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When Barbarossa Begins, the World Will Hold It's Breath
This is the first in a recap of the Eastern front. Germany’s Army Group North will cut through the Baltic states with relative ease. Still, there are…
2 years, 7 months ago
Can a Warship be Cursed?
Here are three stories to hold you over until I can get back to the Eastern Front. Enjoy!
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2 years, 7 months ago
Dieppe Was Avenged
The conclusion of Operation Jubilee, the Dieppe Raid. The nightmare on the beach is over, but it’s repercussions have only begun in London, Ottawa an…
2 years, 7 months ago
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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 9 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, 9 months ago