This year's history series features the continuation of the podcast exploring in-depth topics with historians, educators, officers, and other guests, many returning from the 1943 series and some new folks joining in.
You can find the podcast by searching for "Why We Fight ~ 1944" wherever you listing to podcasts. I have set the series to "Season 2" and changed the name slightly but all of the 1943 episodes are still there as "Season 1". This link goes to the Apple Podcast location. It is also available on Amazon and Audible -- just trying to make it as convenient to access as possible 🙂
The episodes are embedded below too.
The Twitter thread with maps from Steve Clay for the episode titled "Combat Action and the Impact of Terrain in Sicily in 1943" https://twitter.com/Mother_of_Tanks/status/1683146971098370049
PPT for Seven Months to D-Day
PPT for Omaha Beach - Part 1
PPT for Omaha Beach - Part 2
PPT for Utah Beach
Hollywood and the War Effort in 1944
Joining me in this episode is Ken Campbell. Ken has a background in history and works in education. Last year he c...
01:31:04
January 28, 2025
Dr. John McManus joins me again, this time talking about the American Experience in World War II, with an emphasis...
00:50:52
January 18, 2025
Jassy-Kishinev Offensives (Part II)
Dr. Grant Harward and Dr. Luke Truxal join me to continue this talk about the Jassy-Kishinev raids.
Other episod...
01:36:48
January 01, 2025
Jassy-Kishinev Offensives (Part I)
In this first of two parts, Dr. Grant Harward and Dr. Luke Truxal join me to talk about the April / May 1944 raids...
01:16:26
December 26, 2024
In this episode, MAJ Jonathan Curran joins me to talk about the Battle of Cherbourg in June 1944 and what that mea...
01:13:10
November 30, 2024
US Army Medicine at Normandy
In this episode, Dr. Sanders Marble returns to talk about Army Doctors, Nurses, and Medics at Normandy.
Links
H...
00:59:48
November 18, 2024
Dr. Ryan Wadle returns in this episode to talk about the US Navy in Operation Neptune — before, during, and a li...
01:00:13
November 17, 2024
But for the Coast Guard...
In this episode I'm joined by retired US Coast Guard Commander Gary Thomas who offers us a taste of the many MANY ...
01:16:36
October 20, 2024
The Airborne at Normandy - June 1944
In this episode, Dr. Rob Williams joins me to talk about the US Army Airborne forces at Normandy in June 1944. Rob...
01:10:10
October 09, 2024
Continuing the Normandy 1944 coverage, in this episode I'm joined by Dr. Curtis King, retired US Army Armor Office...
01:44:08
October 05, 2024
***Language Warning***
In this episode, I'm joined by retired Sergeant Major Ken Ramos, of U.S Army W.T.F! M...
01:34:36
July 21, 2024
In this first episode of the D-Day 80 part of the Why We Fight series, Dr. Roger Cirillo joins me to talk about th...
01:36:10
June 06, 2024
Frank de Planta joins me again, this time to talk about Operation Chesterfield, an attack on the Hitler Line in la...
00:41:41
May 20, 2024
The Nuremberg Raid - March 1944
In this episode, Dr. Thomas Bradbeer talks to me about the Royal Air Force raid on Nuremberg at the end of March i...
01:46:43
April 13, 2024
The Battles of Imphal and Kohima
In this episode, Christopher Kolakowski returns to tell the story of the Battles of Imphal and Kohima in March-Jul...
00:31:59
March 31, 2024
The Third Battle of Monte Cassino
Frank de Planta joins me again to continue the story of the Allies fighting the Battles of Monte Cassino.
Links
...
00:27:09
March 17, 2024
The Second Battle of Monte Cassino
Back again is Frank de Planta to continue the story of the Allies fighting the Battles of Monte Cassino.
Links
...
00:29:43
March 12, 2024
Joining me in this episode is Christopher Kolakowski, the director of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. Chris tells t...
00:40:48
March 03, 2024
"Patriots from the Barrio" (Part II)
Returning in this episode is historian and genealogist Dave Gutierrez to continue the story of his cousin and the ...
00:53:54
February 17, 2024
The First Battle of Monte Cassino
Kicking off the 1944 series, I'm joined by British Army veteran and Italy Battlefields tour narrator Frank de Plan...
00:46:41
January 24, 2024
Tanks & Alligators at Tarawa
In this episode, Jon Bernstein, the Arms & Armor Curator at the National Museum of the United States Marine Corps,...
01:01:59
January 15, 2024
In this episode, I'm joined by Archaeologist Kirk Freeman to talk about the Battle of Kiska, in the Aleutian Islan...
01:30:27
November 01, 2023
Night Battles in the Solomon Islands
Joining me in this episode is Naval Historian Trent Hone and we talk about the US Navy (and Allies) involved in ni...
00:59:32
October 23, 2023
Joining me in this episode is Jon Bernstein, US Army veteran and the Arms and Armor Curator at the National Museum...
00:50:52
October 22, 2023
Joining me again is Kater Miller, this time to talk about OPERATION TOENAILS, part of the New Georgia Campaign in ...
01:27:47
October 22, 2023
Marine Raiders in the Pacific
Joining me again is Kater Miller, USMC veteran and curator at the National Museum of the United States Marine Corp...
01:30:13
October 16, 2023
US Army History and Historians
In this episode, Dr. Erik Villard, Digital Historian for the US Army's Center of Military History, joins me to tal...
00:40:34
October 06, 2023
Patton's Leadership in Sicily 1943
Joining me in this episode is retired US Army Colonel John Antal, author of some of my favorite books and also app...
00:38:42
August 15, 2023
In this episode, Dr. Luke Truxal joins me again to talk Air Power in 1943 – this time we talk about Operation Ti...
01:45:59
August 06, 2023
In this episode Major Darren Johnson, an Active-Duty Infantry Officer teaching history at West Point, joins me aga...
00:45:06
July 27, 2023
The Thunderbird Division in Sicily
Joining me in this episode is Dr. Denise Neil, Executive Director of the Oklahoma National Guard Museum. Dr. Neil ...
00:56:07
July 24, 2023
US Army Transportation in 1943
In this episode, I'm joined by Matthew Fraas, the US Army Transportation Museum's Education Specialist, an...
01:04:46
July 22, 2023
Learning Organizations Under Fire
In this episode, on the 80th anniversary of the start of Operation Husky, Dr. John Curatola, US Marine Corps veter...
01:26:41
July 10, 2023
In this episode I am joined by Chloe Melas, granddaughter of Frank Murphy who is the author of "Luck of the Draw: ...
00:31:29
June 29, 2023
In this episode I am joined by Dr. Ryan Wadle, Associate Professor with the John B. Hattendorf Center for Maritime...
01:32:03
June 19, 2023
In this episode I'm joined by Dr. Eileen Bjorkman, retired US Air Force Colonel and author of the book The Fly Gir...
00:34:19
May 23, 2023
"Uniting Against the Reich"
Dr. Luke Truxal joins me to talk about American Airpower in 1943 and the impact of the Casablanca Conference (Janu...
02:25:40
April 20, 2023
Hitler's Luftwaffe in Poland
Trigger Warning: This episode discusses the Nazis and, although not graphic, we do talk about some of the violenc...
01:39:03
March 24, 2023
Guadalcanal and the Pacific Theater
In this first episode on the Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO), I'm joined by Kater Miller, a Marine Corps veter...
01:16:54
March 04, 2023
Dr. William Nance joins me in this episode to talk about the "growing up" we had to do following the losses in Feb...
01:03:12
February 26, 2023
Dr. Angela Riotto joins me to provide a good overview of the creation and challenges of the Tuskegee Airmen and wh...
01:01:16
February 20, 2023
Why We Fight ~ 1943: Introduction
This is the Why We Fight ~ 1943 series podcast which features historians, experts, Army leaders, and other special...
00:15:25
January 29, 2023
