In this episode of Battleground 44' we kick of our warlords series - first up perhaps the most complex character of them all - Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. To gain insight into this remarkable figure Patrick speaks to internationally bestselling historian Giles Milton, who has just written the book The Stalin Affair: The Impossible Alliance That Won the War.
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83. On the ground with Colonel Khazan
82. Ukraine finally gets F-16's
81. Emergency Podcast - Prigozhin Dead
80. Morning Missiles in Kyiv
79. Dissension in the Russian Ranks
78. Live from Lviv
77. Cross River Operations
76. Post War Reparations
75. The war comes to Moscow
74. Putin's Prisoner: Life in Captivity
73. Ramping up Ukraine's counteroffensive
72. Putin's Prisoner: Inside the Siege of Mariupol
71. Cluster Munitions, the Kerch Bridge, and Insubordination
70. Countering Disinformation
69. Tensions between NATO and Kyiv?
68. 'People like me'
67. Putin's Propaganda
66. The Ukrainian Spirit
65. What next for Putin & Prigozhin?
64. Putin's Paranoia
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