Rommel’s lunge at Tobruk causes his panzers to get trapped. So the Desert Fox changes his plans and 8th Army Commander Ritchie gives Rommel days of freedom, while the Commonwealth troops set up to push on to Libya. Rommel uses this time to attack the isolated 150th Brigade Group over and over.
Episode 437-Interview w/ Scott Simon about his book Swingtime for Hitler and then Operation Jubilee
A Two Episode Special! First, NPR's Scott Simon comes on to talk about Swingtime for Hitler: From Goebbels’s Jazzmen to Tokyo Rose to AI, the Eternal Allure of Propaganda and then Operation Jubilee's Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat. To listen to Swingtime for Hitler, go...
