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- Ask Me Anything 10
A random AMA
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We talk about various subjects including: how to use Playlists, what is a biscuit? Stephen Ambrose, using sources, academic v popular history, football (a little bit), how I select subjects for the channel etc.
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Count me in for the grumpy old buggers podcast!!
I was listening to the last half hour ish in the car on the way home and as soon as you mentioned Jammie Dodgers I burst out laughing and promptly shouted 'guest biscuits' quite loudly!
I'm laughing again as I've just seen a packet in the cupboard 🤣🤣
I resemble a grumpy old bugger! I am loud too, since I am a Yank!😂
Thanks Woody another great AMA, brilliant as always 👍👏
Totally agree! I am sure you could talk knowledgeably about pretty much anything WW2, but yes, the guests are fantastic. Means that we get latest material. There is so much new information that does not get out of academic ghettos.
Local historians add so much value.
😊
Double yes to breaking down the walls of the academic camp. Even the most timid academics want to come out on day release.
Glad you enjoy these because I enjoy watching them 👍
Hi Paul , really enjoy these impromptu podcasts. That said I love WW2 TV. You and your guests are clearly foremost scholars and have worked bloody hard to be able to talk about your given fields of knowledge with such proficiency.
The biggest compliment I can pay to you, which I hope you will appreciate, is that I’d happily sit next to you in the pub, buy you a beer or two and talk bollocks all night.
My Wife often says I make Victor Meldrew look like someone who’s overdosed on happy pills.
Keep up the great work.
I am Olympic Gold standard at talking war bollocks in the pub
@@WW2TV Your Seb Coe to my Steve Ovett then clearly…..both of us Gold medal holders at that rate.
WW2TV drinking game night?
@@dermotrooney9584sounds like a plan !
Would definitely watch Two Middle Aged Blokes.
Great content, it's much appreciated, made my 2024 trip awesome.
Another great "AMA" with the inimitable and marvelous Paul Woodadge. 😄
And OH! Do such a podcast with you and Colin - it would surely be uproariously fun and funny!
Maybe one day!
Yes, yes, yes to a grumpy blokes podcast.
At 59 mins …Britain wasn’t alone - Churchill said so! ‘We shall never surrender….and if….then our empire beyond the seas….’
They could be going alone, Great Britain NEVER WAS UNDER ANY PERIL TO BE INVADED
Thank you for the Canada Day good wishes, Woody! Sorry I missed this live, I LOVE your AMA shows, but I’m enjoying it now. ☺
Great to hear a shout out for Wolverhampton Uni War Studies, as a part time student absolutely loving it. Like your channel, the quality of teaching is exceptional!
Thank you Nigel
I wish I could have seen this live to ask the question what does 1945 look like in a general look forward? I also want to compare your show with artistic realism compared to impressionism in terms of how you present history. I tend to put your show in the realism camp. This is because you try to present us with a more truthful examination of events then the impressionistic view of the often excepted view with all its myths and half truths. As for the discussion in a pub between WW2 enthusiasts I totally agree, I often feel that way interacting with the sidebar, and being able to have a question of my own answered by your guests. You are a blessing Paul with a penchant for your subject. Carry on man!
Another great show! Hopefully, I’ll catch one of your AMA live one day.
My understanding is that technically, Doss wasn’t a conscientious objector, he felt compelled to serve, but not with a rifle. That’s why he got sent to be trained as a medic.
A show for curmudgeons. But please include us north americans cause biscuits are cookies and crips are chips, etc. But yeah! Do it! 🎉
They could dress up as the two heckler guys off the Muppets.
@@dermotrooney9584. Waldorf and Staddler.
A good nuanced answer on Ambrose by Paul. I can compare his career to the most famous US Civil War historian of his time Bruce Catton in the 1950s & early 60s. Catton made Civil War history readable to the masses, especially with his Army of the Potomac trilogy. He was a publishers meal ticket just like Ambrose was for anything WW2. But the civil war historiography has progressed since the 70s and 80s by historians who were not willing to swallow the Lost Cause myth i.e James McPherson, Gary Gallagher, David Blight, Eric Foner to such an extent that Catton is no longer even quoted today. The same has happened to Ambrose. Historical research has got better and he has been left behind. Even the historians that he possibly inspired to write history for the masses like Hastings & Beevor are starting to become less relevant as each year goes by. In that vein of thought, does anybody ever quote AJP Taylor, Michael Howard, or John Keegan anymore (giants of history in their day)???
Biscuits? I missed a discussion about Biscuits? Dammit!!
John Gooch, author of "Mussolini's War," might be good for Italo-Ethiopian or indeed anything to do with Italy's war. HIs book is good, I thought.
I love your AMAs Woody!
Thanks Woody would love an episode on Yogoslavia
Get John Morris on from the RSR, he's done a couple of interviews and could be asked different questions. Thanks for your show.
Hi Paul,
I have really enjoyed your channels coverage of war in the twentieth century!
I can’t say I’ve seen them all but, I have watched most of your most recent episodes.
Each guest cohost seems to get even better than the last ( and all have been great )!
I am the son of a WWII veteran and like most, my dad never spoke of the war.
The only things that he did speak about the war was the horrendous boat ride, the smell of death and they had “head hunters “ over there!
He served in the 5th Army Air Corp 1945 in Papa New Guinea. For the longest time I thought he was a reconnaissance photographer sines he was always shooting photos but, when I asked him all he said was no! Nothing else period!
Could you or have you done a series on how to research your family’s military history?
With your great contacts we could get info from all branches of the military ( allied and axis)!
Think of the stories well could all share!
I just learned that my cousins dad piloted a “Higgins Boat” in the Pacific Theater.
As always stay safe and healthy.
Ron
A series on how to research your family member is a great idea
Get someone in from the National Archive and maybe a WW2Talk person. They help a lot of people tracking Granddads.
@@WW2TV
Thank you sir.
Your channel brings us closer to what our family members were doing and where they were doing it.
This last step in finding out their recorded war history may just give us a better understanding of who they were.
The war was a subject that was never brought up and I can’t tell you why? I have an idea but, it is not words from my father’s mouth that I’d be relying on.
Thanks again for your great work and kind words.
Ron
@@WW2TV That would be super. There are some people on ww2talk who know that subject inside out, at least as it applies to the UK.
These AMA streams are great hopefully i can catch more of them live. regarding my question about the black watch in live chat. I believe my grans brother was in the 2nd Battalion because he served in Palestine, North Africa and Burma. I could be wrong but what I have looked at so far this is the only battalion to be deployed to all three
Have you acquired copies of the 2nd Battalion War Diaries
@WW2TV no is it easy to get these. I have looked as sources on the history of the regiment on the National army museum, the black watch website etc
You can either go to the National Archives yourself or pay a researcher such as facebook.com/search/top?q=british%20army%20war%20diary%20copying%20service
@WW2TV thank you Paul much appreciated
just chatting to my Dad and he said he trained as a chindit whilst in Burma. my Dad's cousin up in Scotland is going to check what information he has got on his Dad
Hi Paul, I am a newer viewer, found the channel because of YT Shorts, and I'm currently making my way through your backlog of content. just wanted to say you do an amazing job with the diversity of content on your streams. I was happy you mentioned the course at Wolverhampton Uni because I'm due to start this year so hopefully it goes well lol. listening to your channel and the We have Ways Pod gave me the push to take the plunge and go into history at an academic level.
Welcome aboard and good luck at Wolverhampton
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Concerning Conscientious Objectors. I knew a former RAF pilot who was raised as Quaker (although did not carry on as an adult). He volunteered early in the war and only flew reconnaissance missions and later as an instructor in Canada. He didn’t speak much of his experiences other than say that when on low level operations, if you returned without salt stains on the tail and leaves in the air intakes, you weren’t bloody low enough.
Perhaps a show on pacifists joining in non-combat roles?? No idea who could be a guest for this.
Had to leave chat, phonecall. I will still gladly introduce Woody to Danish beer though. Not the industrial shite, but the good stuff.
Guest suggestion: Prof Phillips O'Brien author of "How the War Was Won". Argues convincingly that US/UK air and naval dominance was key to winning the war.
A useful corrective to the now very dated "it was all down to the massive sacrifice of Soviet life in the land war on the Eastern front".
Also a corrective to comments like Dimbleby comparing the scale of Bagration to Overlord as a valid Eastern/Western front comparison. Where the pertinent comparison in terms of strategic importance would be to the Combined Bombier Offensive which had a massive impact on German production, the materiel available and whether it reached the front. And economic warfare like the destruction of German synthetic fuel and rubber production capacity.
Oil/chemicals and transport infrastructure wrecked + Luftwaffe destroyed + scarce resources diverted to building fighter interceptors = less armour, munitions, trucks, locomotives on the Eastern front.
Speer to Hitler 30 June 1944:
"If we cannot manage to protect our hydrogenation factories and our refineries by all possible means, it will be impossible to get them back into working order from the state they are in now. If that happens, then by September we shall no longer be capable of covering the Wehrmacht's most urgent needs. In other words, from then on there will be a gap which will be impossible to fill and which will bring in its train inevitable tragic consequences."
And so it came to pass. Would have happened a lot quicker had Harris been forced to attack oil rather than area targets in June rather than November 1944.
Good comment, I would add Britain's preclusive purchasing of strategic materials from "neutral" nations including ball bearings from Sweden and if I remember correctly, tungsten from Spain and there was the £2,500,000 "loan" to Spain in April 41.
Forgive me if it’s been done, but have you considered a presentation on Aussie War Brides. Speaking as an offspring of a Melbourne girl and US Marine
Again, a great subject, but do you have a guest suggestion please?
Dear Paul, you are doing a fantastic job. Please organise such Q&A periodically. I think it really cements the community of people fascinated by WW2 history around you.
Ps. And great thanks for indicated a ultra rich list of topics related to the history of Poland in WW2. Greetings from Poland.
Love to see a video on the 1st Bn Cambs Reg (Fen Tigers) fight at Adam Park in the fall of Singapore. You could ask Jon Cooper who wrote 'Tigers in the Park'. I think he would be very amenable and interested in being a speaker. Jane Iyer, (CEO Jane's SG Tours, Singapore) might also like to be involved.
Yes! Detailed Singapore history show would be great.
I'd vote for a Phantom show. Probably twice.
You should do a show like Seth and Bill on Unauthorized History of the Pacific War. I love those guys. John Parshall, too.
I love their shows too, but what would be the point of me doing exactly what they do? BTW Seth is back on Wednesday to give part 2 of his Philippine Sea / Turkey Shoot history
@@WW2TV Not the subject matter, the format. You and Phil Blood would be great together.
Paul, what happened to the video “Triumph of an American Infantry Regiment?” Can’t recall the guest. It was during your Hurtgen week. Thanks for all you do from this Yank history buff!
I have been trying to reach Robert Rush the historian without success ever since we had to postpone due to technical issues. I'm nit sure what's happened
@@WW2TV thanks sir!
I appeciated Woody's comments abt Conscientious Objectors (Conshees). Before WWII in the US, there was a vast mix of politics (Pacifists, Nazis, Commies, America Firsters...).
Seems like history has repeated itself. Putin and XI are maybe not as bad as Stalin, Tojo, or Hitler (or later, Mao), but it seems like many fighting age men and women in the West are thinking they will just draft-dodge if it comes down to it. Not sure who would welcome them tho. What's your read? Anyone?
Great idea. The psychology and methods of draft dodging would be very important to govt. There's still lots of it in Ukraine and Russia has lost a few million fighting age men down the back of the sofa.
Great show as always! When will Akkerman be back? 😁
Very soon! July 8th I hope
@@WW2TV thank you. I have an idea for the ww2tvshop. Im in desperate need of a bookmark. A cool ww2tv bookmark would be cool, atleast I would buy it
Spring don't offer a bookmark unfortunately
I’ve been to the Overloon War Museum in The Netherlands last week.
Will you be covering any battles/operations after Market Garden?
Also went to visit the german cemetery in Ysselsteyn. Quite the view of so many graves together.
Yep, I will be covering some post-Arnhem battles
@@WW2TV Nice, looking forward to it.
The more i read and listen, the sceptic i become about operation market garden. With all it’s chokepoints and Germany still ‘strong’ and large numbers.
And O'Connor. And Horrocks. And Crerar. And Simonds. I could mither Doug Delaney for you.
Nice set of questions and some good answers.
There was a legal case on Jaffa cakes being cake or biscuits (because of a tax issue being different on the various foodstuffs). Legal finding was cakes go hard when stale and biscuits go soft. I have no views on Jammy Dodgers, get an expert in..................
Yep, I use that example
Th amount of beef they eat in Argentina would make eating without a jawbone very difficult. 😉
PS, I’d love a channel with a couple of old farts arguing trivial stuff!! Please do!😂😂😂😂😂
Hello again Woody, is anything on Operations Bluecoat, Epsom, Goodwood etc in the pipeline?
Not sure, maybe. If not, there''s always next year
Steve Ambrose was a great historian before he went Hollywood. He did a 3 volume biography of Nixon, and a 2 volume bio of Eisenhower. Plus he wrote "Custer and Crazy Horse- The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors" which was fantastic.
Yet it was determined later that despite claiming a long-standing friendship with Eisenhower, he had only met him once or twice. Carlo D'Este's book on Ike is much better
@@WW2TV I'll pick that one up. His book on Nixon was good, the Custer and Crazy Horse book was great.
@@davidhoward3970 Crazy Horse & Custer is a good read.
I would suggest he was a good writer, but not actually a good historian. He was an okay historian but had a weakness for including tall tales if they were dramatic
Paul, please backup all the historical data on your computer. I heard you mention all the data on your computer during this session.
Yep, lots of harddrives don't worry
Is it true that the sky is blue because it reflects the water?
No