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About AJ Woodhams

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AJ Woodhams hosts the "War Books" podcast. You can subscribe on Apple here and on Spotify here. War Books is on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram.

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NBN Episodes hosted by AJ:

Military History March 21, 2023

Liberty Is Sweet

The Hidden History of the American Revolution

Woody Holton

Hosted by AJ Woodhams
A “deeply researched and bracing retelling” (Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian) of the American Revolution, showing how the Founders were influenced by overlooked Americans—women, Native Americans, African Americans, and religious …
Military History March 19, 2023

White Knights in the Black Orchestra

The Extraordinary Story of the Germans Who Resisted Hitler

Tom Dunkel

Hosted by AJ Woodhams
They were a small group of conspirators who risked their lives by plotting relentlessly to obstruct and destroy the Third Reich from within. The Gestapo nicknamed this shadowy confederation of …
Military History March 18, 2023

The Island of Extraordinary Captives

A Painter, a Poet, an Heiress, and a Spy in a World War II British Internment Camp

Simon Parkin

Hosted by AJ Woodhams
The Island of Extraordinary Captives: A Painter, a Poet, an Heiress, and a Spy in a World War II British Internment Camp (Scribner, 2022 is the “riveting…truly shocking” (The New York …
Military History March 13, 2023

Birds of Prey

Hitler's Luftwaffe, Ordinary Soldiers, and the Holocaust in Poland

Philip W. Blood

Hosted by AJ Woodhams
Birds of Prey: Hitler's Luftwaffe, Ordinary Soldiers, and the Holocaust in Poland (Ibidem Press, 2021) is a microhistory of the Nazi occupation of Białowieźa Forest, Poland’s national park. The narrative …