To the Siegfried Line: The Western Allies’ Advance to Germany
In the fall of 1944, the Allied push toward Germany began to slow down due to supply and logistical problems. The daring September offensive codenamed Operation Market Garden, designed to break the lo...
9 Aug 202354min
Saving Private Ryan
Generally considered the one of the greatest–if not THE greatest–war movies ever made, Steven Spielberg’s 1998 film Saving Private Ryan revolutionized the genre of war movies. In this episode, Sean an...
5 Aug 20231h 35min
Breakout: From San Lo to the Seine
After eight weeks of grinding, grueling combat that expanded the Normandy beachhead, the Allies conducted a remarkable series of offensives that led to one of the great breakthroughs of the war, carry...
2 Aug 202348min
History of North America Feed Drop
In The History of North America Podcast, historian Mark Vinet takes us on an exciting and fascinating journey through time, exploring and focusing on the interesting, compelling, wonderful, tragic, in...
29 Jul 202313min
We May Dominate the World with Sean Mirski
In this episode, James interviews foreign policy expert Sean Mirski about his recently published book We May Dominate the World: Ambition, Anxiety, and the Rise of the American Colossus.See omnystudio...
26 Jul 20231h 13min
The Longest Day
The 1962 docudrama movie The Longest Day was a groundbreaking war film. Join Sean and James as they discuss this classic film, with its all-star cast and realistic depiction of the 1944 Normandy Invas...
22 Jul 20231h 9min
The Longest Day: D-Day and the Normandy Campaign
On June 6, 1944, a massive Allied land, sea, and air force crossed the English Channel and conducted the largest amphibious attack in world history, hitting Normandy at five different beaches. The Ger...
19 Jul 20231h 6min
Valkyrie
In this episode, Sean and James discuss the 2007 film Valkyrie, which deals with the “July Plot,” an attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler which came very close to succeeding. Tom Cruise stars as Klaus ...
15 Jul 202348min
