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- [On the Future of the Show](https://warstoriescast.com/2018/08/02/on-the-future-of-the-show/) - When we began the show, we didn’t know what it’d take to finish a season. Once we started, we spent those four weeks between episodes constantly digging through sources, writing scripts, and producing the episodes to keep that schedule. Now, we're figuring out how we best move forward.
- [2.9 - The Once and Future Sniper](https://warstoriescast.com/2018/04/09/2-9-the-once-and-future-sniper/) - What's the quality that defines a sniper? In our season finale, we look at the future of the sniper and whether the mythos they've cultivated over the centuries can withstand technologies under development.
- [2.8 - The White Feather](https://warstoriescast.com/2018/03/05/2-8-the-white-feather/) - In the Vietnam War, snipers returned to some of their earliest environmental roots while simultaneously reaching the pinnacle of their development: taking part in long missions, independently, where high value targets were taken out.
- [2.7 - A Soviet Sniper's American Journey](https://warstoriescast.com/2018/02/05/2-7-a-soviet-snipers-american-journey/) - By the time Lyudmila Pavlichenko joined the rest of her peers at the International Student Assembly at American University in Washington, DC, much of the country knew her name. As well as the Nazis who despised her for the deadly aim she took with her rifle.
- [2.6 - The White Death](https://warstoriescast.com/2018/01/08/2-6-the-white-death/) - When the Soviet Union invaded Finland in late 1939—the action that kicked off the Winter War—they expected an easy fight, if there was one at all.
- [2.5 - A Duel in the Trenches](https://warstoriescast.com/2017/12/04/2-5-a-duel-in-the-trenches/) - Listen: Online | iTunes | RSS Feed We know World War I for a number of things: trenches, poison gas, the ever-present thrum of artillery. But it also served as the birthplace of the sniper. And one of the best couldn't be found on the Western, or even Eastern Front. Instead, Billy Sing fought on
- [2.4 - The Fighters of the Black Snake's Den](https://warstoriescast.com/2017/10/31/2-4-the-fighters-of-the-black-snakes-den/) - On a scraggly hill in Pennsylvania, a unit of sharpshooters took part in some of the most fierce, if not frequently discussed, fighting of Gettysburg.
- [Library Conversation with Dr. John Marszalek](https://warstoriescast.com/2017/10/24/library-conversation-with-dr-john-marszalek/) - Last week, the editors of a new, annotated edition of Grant's memoirs joined us for a conversation on their work.
- [2.3 - Individualism Comes to Warfare](https://warstoriescast.com/2017/10/02/2-3-individualism-comes-to-warfare/) - While Napoleon swept through Europe, the rifle took up a central location on the battlefield with the 95th Rifles of the British Army. The impact of their weapon would reach far and wide beyond technological platforms.
- [2.2 - Morgan's Lucky (or Unlucky) Riflemen](https://warstoriescast.com/2017/09/04/2-2-morgans-lucky-or-unlucky-riflemen/) - From the time of the French and Indian War, Daniel Morgan had a bone to pick with the British Army.
- [Bonus Episode - The U.S.S. Indianapolis](https://warstoriescast.com/2017/08/20/bonus-episode-the-u-s-s-indianapolis/) - After hearing the news about the discovery of the Indianapolis wreck, we thought we should unlock this episode that we recorded over the course of the summer.
- [2.1 - Edward Braddock Walks into a Bullet](https://warstoriescast.com/2017/08/07/2-1-edward-braddock-walks-into-a-bullet/) - What is it that makes a good marksman? Is it their training? Their weapon? Maybe they're just born that way, or raised with a rifle in their hands.
- [Interseason #3 - World War III, Almost](https://warstoriescast.com/2017/07/17/interseason-3-world-war-iii-almost/) - While the world watched Cuba as it became a potential nuclear missile launch site, another threat lay off the east coast in the Sargasso Sea.
- [Armor from a Long Time Ago...](https://warstoriescast.com/2017/04/24/armor-from-a-long-time-ago/) - In our second interseason episode, Angry Staff Officer and Adin look at the tragic decline of armor in the Star Wars universe and why it might have occurred.
- [Interseason #1 - Operation Vengeance](https://warstoriescast.com/2017/04/03/interseason-1-operation-vengeance/) - To kick off our interseason, Adin tells the story of the encrypted messages received by the US on the 13th and 14th of April 1943 and the mission that followed.
- [So What Now?](https://warstoriescast.com/2017/03/13/so-what-now/) - When we set out to tell the story of tanks at the beginning of last July, we didn't have all that much of an idea about how well the idea we had on paper would look in practice, whether wee'd get stuck in the middle of it due to sources, or whether we were even
- [1.8 - Where Do We Go From Here?](https://warstoriescast.com/2017/03/13/1-8-where-do-we-go-from-here/) - As military planners and politicians face asymmetric threats and limited conflicts around the globe, how should we look at the role of tanks?
- [1.7 - A (Desert) Storm is Brewing](https://warstoriescast.com/2017/02/20/1-7-a-desert-storm-is-brewing/) - The battles of 73 Easting, Medina Ridge, and Norfolk. Were they the pinnacle of the near century of tank warfare we've covered, or the last gasp?
- [1.6 - Task Force Zvika](https://warstoriescast.com/2017/01/16/1-6-task-force-zvika/) - Zvi Greengold and the men of Task Force Zvika embodied the foremost qualities of the IDF Armor Corps during their fighting in the 1973 War, even with a strength of only four tanks.
- [1.5 - Tigers on the Eastern Front](https://warstoriescast.com/2016/12/12/1-5-tigers-on-the-eastern-front/) - The beastly German Tiger tanks, which came together in heavy panzer battalions, saw some of their fiercest fighting on the Eastern Front.
- [1.4 - The Tank Destroyers of El Guettar](https://warstoriescast.com/2016/11/14/1-4-the-tank-destroyers-of-el-guettar/) - The 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion, the first of its kind, was stood up in 1941. The theory governing their use had yet to be tested on the field of battle.
- [1.3 - Seseña: The Interwar Proving Ground](https://warstoriescast.com/2016/10/17/1-3-sesena-the-interwar-proving-ground/) - Well before the threat of World War II entered societies' collective minds, smaller regional conflicts gradually simmered away across Europe.
- [1.2 - Patton at the Saint-Mihiel Salient](https://warstoriescast.com/2016/09/19/1-2-patton-at-the-saint-mihiel-salient/) - In 1917, a captain named George Patton received orders to develop the U.S.'s Light Tank School. Shortly after, he found himself leading his students in battle.
- [1.1 - High Wood (Prologue)](https://warstoriescast.com/2016/08/22/1-1-high-wood-prologue/) - On July 14th, 1916 in northern France, Deccan Horse, an Indian cavalry regiment, charged High Wood — the final cavalry charge before the invention of tanks.
- [Angry Staff Officer Talks War Stories on Foreign Policy's Best Defense Blog](https://warstoriescast.com/2016/09/29/angry-staff-officer-talks-war-stories-on-foreign-policys-best-defense-blog/) - Today, Foreign Policy's Best Defense blog featured an article from War Stories' Angry Staff Officer. In the article, Staffer discusses the founding of WS.
- [Want to Know When You Can Finally Listen to War Stories?](https://warstoriescast.com/2016/08/01/want-to-know-when-you-can-finally-listen-to-war-stories/) - We hope that the first public episode of War Stories will be launched by the end of August.

## Pages

- [](https://warstoriescast.com/) - War Stories is an audio show by Adin Dobkin and Angry Staff Officer that looks at warfare's development through the eyes of those who were there.
- [Adin Dobkin](https://warstoriescast.com/adin-dobkin/) - Adin is a writer who lives in Brooklyn, NY. He's the author of Sprinting Through No Man's Land. His writing has been featured in publications like the New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. Adin tweets at @AdinDobkin.
- [Support](https://warstoriescast.com/support/) - Listening to War Stories has been, and always will be, free. However, if you want additional perks like show transcripts, bonus segments, etc., you can become a patron of the show on our Patreon (we've closed it during the hiatus). On this page you can find a sample from one of our premium show transcripts. Subscribe + Rate us
- [Loose Rounds](https://warstoriescast.com/loose-rounds/) - On War Stories, we often focus on what’s happening at the tip of the spear. In Loose Rounds, the team looks at technologies behind the scenes which have shaped warfare.
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- [New Home Page](https://warstoriescast.com/new-home-page/) - About the Show War Stories is a narrative audio show about key turning points in the history of warfare through the eyes of those who were there. In each season of the show, hosts Adin Dobkin and Angry Staff Officer focus in on a single topic — think tanks, artillery, etc. — and trace its
- [Episodes](https://warstoriescast.com/episodes/) - In each season, War Stories focuses on a single topic and traces its development from inception up to the present day, with a focus on those who were there.
- [Contact](https://warstoriescast.com/contact/) - We always love to hear from listeners with thoughts about the show, ideas for stories, or questions about what's in the works. In addition to the form below, feel free to get in touch with us on our Facebook page or on Twitter (@WarStoriesCast, @AdinDobkin, or @pptsapper)
- [Angry Staff Officer](https://warstoriescast.com/angry-staff-officer/) - Angry Staff Officer is an officer in the Army National Guard and a member of the Military Writers Guild. He commissioned as an engineer officer after spending time as an enlisted infantryman. Angry Staff Officer blogs at www.angrystaffofficer.com and tweets at @pptsapper.
- [Newsletter](https://warstoriescast.com/newsletter/) - What went into the latest War Stories episode? Where is the show headed next? What is the War Stories team up to when they're not writing scripts?
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