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Sep 3, 2025 • 1h 2min

End of WWII in the Pacific and Asia Host Discussion

With 80 years now passed since Japan signed the formal surrender documents aboard the USS Missouri, our hosts explore the end of WWII in the Pacific and Asia
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Aug 20, 2025 • 55min

No Average Day Part 2 with Rona Simmons

We continue our discussion of the 24 deadliest hours for U.S. service members during World War II with Rona Simmons, author of No Average Day.
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Aug 6, 2025 • 53min

No Average Day Part 1 with Rona Simmons

October 24, 1944, is not a day of national remembrance. Yet, more Americans serving in World War II perished on that day than on December 7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, on June 6, 1944, when the Allies stormed the beaches of Normandy, or on any other single day of the war. In No Average Day, author Rona Simmons takes us hour by hour and incident by incident
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Jul 23, 2025 • 38min

Cassino '44 Part 2 with James Holland

"James Holland is now our foremost authority on the Italian campaign."Find out why our host, John C. McManus, says that as Holland returns to Someone Talked! with part 2 of our discussion of Cassino '44. Holland follows a rich cast of characters from both sides to create this compelling and often heart-breaking narrative, told in the moment, as the events played out, and from the perspective of those who lived, fought, and died there.   t
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Jul 9, 2025 • 46min

Cassino '44 Part 1 with James Holland

There is no such thing as an easy victory in war but after triumph in Tunisia, the sweeping success of the Sicilian invasion, and with the Italian surrender, the Allies were confident that they would be in Rome before Christmas 1943. And yet it didn't happen. Hitler ordered his forces to dig in and fight for every yard, thus setting the stage for one of the grimmest and most attritional campaigns of the Second World War. James Holland tells the definitive account of this brutal battle in Cassino '44.
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Jun 25, 2025 • 56min

The Pope at War Part 2 with David Kertzer

Hailed as the most important book ever written about the conduct of the Catholic Church in WWII, we have more of The Pope at War with author David Kertzer.
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Jun 4, 2025 • 55min

The Pope at War Part 1 with David Kertzer

With Pius XII's archives finally opened, David Kertzer paints a new, dramatic portrait of what the pope did and did not do as war enveloped Europe from 1939 to 1945.
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May 21, 2025 • 58min

Remember Us Part 2 with Robert M. Edsel

With his book tour underway for Remember Us, we continue our conversation with #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert M. Edsel.
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May 7, 2025 • 56min

Remember Us Part 1 with Robert M. Edsel

This episode begins with a look back at The Monuments Men, Robert M. Edsel's bestseller—which served as the basis for Academy Award recipient George Clooney’s 2014 film. Then our hosts delve into Edsel's highly anticipated, newly released book, Remember Us: American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom, and a Forever Promise Forged in World War II.
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Apr 16, 2025 • 59min

Tenth Army Commander Part 2 with Chris Kolakowski

Podcast regular Chris Kolakowski returns with more from the mind of General Simon Buckner in his latest work Tenth Army Commander.

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