by WWIIPodcast | Aug 10, 2023 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
Professor Tom Holm discusses Ira Hayes, his time with the Marines, his fighting on Iwo Jima and Mt. Suribachi and his tragic life after the raising of the American flag.
by WWIIPodcast | Aug 6, 2023 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
As the 200 plus ships of Operation Jubilee reach the French coast, a single event occurs, ruining all the plans of Combined Operations. Still, the Allied force moves forward, hoping to make the best of a bad situation. Which is when it gets much worse. To view the...
by WWIIPodcast | Aug 1, 2023 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
A desperate Churchill green lights the raid on Dieppe. And though it has been scaled back to avoid entanglements with panzers, it is still complex and dependent on everything going to plan and on time. A rare event in battle. Still, on August 18th, the ships with the...
by WWIIPodcast | Jul 26, 2023 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
The Dieppe Raid planning continues as Churchill needs something to show the Americans and Soviets. The Canadians are tapped to assist the Commandos as Combined Operations wants an overwhelming attack. But the Germans are more than prepared. But Operation Rudder will...
by WWIIPodcast | Jul 11, 2023 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
With Lord Mountbatten in charge of Combined Operations, the plan to soften up the enemy’s coastline defenses is underway. But there is much to learn and lessons here are normally accompanied by death. As Commando raids take place, the British and their Common Wealth...
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