Sep 23, 202624 min
On the night of December 18–19, 1941, six men of Italy's Decima Flottiglia MAS rode three manned torpedoes (maiali) into the heavily defended harbor of Alexandria, Egypt. They attached timed demolition charges to the...
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The obscure, forgotten, and overlooked stories of the Second World War — told as they deserve to be. A Black Elk Media production.
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What is WWII Untold about?
The obscure, forgotten, and overlooked stories of the Second World War, told as they deserve to be. A Black Elk Media production.
What has WWII Untold covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Six Men on Pigs: How Italian Frogmen Humbled the Royal Navy at Alexandria" (23 September 2026, 24 minutes), "The Ship Nobody Mourned: 5,000 Dead in Fifteen Minutes" (9 September 2026, 22 minutes), and "Red Cross on a Wolf: The U-Boat Rescue That Changed the Rules of War" (26 August 2026, 21 minutes).
How often does WWII Untold publish?
WWII Untold publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 21 minutes across 11 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on WWII Untold?
Booking probability for WWII Untold is 28%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. WWII Untold requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. WWII Untold's contact route on record: verified email.
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WWII Untold is a history podcast with 11 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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- Sep 9, 202622 min
On September 18, 1944, the British submarine HMS Tradewind torpedoed the Japanese transport Jun'yō Maru off the coast of Sumatra. The ship was carrying approximately 4,200 Javanese forced laborers and 2,200 Allied POWs...
- Aug 26, 202621 min
On September 12, 1942, U-156 torpedoed the British troopship RMS Laconia off West Africa, then discovered the ship carried 1,800 Italian POWs in addition to British soldiers and civilians. Commander Werner Hartenstein...
- Aug 19, 202621 min
In 1945, the OSS launched Operation Periwig, a black propaganda campaign that fabricated an entirely fictional anti-Nazi resistance movement inside Germany. They forged letters between supposed conspirators, dropped...
- Aug 13, 202622 min
On December 24, 1944, the Belgian troopship SS Leopoldville was torpedoed by U-486 in the English Channel just five miles from Cherbourg, killing 763 American soldiers of the 66th Infantry Division. Many drowned because...
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- Aug 5, 202620 min
From 1942-1944, the USAAF and Navy developed a weapon using Mexican free-tailed bats fitted with tiny incendiary devices, intended to be released over Japanese cities where they would roost in wooden buildings and start...
- Jul 29, 202624 min
In September 1943, fourteen men of Z Special Unit sailed the MV Krait — a former Japanese fishing vessel already in Allied possession — over 2,000 miles from Australia to Japanese-occupied Singapore...
- Jul 26, 202618 min
On September 19, 1940, Polish cavalry captain Witold Pilecki deliberately got himself arrested in a Warsaw roundup to be sent to Auschwitz under the false identity of Tomasz Serafiński (prisoner number 4859). Inside, he...
- Jul 15, 202622 min
On May 3, 1945, just days before VE Day, RAF Typhoons of No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group attacked the prison fleet in Lübeck Bay, including the Cap Arcona, Thielbek, and Deutschland. Unknown to the pilots, the SS had...
- Jul 8, 202619 min
On May 5, 1945, soldiers of the US 12th Armored Division, Wehrmacht Major Josef Gangl and his defecting troops, Austrian resistance fighters, and French VIP prisoners — including former prime ministers Paul...
- May 14, 202621 minS0
On November 26, 1943, the troopship HMT Rohna was struck by a German Henschel Hs 293 radio-guided glide bomb off Bougie (now Béjaïa), Algeria, launched from a Heinkel He 177A bomber. Approximately 1,138 men died...
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