Ham and Jam - The WW2 British Airborne Podcast

The name comes from the codewords used on D-Day to confirm that the 6th Airborne Division had captured its objectives -- Ham for the Benouville bridge and Jam for Ranville. So right from the title, you know exactly where this show is rooted. Andy Bryant and Kevin Getz host a conversational, pub-style podcast about British Airborne Forces in World War II, and they clearly love the subject. The format is relaxed but informative. The hosts chat over a virtual pint, bringing in guests who range from military historians to family members of WW2 veterans. Episodes run anywhere from 15 to 50 minutes, with most landing around the half-hour mark. They cover specific operations like Normandy and Arnhem, spotlight individual soldiers and commanders, and get into the weeds on equipment and training methods that turned ordinary men into paratroopers. For D-Day specifically, this podcast is essential. The British 6th Airborne mission on the night of June 5-6, 1944 -- seizing Pegasus Bridge, destroying the Merville Battery, holding the eastern flank -- often gets overshadowed by the American beach landings in popular memory. Andy and Kevin give these operations the attention they deserve, with the kind of granular detail that comes from genuine passion rather than just reading a Wikipedia article. The show has been releasing episodes at a rapid clip since launching, already building up 40 episodes. It is a niche podcast that fills its niche extremely well.