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Join hosts Jack and Jon as they discuss the genre of war films from a historical, technical, and cultural perspective. For updates follow the show on Facebook and Instagram. https://instagram.com/armchair_commanders_podcast?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092308990891&mibextid=LQQJ4d

Armchair Commanders Podcast


    • Apr 18, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    96. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 53:17


    Its the Anniversary of the Doolittle Raid and the guys are discussing a World War Two Classic.

    95. Jarhead (2005)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2025 53:35


    Jon is joined by Veteran and Artist Ben Cantwell to discuss the 2005 Gulf War film "Jarhead"

    Bonus Reel: Legally Blonde

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 60:45


    94. Conan the Barbarian (1982)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 48:14


    What is best in life?

    93. The Dam Busters (1955)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 105:24


    The guys are joined by Tim from the USS Kidd to discuss a British air war classic "The Dam Busters."

    92. Julius Caesar (1970)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 53:26


    Beware the Ides of March!

    91. Casablanca (1942)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2025 59:30


    This week the guys are discussing a noir classic.

    90. Courage Under Fire

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 117:18


    The guys are joined by Jenn from "Walk with History" to discuss the Medal of Honor, Gulf War, and Aviation.

    89. The Last Samurai (2003)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2025 66:02


    The guys are discussing Samurais and modernization this week.

    88. Ernest in the Army (1998)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 61:15


    The guys are talking peace in the Middle East via the comedy of Jim Varney.

    87. The Red Beret (1953)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 82:26


    Jon is joined by the guys from the Ham and Jam Podcast to discuss the British Airborne in World War Two.

    86. The Six Triple Eight (2024)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 80:36


    The guys are joined by Mel from the "350 Girls" to discuss the Netflix Original about woman service members in World War Two.

    Bonus Reel: Deaths Head Revisited

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 37:26


    The guys are doing a Bonus Reel to discuss the classic tv show "The Twilight Zone" take on the Holocaust for the Holocaust National Remembrance Day.

    85. The Deer Hunter (1978)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 98:48


    The guys are discussing a Vietnam War Classic with Actor Rick Warden.

    84. Kesari (2019)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 59:23


    The guys are watching their first Bollywood film.

    83. Devotion (2022)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 59:35


    The guys are going to skies over Korea for this week's review.

    82. Blizzard of Souls (2019)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2025 78:27


    The guys are going to the eastern front of World War 1!

    81. Tenet (2020)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2024 38:19


    The guys are discussing time travel this week

    Bonus Reel: Band of Brothers Episode 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024 79:15


    The guys are discussing the Battle of Bastogne with Chris who is an author and relative of Easy Company's "Doc Roe."

    80. The Great Escape (1963)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 102:28


    The guys are joined by Ken from the History X channel to discuss the classic POW film "The Great Escape."

    Bonus Reel: Band of Brothers Ep 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024 43:56


    The guys are continuing their discussion on Band of Brothers

    79. Red Dawn (1984)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 43:50


    Bonus Reel: Robert the Bruce (2019)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 82:21


    The guys are joined by Scottish historian Veronica to discuss the unoffical sequel to "Braveheart."

    78. District 9 (2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2024 64:32


    The guys are discussing scifi and apartheid.

    77. Across the River and Into the Trees (2024)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2024 65:01


    The guys are joined by artist and content creator Ben Stanley to discuss the film adaptation of an Ernest Hemingway work.

    76. Princess Mononoke (1997)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024 58:39


    The guys are discussing Studio Ghibli again.

    Bonus Reel: Overlord

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 56:42


    Jack and Jon are doing an extra review for Halloween.

    75. The Fighting Sullivans (1944)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 101:40


    The guys are joined by Shane from the Buffalo Naval Park to discuss a wartime film about one the many tragedies of World War 2.

    74. Tuskegee Airmen (1995)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2024 74:36


    Jon is joined by author Samuel De Korte to discuss the made for TV film "Tuskegee Airman."

    73: Jackboots on Whitehall

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 61:38


    Its another Puppet movie.

    Bonus Reel: Frankenstein's Army

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2024 89:52


    Its spooky season!

    72. The Hunley (1999)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 135:04


    Jon is joined by Adam from the Civil Weird Podcast to discuss the made for TV film "The Hunley."

    Bonus Reel: Band of Brothers Ep. 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2024 72:28


    The guys are joined by return guest and WWII ADT member Blake to discuss the Band of Brothers episode "Replacements."

    71. The Forgotten Battle (2020)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2024 76:13


    The Jon and Jack are joined by the guys from The Air War Podcast to discuss a Netflix original for the anniversary of Operation Market Garden.

    70. SISU (2022)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 53:12


    Theres gold in that there film!

    Bonus Reel: Band of Brothers Ep. 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024 50:23


    The guys are continuing their discussion of Band of Brothers.

    69. Team America World Police (2004)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2024 67:35


    68. 1898: Our Last Men in the Phillipines (2016)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2024 69:10


    The guys take a look at the last days of the Spanish empire this week.

    67. Abott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2024 48:49


    The guys are looking at some slapstick and colonialism this week.

    66. Barefoot Gen (1983)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2024 90:47


    The guys are joined by comic book artist Reid Beaman to discuss an animated classic about the Hiroshima bombing.

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    65. All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 75:51


    Jon is joined by Youtber Bitt3rSteel to discuss Netflix's adaptation of a classic First World War story.

    64. War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2024 67:22


    The guys are teaming up with Derrick of the "Underrated Movie Podcast" to review the third installment of the Planet of the Apes series.

    63. Atlantis : The Lost Empire (2001)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024 67:10


    The guys are checking out a Disney Classic!

    62. Waterloo (1970)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 91:49


    The guys are joined by The Tattooed Historian to discuss Napoleon.

    61. The Man Who Killed Hitler and then The Bigfoot (2018)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2024 67:03


    The guys are talking WW2, Love, and Bigfoot?

    60. Crazy Horse (1996)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2024 83:45


    Its Victory Day for the Lakota Sioux! The guys are joined by a special guest to discuss the film "Crazy Horse" for the anniversary of the Battle of the little Bighorn.

    59. Paths of Glory (1957)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2024 58:02


    The guys. are discussing the classic film "Paths of Glory."

    58. Greyhound (2020)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2024 91:39


    This week, Tim NesSmith from the museum ship USS Kidd joins to discuss Tom Hanks' World War Two adaptation of the War in the Atlantic.

    57. Flying Leathernecks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2024 101:36


    Straighten up and fly right pilgrim. The guys are joined by author John Bruning to discuss the John Wayne classic "Fling Leathernecks."

    Bonus Reel: Band of Brothers EP. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024 86:49


    Its the 80th Anniversary of the Invasion of Normandy andthe guys are joined by the "We're Not Lost Private" Podcast to review the Band of Brothers episode "Day of Days."

    56. Downfall (2004)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2024 48:02


    Jon and Jack discuss the final days of the Third Reich and the beginning of meme culture with their review of "Downfall."

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