6 controller in Hanoi, Moscow, the Congo, and Zambia.

[Damien Lewis @authordlewis]

Fabulous 😊

[Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian @DrHelenFry]

Nancy Wake, known as the "White Mouse," was a WWII heroine who joined the French Resistance and later the SOE.

She was one of the Gestapo's most wanted, parachuted into France, led 7,000 Maquis fighters, killed an SS guard with her bare hands, and was awarded multiple honours.

[Ray Harris Jr. @WW2Podcaster]

@authordlewis This is how I talk on the phone all the time!