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The Five Poets
- Soviet Ocean Liners of the 1960s, Their Poetic Names, Cold War Voyages, and the Last Days of Marco Polo
- By: Cyril Marlen
- Narrated by: Michelle Peitz
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Some ships pass through history almost unnoticed. They are built, they serve, they age, and they disappear, leaving behind little more than a few photographs, an entry in a register, and the faint memory of a name painted once on steel. And then some ships carry something larger than themselves. Ships that become symbols without entirely meaning to. Ships that reflect the ambitions, anxieties, and identity of the age that produced them.
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The Five Poets
- Soviet Ocean Liners of the 1960s, Their Poetic Names, Cold War Voyages, and the Last Days of Marco Polo
- Narrated by: Michelle Peitz
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 09-03-26
- Language: English
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Ice Road to Russia
- Sailing Through the World’s Coldest War Zone
- By: Cyril Marlen
- Narrated by: Tom Briggs
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Ice Road to Russia is a gripping, true account of the British Arctic Convoys of the Second World War, told in a clear, narrative style that brings the listener onto the freezing decks and into the tense silence between attacks. These were not routine supply runs. They were a lifeline drawn across the top of the world, carrying tanks, aircraft, trucks, fuel, food, and raw materials to the Soviet Union at the moment it was fighting for survival.
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Ice Road to Russia
- Sailing Through the World’s Coldest War Zone
- Narrated by: Tom Briggs
- Series: Everything World War 2 - WWII, Book 32
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 17-03-26
- Language: English
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What Was Operation Mockingbird?
- What the Conspiracy Theorists Think
- By: Cyril Marlen
- Narrated by: Chris Bentley
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall67
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Performance49
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Was the free press ever truly free? Or did hidden hands once pull the strings of public perception? What Was Operation Mockingbird? takes listeners deep into one of the most debated chapters of modern intelligence history—where Cold War secrecy, media influence, and conspiracy theory collide. This thought-provoking guide unravels the complex origins, allegations, and investigations tied to the term "Operation Mockingbird" and invites listeners to explore the blurry lines between documented truth and persistent rumour.
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Unraveling the myth
- By Marina Wilkes on 22-11-25
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What Was Operation Mockingbird?
- What the Conspiracy Theorists Think
- Narrated by: Chris Bentley
- Series: Everything World War 2 - WWII, Book 4
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
- Release date: 30-06-25
- Language: English
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The Trials of Nuremberg
- Holding Evil Accountable
- By: Cyril Marlen
- Narrated by: Tom Merrill
- Length: 2 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall49
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Performance38
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The Trials of Nuremberg: Holding Evil Accountable is a powerful and lucid account of the moment the world chose justice over vengeance, truth over denial, and the rule of law over the rule of fear.
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Discussions of international justice
- By Poppy Burke on 02-04-26
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The Trials of Nuremberg
- Holding Evil Accountable
- Narrated by: Tom Merrill
- Length: 2 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 12-12-25
- Language: English
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Occupied
- The Horrors of Civilian Life Under Nazi Rule
- By: Cyril Marlen
- Narrated by: Lt Colonel Tom Briggs US Army ret
- Length: 2 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall72
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Performance41
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Story41
What does it mean to live under the boot of an occupying army? Not as a soldier, not as a politician, but as a mother, a student, a shopkeeper, or a child—trying to survive while your world is dismantled around you. In Occupied: The Horrors Of Civilian Life Under Nazi Rule, historian Cyril Marlen offers an unflinching and deeply human account of what it was like for ordinary people trapped beneath the Nazi regime during World War II.
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Horrors in the everyday
- By Danny Parish on 06-12-25
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Occupied
- The Horrors of Civilian Life Under Nazi Rule
- Narrated by: Lt Colonel Tom Briggs US Army ret
- Series: Everything World War 2 - WWII, Book 3
- Length: 2 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 28-07-25
- Language: English
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Blackout Britian: Life in the Blitz
- Everything World War 2 - WWII, Book 31
- By: Cyril Marlen
- Narrated by: Christopher Gatterdam
- Length: 2 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall44
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Performance44
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When World War II cast its shadow across Europe, Britain faced an enemy unlike any it had known before—bombers in the night sky. To survive, the nation was forced to disappear into darkness. Blackout Britain reveals what life was truly like during those years when every window was covered, every streetlamp extinguished, and every household became part of a vast defensive shield made of shadow.
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Illuminating the Shadows of History
- By Emiliano on 31-03-26
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Blackout Britian: Life in the Blitz
- Everything World War 2 - WWII, Book 31
- Narrated by: Christopher Gatterdam
- Series: Everything World War 2 - WWII, Book 31
- Length: 2 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 15-01-26
- Language: English
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Evacuated
- The Wartime Children Who Never Came Home
- By: Cyril Marlen
- Narrated by: Jane Charles
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall89
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Performance77
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Story77
War is often remembered through the lens of soldiers, battles, and political leaders, but one of its most enduring human stories belongs to those too young to fight—the children. At the outbreak of the Second World War, governments across Europe launched evacuation programmes designed to protect their youngest citizens from the horrors of modern warfare. Operation Pied Piper in Britain uprooted nearly 1.5 million people in just a few days, most of them children carrying gas masks and small suitcases, their names tied to their coats like parcels.
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A Powerful Reminder of War’s Hidden Victims
- By Elvira Seibert on 11-04-26
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Evacuated
- The Wartime Children Who Never Came Home
- Narrated by: Jane Charles
- Series: Everything World War 2 - WWII, Book 20
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 06-10-25
- Language: English
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Island by Island: The Pacific War in Brutal Detail
- Everything World War 2 - WWII, Book 5
- By: Cyril Marlen
- Narrated by: Lt Col Tom Briggs US Army (ret)
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall73
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Performance48
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World War II was a truly global conflict, but no theatre of the war tested the limits of human endurance, strategy, and brutality like the Pacific. In Island by Island: The Pacific War in Brutal Detail, author Cyril Marlen delivers a visceral, unflinching account of the long, bitter struggle between Allied forces and the Empire of Japan. This is not a broad-strokes overview—it’s a deep dive into the raw, punishing reality of the Pacific War, told through vivid detail, gripping analysis, and a relentless focus on the battles that defined the ocean-spanning campaign.
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Brutal History Told with Respect and Insight
- By LeonaWilliams on 30-01-26
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Island by Island: The Pacific War in Brutal Detail
- Everything World War 2 - WWII, Book 5
- Narrated by: Lt Col Tom Briggs US Army (ret)
- Series: Everything World War 2 - WWII, Book 5
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 28-08-25
- Language: English
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The Fall of the Reich
- The Final 100 Days
- By: Cyril Marlen
- Narrated by: Lt Col Tom Briggs (US Army ret)
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall61
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Performance39
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Story39
The Fall of the Reich: The Final 100 Days tells the harrowing and historically rich story of how the Third Reich unravelled during its final, desperate months between January and May 1945. What was once a seemingly invincible Nazi war machine had by 1945 become a hollow shell—crumbling under the weight of defeat, dissent, and destruction. From the failed final offensive in the Ardennes to the thunder of Soviet artillery at the gates of Berlin, this book tracks the intense and often chaotic events that sealed Hitler’s fate and reshaped the modern world.
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A harrowing final act
- By Abbie Forster on 12-12-25
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The Fall of the Reich
- The Final 100 Days
- Narrated by: Lt Col Tom Briggs (US Army ret)
- Series: Everything World War 2 - WWII, Book 6
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 16-07-25
- Language: English
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The Impossible Victory
- Ten Reasons Why Nazi Germany Lost WWII
- By: Cyril Marlen
- Narrated by: Lt Colonel Tom Briggs
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall71
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Performance46
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Story46
World War II was more than just a clash of armies—it was a battle of ideologies, economies, and strategies on a global scale. It was the deadliest conflict in human history, involving more than 30 countries and resulting in the deaths of an estimated 70 to 85 million people, including both military personnel and civilians. For a time, it seemed as though Nazi Germany, led by Adolf Hitler, might succeed in reshaping the world according to its vision. Germany’s early victories stunned observers and instilled fear across Europe.
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Remarkable Clarity
- By Nicholas Gray on 28-12-25
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The Impossible Victory
- Ten Reasons Why Nazi Germany Lost WWII
- Narrated by: Lt Colonel Tom Briggs
- Series: Everything World War 2 - WWII, Book 1
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 23-06-25
- Language: English
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Churchill’s Secret Warriors
- The Daredevil Agents of the SOE
- By: Cyril Marlen
- Narrated by: Chris Bentley
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall69
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Performance40
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Churchill’s Secret Warriors tells the electrifying story of the Special Operations Executive (SOE)—the shadowy organisation Britain created in World War II to fight the Nazis from behind enemy lines. This book pulls back the curtain on one of history’s most daring and unconventional wartime initiatives. Born in desperation after the fall of France and the near-collapse of Europe, the SOE was Churchill’s audacious answer to the Nazi stranglehold across the continent.
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Must be AI generated
- By C3peteO on 21-03-26
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Churchill’s Secret Warriors
- The Daredevil Agents of the SOE
- Narrated by: Chris Bentley
- Series: Everything World War 2 - WWII, Book 14
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
- Release date: 11-08-25
- Language: English
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Operation Cornflakes
- The Allied Plot to Sabotage Nazi Germany’s Mail
- By: Cyril Marlen
- Narrated by: David Seldin
- Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall47
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Performance22
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Operation Cornflakes is a gripping account of one of World War II’s most audacious and little-known psychological operations. Cyril Marlen reconstructs how a handful of intelligence officers, printers, linguists, and airmen conspired to turn the Nazi postal system into an instrument of its own undoing. This is the story of how ink and paper became weapons, how forged stamps and counterfeit newspapers travelled through bombed-out rail yards and into German kitchens, and how the relentless craft of deception sought to undermine a regime that depended on the control of information.
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Quiet Subversion
- By Dion Jackson on 07-03-26
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Operation Cornflakes
- The Allied Plot to Sabotage Nazi Germany’s Mail
- Narrated by: David Seldin
- Series: Everything World War 2 - WWII, Book 27
- Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 08-12-25
- Language: English
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Resting Among Friends: The Cambridge American Cemetery and the Friendly Invasion
- By: Cyril Marlen
- Narrated by: Lt Colonel Tom Briggs (US Army Retired)
- Length: 2 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall35
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Performance18
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In the quiet Cambridgeshire countryside, between the villages of Coton and Madingley, lies a place where history and memory meet. The Cambridge American Cemetery, with its sweeping lawns, shining headstones, and solemn Wall of the Missing, is the only permanent American World War II cemetery in the United Kingdom. Nearly 4,000 servicemen and women rest here, and over 5,100 more are inscribed on the wall, their remains lost at sea or over enemy territory.
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December 7th significance
- By Romeo Paul on 25-03-26
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Resting Among Friends: The Cambridge American Cemetery and the Friendly Invasion
- Narrated by: Lt Colonel Tom Briggs (US Army Retired)
- Series: Everything World War 2 - WWII, Book 21
- Length: 2 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 25-11-25
- Language: English
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The Destruction of Berlin in 1945
- Top 10 Astonishing Facts
- By: Cyril Marlen
- Narrated by: Lieutenant Colonel Tom Briggs US Army (ret)
- Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall67
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Performance55
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Story55
In the spring of 1945, the world witnessed the fall of Nazi Germany and the near-total annihilation of its capital. Berlin, once a metropolis of culture, politics, and ambition, became the stage for one of the most devastating urban battles in modern history. When the guns finally fell silent, the city that had symbolized both Prussian grandeur and Hitler’s vision of a “world capital” lay in ruins—a smoldering monument to the destructive power of total war.
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Haunting Yet Accessible Overview of Berlin’s Annih
- By Alessandro Spadaro on 01-03-26
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The Destruction of Berlin in 1945
- Top 10 Astonishing Facts
- Narrated by: Lieutenant Colonel Tom Briggs US Army (ret)
- Series: Everything World War 2 - WWII, Book 18
- Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 06-10-25
- Language: English
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Private Pigeon
- The Forgotten Winged Soldiers of the Second World War
- By: Cyril Marlen
- Narrated by: John Bowman
- Length: 2 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall48
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Performance48
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In this deeply researched and vivid account, Cyril Marlen uncovers the astonishing role pigeons played in the most destructive conflict of the twentieth century. Radios could be jammed, batteries failed in freezing cold, and transmissions risked interception. But pigeons, guided only by instinct and loyalty to their home lofts, rose into the air and carried messages across battlefields, seas, and occupied territories. Their journeys were often short, sometimes perilously long, but always fraught with danger from bullets, hawks, storms, and exhaustion.
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A Tribute to Unsung Heroes of War
- By Alessandro Spadaro on 26-02-26
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Private Pigeon
- The Forgotten Winged Soldiers of the Second World War
- Narrated by: John Bowman
- Series: Everything World War 2 - WWII, Book 25
- Length: 2 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 12-11-25
- Language: English
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Top 10 Nazi Conspiracies Debunked
- The Real Story Behind the Myths
- By: Cyril Marlen
- Narrated by: Ty Lasky
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall58
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Performance45
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In Top 10 Nazi Conspiracies Debunked, historian and researcher Cyril Marlen unpacks and exposes the most infamous Nazi-related myths that have persisted for decades. These aren’t just fringe internet rumors—they’re global narratives that continue to shape pop culture, political thinking, and historical misunderstanding. This powerful and thoroughly researched book offers a chapter-by-chapter breakdown of the top ten conspiracy theories associated with Nazi Germany.
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Reassuringly Evidence-Based
- By Stephen E. Neth on 16-02-26
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Top 10 Nazi Conspiracies Debunked
- The Real Story Behind the Myths
- Narrated by: Ty Lasky
- Series: Everything World War 2 - WWII, Book 2
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 29-09-25
- Language: English
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When the War Ended, and the Future Began
- Ten Global Turning Points from the Ruins to the Cold War
- By: Cyril Marlen
- Narrated by: Tom Briggs
- Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall22
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Performance16
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When The War Ended, and the Future Began: Ten Global Turning Points from the Ruins to the Cold War is a powerful, accessible journey through the decade that reshaped modern civilisation. Written for general readers, Cyril Marlen brings the post-war world to life with clarity, human detail, and a strong narrative flow, showing how the aftermath of World War II created the political order, global tensions, and everyday realities we still live with today.
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Ten pivotal moments
- By Blanche Romero on 25-03-26
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When the War Ended, and the Future Began
- Ten Global Turning Points from the Ruins to the Cold War
- Narrated by: Tom Briggs
- Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 05-02-26
- Language: English
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Mud, Blood, and Silence
- Inside the Daily Terror and Humanity of the First World War Trenches
- By: Cyril Marlen
- Narrated by: Erin B Clark
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall98
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Performance88
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Story88
A century later, the Western Front still speaks—through sodden earth, shattered timber, and the letters of ordinary men who endured the unendurable. Mud, Blood, and Silence is a visceral, human-scale portrait of trench life in the First World War, told not through grand strategy or shifting front lines, but through the cramped inches where millions lived, fought, and waited. It is the story of mud that swallowed boots and hope, blood that seeped into the chalky soil of France and Belgium, and the terrible, watchful silence between bombardments when every heartbeat felt like a countdown.
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Aftermath Echoes
- By Jake Arellano on 19-02-26
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Mud, Blood, and Silence
- Inside the Daily Terror and Humanity of the First World War Trenches
- Narrated by: Erin B Clark
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 05-11-25
- Language: English
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The Children’s Ship
- SS City of Benares and a Voyage from Hope to Tragedy
- By: Cyril Marlen
- Narrated by: Tom Briggs
- Length: 2 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall30
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Performance15
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Story15
The SS City of Benares was born in the optimism of the interwar years. Launched in 1936 for the Ellerman Line, she embodied reliability, elegance, and the promise of safe passage between Britain and its empire. With her sleek twin funnels and polished interiors, she seemed destined to carry families, officials, and traders eastward in comfort. Yet within only four years, her name would be etched into the darkest chapter of Britain’s wartime history—not for her design or her service in peacetime, but for the lives of the children she carried on her final voyage.
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Wartime cruelty unveiled
- By Maud Hall on 12-12-25
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The Children’s Ship
- SS City of Benares and a Voyage from Hope to Tragedy
- Narrated by: Tom Briggs
- Series: Everything World War 2 - WWII, Book 19
- Length: 2 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 27-10-25
- Language: English
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The War in the Jungle: World War 2 in Southeast Asia
- Everything World War 2 - WWII, Book 15
- By: Cyril Marlen
- Narrated by: Lt Colonel Tom Briggs US Army (ret)
- Length: 2 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall73
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Performance49
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Story49
While the battles of Europe and the Pacific dominate the headlines of World War II, an equally brutal and strategically vital campaign unfolded far from the spotlight—in the jungles of Southeast Asia. The War in the Jungle takes listeners deep into this forgotten theatre of war, where Allied forces battled not only a tenacious Japanese enemy but also some of the harshest terrain and deadliest diseases on Earth.
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A Must-Read on WWII in Southeast Asia
- By Clark Lindsey on 20-02-26
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The War in the Jungle: World War 2 in Southeast Asia
- Everything World War 2 - WWII, Book 15
- Narrated by: Lt Colonel Tom Briggs US Army (ret)
- Series: Everything World War 2 - WWII, Book 15
- Length: 2 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 16-09-25
- Language: English
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