by WWIIPodcast | Jun 13, 2023 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
As the Americans enter the war after the events of Pearl Harbor, the Western Allies have to decide how to fight the war. The Americans have the industry, the British, the experience. But both will have to give to get along so that Hitlerism can be destroyed. Mr....
by WWIIPodcast | Jun 6, 2023 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
Some of the merchant ships enter Grand Harbor and Adm. Burrough turns around to make for Gibraltar. But the Maltese notice that only three ships came with Burrough. Where were the others and most importantly, where was the tanker Ohio. She was still a few hours away,...
by WWIIPodcast | May 31, 2023 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
As the escorting destroyers fill up with rescued crewmen, now it’s the Ohio’s turn as her engines give up the ghost. But the men in this story are determined to get her to Malta, by hook or by crook. For her fuel is the difference to whether Malta endures or...
by WWIIPodcast | May 24, 2023 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
Craig Nelson’s book V is For Victory has it all: FDR’s early days of combatting the Great Depression, restoring faith in the country and gearing up for a war that many hoped would never come. But it was FDR putting the country on the right path that got...
by WWIIPodcast | May 18, 2023 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
When the sun rose on August 13th, the Axis forces in the Mediterranean knew they had one last day to stop Operation Pedestal. As such, the Axis air formations came in hot and heavy, with their normal level of accuracy. This wasn’t over yet and more ships would be...
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