Ep. 20 - When Johnny Comes Marching Home: Transitions and Remembrance
Following the unconditional surrender of Germany on VE Day and the unconditional surrender of Japan three months later on VJ Day, spontaneous celebrations swept across the US with tinker tape parades,...
20 Sep 202538min
Ep 19 - Victory At Last Part 2 - VJ Day
When Germany unconditionally surrendered and Victory in Europe or VE Day was announced on May 8, 1945, American GIs were in a mood to celebrate. For Russell Darks in France and Charlie Toole in Londo...
6 Sep 202538min
Ep 18 Victory at Last VE Day - Part 1
Having led his country through the most devastating and consequential war in world history, President Franklin D. Roosevelt died just as the war’s end seemed in sight. For GIs like Roland Schump, Mur...
23 Aug 202532min
Ep 17 Liberators of the Holocaust Part 3 - Ohrdruf and the Forgotten Concentration Camps
Adolph Hitler’s “Final Solution” was carried out in an estimated 44,000 concentration camps, ghettos, and forced labor camps spread out throughout Europe. An estimated 15 to 20 million people were mu...
9 Aug 202533min
Ep 16 Liberators of the Holocaust Part 2 - Dachau Concentration Camp
Adolph Hitler’s “Final Solution” was carried out in 42,400 concentration camps, ghettos, and forced labor camps spread out throughout Europe. An estimated 15 to 20 million people were murdered in the...
26 Jul 202546min
Ep 15 Liberators of the Holocaust Part 1 - Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Adolph Hitler’s “Final Solution” was carried out in 42,400 concentration camps, ghettos, and forced labor camps spread out throughout Europe. An estimated 15 to 20 million people were murdered in the...
12 Jul 202538min
Ep. 14 - Shattering the Siegfried Line
The Siegfried Line which spread from the Netherlands to Switzerland was Nazi Germany’s 400 mile westernwall, a heavily fortified defensive line that took the Allies six months to pierce. David Saltma...
28 Jun 202539min
Episode 13 - Typhoon of Steel: The Battle of Okinawa
The final battle before the anticipated invasion of mainland Japan, Okinawa became the deadliest battle for US forces in the Pacific with savage fighting on land, air, and especially sea. Nicknamed t...
14 Jun 202541min
