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The Danger Zone (DZ)

Paul conducts the guided tour at the Australian Armour and Artillery Museum, Cairns every Saturday at 10:30 am. Paul’s tour’s like what Carlsberg says about their beer, probably the best tour of an armour and artillery museum in the world. The Trip Advisor reviews of his Tour speak for themselves. This Podcast is like the Tour – only infinitely better. It looks at military history, in incredible detail, the likes of which you’ve never heard before. Never rushed – the topic is exhaustively covered in as many parts as are needed to do the topic full justice.

DZ Season 064 Part 33. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Patton 4 – Once a Powerful Friend Transformed into a Powerful Enemy.

20 mins; April 01, 2026

DZ Season 064 Part 32. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Patton 3 – Managing a Crisis.

30 mins; March 25, 2026

DZ Season 064 Part 31. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Patton 2 – The Slap That Killed Millions.

22 mins; March 18, 2026

DZ Season 064 Part 30. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Patton 1 – Salute to a Rebel.

26 mins; March 11, 2026

DZ Season 064 Part 29. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Bradley 14 – Saving General Bradley.

28 mins; March 04, 2026

DZ Season 064 Part 28. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Bradley 13 – The American Armies Are Exhausted.

30 mins; February 25, 2026

DZ Season 064 Part 27. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Bradley 12 – Don't come in George, if you're not bringing good news.

23 mins; February 18, 2026

DZ Season 064 Part 26. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Bradley 11 – Would You Follow a General Who Hid From the Enemy.

20 mins; February 11, 2026

DZ Season 064 Part 25. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Bradley 10 – The Truth Was That Bradley Himself Had Nothing Under Control.

28 mins; February 04, 2026

DZ Season 064 Part 24. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Bradley 9 – Germany was achieving near-miracles in fighter production.

28 mins; January 28, 2026

DZ Season 064 Part 23. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Bradley 8 – where in hell has this son of a bitch gotten all his strength.

23 mins; January 21, 2026

DZ Season 064 Part 22. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Bradley 7 – Winter Unpreparedness – History Repeats Itself - Part 22

27 mins; January 14, 2026

DZ Season 064 Part 21. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Bradley 6 – He’s Really a Moron – Who Said That and About Whom

33 mins; January 07, 2026

DZ Season 064 Part 20. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Bradley 5 – Bradley Couldn’t See the Woods for the Trees.

23 mins; December 31, 2025

DZ Season 065 Part 19. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Bradley 4 – Bradley vs The James Bond Villain.

31 mins; December 24, 2025

DZ Season 064 Part 18. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Bradley 3 – I don't care if we get Brest tomorrow or ten days later.

27 mins; December 17, 2025

DZ Season 064 Part 17. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Bradley 2 – Bradley Attacks in Exactly the Wrong Direction.

23 mins; December 10, 2025

DZ Season 064 Part 16. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Bradley 1 – Marshall’s Choice for D-Day American Land Forces Commander.

32 mins; December 03, 2025

DZ Season 064 Part 15. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Monty 9 – How a Nazi Fake BBC Broadcast Almost Shattered the American British Alliance.

19 mins; November 26, 2025

DZ Season 064 Part 14. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Monty 8 – Monty’s Letter Too Far.

24 mins; November 19, 2025

DZ Season 064 Part 13. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Monty 7 – to Eisenhower: comply with Monty’s two basic conditions or fail.

22 mins; November 12, 2025

DZ Season 065 Part 12. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Monty 6 –Bradley Aways Addressed Monty as Sir.

27 mins; November 05, 2025

DZ Season 064 Part 11. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Monty 5 – Monty Gives Bradley a Christmas Present.

23 mins; October 29, 2025

DZ Season 064 Part 10. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Monty 4 – Bradley explains how he had arrested the German Ardennes offensive.

27 mins; October 22, 2025

DZ Season 064 Part 9. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Monty 3 – Christ come to cleanse the temple.

30 mins; October 15, 2025

DZ Season 064 Part 8. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Monty 3 – His Superiors and Peers.

25 mins; October 08, 2025

DZ Season 064 Part 7. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Monty 2 – Family and Subordinates.

25 mins; October 01, 2025

DZ Season 064 Part 6. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Monty 1 - Military Career up to 8th Army

20 mins; September 24, 2025

DZ Season 064 Part 5. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Eisenhower 2 - As Battlefield Commander

25 mins; September 17, 2025

DZ Season 064 Part 4. End the War in 44 - Only Human – Eisenhower 1 - Brilliant Strategic Thinking and Other Failings

23 mins; September 10, 2025

DZ Season 064 Part 3. End the War in 44 – The Battered Phoenix.

35 mins; September 03, 2025

DZ Season 064 Part 2. End the War in 44 – The Allies Develop Victory Disease – The Problems of Too Much Success.

26 mins; August 27, 2025

DZ Season 064 Part 1. End the War in 44 – The German Army is Kaput – The Problems of Too Much Success.

27 mins; August 20, 2025

DZ Season 063 Part 49. 300 Spartans and All That – The Gift of the Greek and Persian Wars – Proclaim liberty throughout all the land - Final Part.

27 mins; August 13, 2025

DZ Season 063 Part 48. 300 Spartans and All That – Plataea – The Battle – Camping with Xerxes.

16 mins; August 06, 2025

DZ Season 063 Part 47. 300 Spartans and All That – Plataea – The Battle – Death of a Leader.

25 mins; July 30, 2025

DZ Season 063 Part 46. 300 Spartans and All That – Plataea – The Battle – Someone Made a Major Mistake in the Face of the Enemy.

22 mins; July 23, 2025

DZ Season 063 Part 45. 300 Spartans and All That – Plataea – The Battle – To Battle, the Spartans Avenge Thermopylae.

21 mins; July 16, 2025

DZ Season 063 Part 44. 300 Spartans and All That – Plataea – The Battle – Jockeying for Position.

25 mins; July 09, 2025

DZ Season 064 Part 43. 300 Spartans and All That – Plataea – Phalanx – After the Battle – The Decomposing Bodies.

28 mins; July 02, 2025

DZ Season 063 Part 42. 300 Spartans and All That – Plataea – Phalanx – After the Battle – The Killing Field.

17 mins; June 25, 2025

DZ Season 063 Part 41. 300 Spartans and All That – Plataea – Phalanx – Panic Flight.

19 mins; June 18, 2025

DZ Season 063 Part 40. 300 Spartans and All That – Plataea – Phalanx – And Suddenly They Could Take No More.

21 mins; June 11, 2025

DZ Season 063 Part 39. 300 Spartans and All That – Plataea – Phalanx – Death Rumble.

21 mins; June 04, 2025

DZ Season 063 Part 38. 300 Spartans and All That – Plataea – Phalanx – What the Battle of Agincourt Teaches - Second.

21 mins; May 28, 2025

DZ 063 Part 37. 300 Spartans and All That – Plataea – Phalanx – What the Battle of Agincourt Teaches - First.

24 mins; May 21, 2025

DZ Season 063 Part 36. 300 Spartans and All That – Plataea – Phalanx – ‘Opening Up the Enemy Phalanx.

18 mins; May 14, 2025

DZ Season 063 Part 35. 300 Spartans and All That – Plataea – Phalanx – At the Run.

23 mins; May 07, 2025

DZ Season 063 Part 34. 300 Spartans and All That – Plataea – Phalanx – Into the Fray.

15 mins; April 30, 2025

DZ Season 063 Part 33. 300 Spartans and All That – Plataea – Phalanx – Sticking Together.

23 mins; April 23, 2025

DZ Season 063 Part 32. Spartans and All That – Plataea – Phalanx – The Fear of Death.

22 mins; April 16, 2025

DZ Season 063 Part 31. 300 Spartans and All That – Plataea – Phalanx – Spears and Swords.

22 mins; April 09, 2025

DZ Season 063 Part 30. 300 Spartans and All That – Plataea – Phalanx – Shield, Helmet, Greaves, and Breastplate.

26 mins; April 02, 2025

DZ Season 063 Part 29. 300 Spartans and All That – Plataea – Phalanx – The Formation that Terrified and Smashed the Persians.

20 mins; March 26, 2025

DZ Season 063 Part 28. 300 Spartans and All That. Not a Lucky General.

17 mins; March 19, 2025

DZ Season 002 Part 04 How Hitler Almost Missed the Bus. 1 January 1933. Who, in the Nazi Party, called Hitler “an immigrant unemployed house painter”?

17 mins; March 17, 2025

DZ Season 063 Part 27. 300 Spartans and All That – Mardonius’ Campaign – To Save His Head.

18 mins; March 12, 2025

DZ Season 063 Part 26. 300 Spartans and All That – Divine Salamis – Down Among the Dead Men.

29 mins; March 05, 2025

DZ Season 063 Part 25. 300 Spartans and All That – Divine Salamis – Artemisia Female Warrior.

25 mins; February 26, 2025

DZ Season 063 Part 24. 300 Spartans and All That – Divine Salamis – You Might Want to Know How To Swim.

21 mins; February 19, 2025

DZ Season 063 Part 23. 300 Spartans and All That – Divine Salamis – The Naval Battle.

25 mins; February 12, 2025

DZ Season 063 Part 22. 300 Spartans and All That – Divine Salamis – A Spy at the Highest Level in the Greek Camp

18 mins; February 05, 2025

DZ Season 063 Part 21. 300 Spartans and All That – Divine Salamis – The Message of Impending Doom that Xerxes Did Not Receive.

20 mins; January 29, 2025

DZ Season 063 Part 20. 300 Spartans and All That - The Spy in Xerxes HQ.

26 mins; January 22, 2025

DZ Season 063 Part 19. 300 Spartans and All That - Thermopylae Pass – Whip Them Into Shape – Spartan Wipeout.

22 mins; January 15, 2025

DZ Season 063 Part 18. 300 Spartans and All That – Thermopylae Pass – Whip Them Into Shape – Coming Spartan Wipeout.

18 mins; January 08, 2025

DZ Season 063 Part 17. 300 Spartans and All That – Thermopylae Pass – Whip Them Into Shape – Game On.

23 mins; January 01, 2025

DZ Season 063 Part 16. 300 Spartans and All That – Thermopylae Pass – That’s Entertainment – Pre-Game.

21 mins; December 25, 2024

DZ Season 063 Part 15. 300 Spartans and All That – Thermopylae Pass – Why?

18 mins; December 18, 2024

DZ Season 063 Part 14. 300 Spartans and All That – Who Was It That Was Crucified but Taken Down from the Cross Before He Died.

26 mins; December 11, 2024

DZ Season 063 Part 13. 300 Spartans and All That – Xerxes Fleet Meets an Unknown Unknown.

20 mins; December 04, 2024

DZ Season 063 Part 12. 300 Spartans and All That - Xerxes and the Spies.

25 mins; November 27, 2024

DZ Season 063 Part 11. 300 Spartans and All That – Manoeuvring and Strategy.

19 mins; November 20, 2024

DZ Season 063 Part 10. 300 Spartans and All That –Xerxes Allies with Carthage to Destroy All Greek Colonies.

19 mins; November 13, 2024

DZ Season 063 Part 9. 300 Spartans and All That – The Spartans Who Should Have Scared Xerxes.

18 mins; November 06, 2024

DZ Season 063 Part 8. 300 Spartans and All That – Xerxes Receives Another Worrying Omen.

23 mins; October 30, 2024

DZ Season 063 Part 15. Spartans and All That – Thermopylae Pass – Why?

18 mins; October 24, 2024

DZ Season 063 Part 7. 300 Spartans and All That – Was Xerxes a Hedgehog or a Fox.

26 mins; October 23, 2024

DZ Season 063 Part 6. 300 Spartans and All That – Ruins of Troy, the Hand of God.

22 mins; October 16, 2024

DZ Season 63 Part 5. 300 Spartans and All That – Triumphal Procession to the Bosphorous.

18 mins; October 09, 2024

DZ Season 063 Part 4. 300 Spartans and All That – Xerxes Women.

20 mins; October 02, 2024

DZ Season 063 Part 3. 300 Spartans and All That – Xerxes’ Ghost.

16 mins; September 25, 2024

DZ Season 063 Part 2. 300 Spartans and All That – Xerxes Reveals His Planned Invasion, but ...

23 mins; September 18, 2024

DZ Season 063 Part 1. 300 Spartans and All That - The Beginning.

27 mins; September 11, 2024

DZ Season 062 Part 3. Animals at War. The Final Part.

24 mins; September 05, 2024

DZ Season 062 Part 2. Animals at War.

17 mins; September 04, 2024

DZ Season 062 Part 1. Animals at War.

15 mins; August 28, 2024

DZ Season 061 Part 22. Final Part. Rommel’s Unwinnable Desert War – Rommel Answers his Critics.

27 mins; August 21, 2024

DZ Season 061 Part 21. Rommel’s Unwinnable Desert War – Hitler Apologises.

25 mins; August 14, 2024

DZ Season 061 Part 20. Rommel’s Unwinnable Desert War – How the Ariete Division Saved Panzerarmee Africa.

22 mins; August 07, 2024

DZ Season 061 Part 19. Rommel’s Unwinnable Desert War – El Alamein – End Game for the Italian Armour – with Honour?

21 mins; July 31, 2024

DZ Season 061 Part 18. Rommel’s Unwinnable Desert War – Fall of Tobruk – Best Thing That Ever Happened to Churchill.

26 mins; July 24, 2024

DZ Season 061 Part 17. Rommel’s Unwinnable Desert War – El Alamein – Cairo – Alexandria – Suez Canal.

25 mins; July 17, 2024

DZ Season 061 Part 16. Rommel’s Unwinnable Desert War – Gazala Line – Tobruk.

29 mins; July 10, 2024

DZ Seaon 061 Part 15. Rommel’s Unwinnable Desert War – Operation Crusader

21 mins; July 03, 2024

DZ Season 061 Part 14. Rommel’s Unwinnable Desert War – For the British Pride Comes Before the Fall.

29 mins; June 26, 2024

DZ Season 061 Part 13. Rommel’s Unwinnable Desert War – Did Malta Matter?

26 mins; June 19, 2024

DZ Season 061 Part 12. Rommel’s Unwinnable Desert War – Rommel's Short Winter Offensive - His Second.

25 mins; June 12, 2024

DZ Season 061 Part 11. Rommel’s Unwinnable Desert War – His Ridiculous Italian Supply Situation.

25 mins; June 05, 2024

DZ Season 061 Part 10. Rommel’s Unwinnable Desert War – Don't Tell Anyone - I'm Attacking.

27 mins; May 29, 2024

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