A Dutch-Canadian WW2 media podcast
WW2 films and series, checked against history
We're Sam and Maartje. Every week we watch a WWII film, series, documentary or book, then dig into what history tells us. We give you the context you didn't know you were missing! New episode every Friday.
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Women in WW2
SOE agents, nurses, war correspondents and the home front: the films and series about women's war.
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WW2 in the Pacific
From Pearl Harbor to the island battles and the prisoner-of-war camps, on screen and in the record.
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SAS Rogue Heroes
Every season review, plus the military adviser, actors and costume designer who joined us.
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Who we've talked to
Alongside our reviews, we sit down with the people who make WWII film and TV, and the historians who know the real story.
Be our guestBruce McKenna · creator of The Pacific
Clare Mulley · historian and biographer
Ben Simmons · military adviser, SAS Rogue Heroes
Tony Rushmer · author, SAS: Duty Before Glory
Actors · SAS Rogue Heroes, Masters of the Air, The Pacific
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Longer reads on the history behind the episodes.
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