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The World War II podcast with comedian Al Murray and historian James Holland. We Have Ways of Making You Talk dives deep into WWII history, exploring key battles, forgotten front lines, and incredible untold stories.

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Latest WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk transcripts

Barbarossa In Ukraine: Capitalism To The Rescue (Part 2)

October 19, 2026

Al Murray (0:02)

Thank you for listening to We Have Ways of Making You Talk. Sign up to our Patreon to receive bonus content, live streams and our weekly newsletter with money off books and museum visits as well. Plus early access to all live show tickets. That's patreon.com/we Have Ways.

Welcome, welcome everyone to We Have Ways of Making You Talk. We have Al Murray and James Holland. This is our next Barbarossa series, isn't it? The Road To Kiev. Here we are. The Soviet Union is punch drunk and unable to make rational decisions. The German setup is punch drunk and unable to make rational decisions…

James Holland (1:31)

Yes. Although at this time in the third week of August 1941, it's absolutely clear that Barbarossa is stalling because the main thrust towards Moscow, which Pitner professes that he never really wanted to do in the first place, has now been split and it's gone north, while the main, you know, the center bit of it is…

It's a bit like Britain in the last week of May, 1940 On paper, there's no reason to throw in the towel because you've got a Navy or an island, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. But is the will sapping, you know, is there a collective panic where you just can't keep the whole show on the road? And that is the fear for…

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