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The Longest One Day Casualty List in Canadian History
With the survivors back in Britain, questions are being asked, facts and figures are being compiled. Canada has questions but they will not like the …
2 years, 3 months ago
Interview w/ Scott Simon about his book Swingtime for Hitler & then Operation Jubilee
A Two Episode Special! First, NPR's Scott Simon come on to discuss his audiobook/book Swingtime for Hitler: From Goebbels’s Jazzmen to Tokyo Rose to …
2 years, 4 months ago
Retreat Yes. But How?
Operation Jubilee has failed, but now the men have to be rescued. Yet the Germans are determined not to let a single man, ship or plane leave without…
2 years, 4 months ago
Two Episode Special! Interview w/John C. McManus about his Pacific War Trilogy and we continue w/ Operation Jubilee
Military Historian John C. McManus comes on to discuss his US Army in the Pacific Trilogy. Then, the Rileys come ashore at White Beach, but it goes n…
2 years, 4 months ago
Red Beach-To Move is to Die
As the flanking attacks to either side of Dieppe have had mixed results, it’s now time for the direct attack on the town. Here, the Germans are well …
2 years, 4 months ago
Two Episode Special! Interview w/ Andrew Nagorski about his book Saving Freud and we return to Operation Jubilee
First, interview w/ Andrew Nagorski about his latest book, Saving Freud, The Rescuers Who Brought Him to Freedom and then we continue with the Dieppe…
2 years, 4 months ago
Blood on Blue Beach
Now that the two attacking flanks had landed men, one went well, the other was a debacle, it was time to land men at Blue Beach, just east of Dieppe.…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Father and Mother of All Explosions
The Commandos land on the far flanks of Dieppe. The attack at the Orange Beaches will see their initial objectives met, but men will be lost. As for …
2 years, 5 months ago
Interview w/Tom Holm about his book, Ira Hayes: The Akimel O'odham Warrior, WWII and the Price of Heroism
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 o…
2 years, 5 months ago
It Only Takes One Little Mistake
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 Al…
2 years, 5 months ago