A biweekly history podcast covering the last great war. Join Ray Harris Jr as he explores World War Two in intimate detail. The History of WWII Podcast is produced and narrated by Ray Harris Jr. Ray has a degree in history from James Madison University. I’ve been obsessed with the events and people from WWII since I first learned of them. I’ve been waiting years for someone to do a podcast on WWII and couldn’t wait any longer.
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Dunkirk, D-Day, North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Omaha, USAF, RAF, POWs, Second World War Stories, Memoirs & interviews - Britain, USA, Australia, Canada … all the forces … WW2. ... Over 500 5-star ratings. "Thank you for what you are doing. It's incredible and I'm absolutely hooked" AB
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the european theater Cover art photo provided by Stijn Swinnen on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@stijnswinnen
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Welcome to the Back to the Future podcast, where amazing things happen.
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Today we talk about women’s role in WWII Cover art photo provided by Isaac Inwood-Reardon on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@sensor_sight
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comparing ww1 and ww2, talking about goals, results, weapons used, and more
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A brief discussion of feminist strides in WWII Cover art photo provided by Teo Duldulao on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@teowithacamera
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War veteran Alex, and factory worker Dylan, join Samuel on Truffle Podcast in the guest house. Cover art photo provided by Bia Andrade on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@biawashere
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Letters from Raymond J. Konen a Second LT Bombardier in the Army Airforce training stateside back home to his girl Shirley Rutledge who worked as a baank teller in Chicago during the War. Approximately 200 letters span 1943-1947
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talks about popular propaganda during ww2
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Womens fashion in WWII Cover art photo provided by Nathan Anderson on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@nathananderson
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Classic radio broadcasts from WWII. Relive history through radio broadcasts during the war. Listen to fireside chats, updates from all the fronts from this great historical period in America and the world.
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We will be talking about the advancement of technology in the WWII era.
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Hunter Jones, Jack Sharer, and Rowan Branco.
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US History Cover art photo provided by Patrick Tomasso on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@impatrickt
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From The National WWII Museum, Antisemitism: The Fight in WWII America is a five-part podcast series exploring the battle against antisemitism in prewar America and during World War II as well as the legacy of these efforts, which continue today. We begin in 1938, examining voices who were sympathetic to Nazism, while also highlighting voices who raised public awareness of the ongoing mass murder of Europe’s Jewish populations. The first two episodes examine American groups sympathetic to th ...
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Words of War was an anthology of war stories,told by the men and women who have seen them happen. Exciting stories of World War II, its origins,its affects, and its heroes.Patriotic stories of heroes.
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A bi-weekly podcast read from the diary of Edward R Kofke recording his experience in World War II as the tail gunner of a B-24 Liberator, the 'Shoo-Shoo Baby'. As part of the 779th squadron of the 464th' Bomb Group - 15th Army Air Force, Kofke and his crew survived 50 dangerous missions over hostile NAZI targets from Italy in 1944-1945.
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D-Day Radio Broadcast Project by Itzel Hernandez Cover art photo provided by Nahil Naseer on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@nahilnaseer
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[NEW: To see the faces behind the characters' voices, go to www.storiestovoice.com/fd-cast] Audio-drama based on a WWII diary written by Natalie Crouter during her internment in a Japanese prison camp in the Philippines. Three weeks after the first bombings of the Philippines on December 8, 1941, Natalie, her family, and 500 civilians were marched at gunpoint to a deserted U.S. military post (Season One: 1941). Thus began their survival story of body and mind from 1942 to 1945. Under the wat ...
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What does it look like when fascism turns your country upside down? How do you fight bigotry and hatred when hopelessness and apathy have set in? How does individual action make a difference in the quest for equality and freedom? And what is so important about the post office? These are not questions about modern day America, these are questions we investigate about 1940s Hungary. Join us every Wednesday for this 6-part series. Please rate, subscribe, like and share. Subscribe to https://www ...
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Minnesota World War II Veterans share their personal stories and memories of the war. Listen to their voices and gain a deeper understanding of the character, values, and spirit of the Minnesota men and women who served their country during World War II.
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Episode 497-My Leader, Who Commands 9th Army? You or Me?
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Stalin sought an encirclement of the northern half of Army Group Center. Instead he would get two encirclements, the second, larger than the first. But then fate, inexperience, bad weather and seemingly personal vendettas stepped in. The situation changed rapidly from there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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106 Blitz, Tanks, D-day and Sappers - Tenth Anniversary PART THREE
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More second world war stories on the Blitz, Evacuees, Gallipoli, Tanks, Dunkirk and D-day, Sappers …. PART THREE of an anniversary special celebrating ten years in podcasting. Episode artwork: Trooper Ernest Thomas, a tank driver in C Squadron Sherwood Rangers. New D-Day memoir. Please do subscribe or follow the show (for free forever) in your list…
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Episode 496-Interview w/Betina Anton: Hiding Mengele: How a Nazi Network Harbored The Angel of Death
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Journalist Betina Anton comes on the show to discuss her book, Hiding Mengele: How a Nazi Network Harbored The Angel of Death. After experimenting and killing thousands of people in Auschwitz, Mengele flees Europe and hides in South America. As the years go by, various agencies hunt for the SS Doctor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho…
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Episode 495-Fight, Lose, Retreat, Repeat
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Stalin’s second wave of massive counter attacks get underway in January 1942. Yet the Germans are a bit more prepared this time. Not that Gen. von Kluge will not have to fire numerous commanders as Army Group Center is threatened with encirclement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Episode 494-Veteran's Voices-The Guys from The Warrior Next Door Podcast Return!
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Ryan Fairfield and Tony "The Tiger" Lupo return to the show, bringing interview clips from WWII Veterans. We cover incredible moments from D-Day and the 8th Army Air Force. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAutor: Ray Harris Jr
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As both sides still think they can win in the East, Germany and Soviet Russia will clash along the entire line of fighting. But no where more intensely than Rzhev. It will become a black hole of human lives and war equipment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAutor: Ray Harris Jr
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105 Sniper, POW, WREN, more WW2 stories - Tenth Anniversary PART TWO
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Veteran Wilf Shaw, Australian Les Cook, POW's, Gallipoli and more, PART TWO of an anniversary special celebrating ten years in podcasting. Episode artwork:Jesse Rance, London Metropolitan Police between 1936 - 1966. Endured the WW2 blitz bombing. What a tough beat to patrol! Curious story revealed in the show. Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoff…
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104 Germany stories and Bismarck - Tenth Anniversary PART ONE
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An anniversary special celebrating ten years in podcasting. Featuring old favourites and new alike. This episode has a particular focus on Germany in the war, with much more. Episode artwork:German ship Bismarck. Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/fightingthrough Full show notes, photos and transcript at: https://www.fightingthroughpodcas…
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Episode 492-The Battle of Volkhov River: Leningrad is to be Saved
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Stalin, not giving up winning the war by early 1942 has ordered a massive attack across the Volkhov River, to the SE of Leningrad. Meanwhile, Hitler’s troops have finally cut the rail line feeding supplies to Leningrad. The Russians have the numbers and the desire, but they lack practically everything an army needs to stay in the fight. Learn more …
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Episode 491-The Russians Are Coming!
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Stalin, tasting a bit of success, now launches massive counter attacks up and down the line of all three German Army Groups. Yet, he will find out, in war, as in life, some things can not be rushed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAutor: Ray Harris Jr
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Episode 490-Between Stalin's Hammer and Hitler's Anvil
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Army Group Center commander Von Kluge goes round and round with Hitler about retreating. Hitler’s reasons become more wild, but events on the ground take over. And while Stalin is happy to take arms from the Western countries, he did all he could to make sure war would erupt between the U.S. and the Empire of Japan. Learn more about your ad choices…
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Episode 489-2 Ep Special! Interview w/ Jan Davis: Air Born: Two Generations in Flight & Retreat or Die
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Astronaut Jan Davis' book tells of her father's time as a B-17 pilot and POW. His can do attitude that gets challenged in a German prisoner Camp. Then, Army Group Center is under constant attack. There are breaches and encirclements along 4th Army’s lines. So whether official or not, Kluge starts ordering pull backs as his suspects the OKH of not t…
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We take a look at the legacy of the fight against antisemitism in the United States during WWII. Oral histories of liberators provide first-hand experiences of cruelty and inhumanity that emphasize the horrific realities of unchecked antisemitism. Holocaust survivor, Anne Levy, discusses dedicating her life to educating the public on antisemitism a…
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While activists raised public awareness of the plight of European Jews, American policymakers also advocated for the United States to do more for those fleeing from Nazi terror. Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., changed America's refugee policy with the assistance of his fellow bureaucrats and created opportunities for Jews to reset…
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In response to pro-Nazi groups and figures, activists like Peter H. Bergson, a Jewish immigrant from Lithuania, led a publicity campaign with theatrical flourishes to encourage Americans to act against Hitler’s murderous policies. Bergson’s “Committee for a Jewish Army” produced a 1943 staging of the We Will Never Die pageant at Madison Square Gard…
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This episode explores the movement from Nazi-sympathizers to pro-Nazi support among American groups, particularly the German-American Bund. The Bund’s 1939 “Pro-American” rally at Madison Square Garden was a watershed moment for pro-Nazi organizations, whose numbers grew in the pre-war years. Stephanie Hinnershitz, PhD, fellow with The National WWI…
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Episode 488-One Shot, One Kill: Soviet Snipers of the Eastern Front
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From painful experiences during the Spanish Civil War and the Winter War against Finland, Soviet Russia started several sniper schools. Hence when the Axis came and the Eastern Front was born, these men and women took the fight to the enemy. But not as much as their greatest sniper, Ivan Sidorenko. He was self taught and would go on to teach hundre…
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Father Charles Coughlin, a “radio priest,” used the airwaves to deliver sermons that often relied on antisemitic rants and charged Jews with economic and social unrest in the United States. His vitriolic broadcasts spawned a number of other antisemitic figures and organizations during the pre-war years. Stephanie Hinnershitz, PhD, fellow with The N…
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Letters Ray To Shirl a WWII Love Story April 25, 1943; April 14, 1943
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Send us a text April 25, 1943 Colleague made two dollars in pennies with tin cup April 14, 1943 Two toned shoes were not the thing in the army this year Follow along at Blue Daisy EmporiumAutor: Cindy
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Antisemitism: The Fight in WWII America
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Coming soon from The National WWII Museum, Antisemitism: The Fight in WWII America is a five-part podcast series exploring the battle against antisemitism in prewar America and during World War II as well as the legacy of these efforts, which continue today. We begin in 1938, examining voices who were sympathetic to Nazism, while also highlighting …
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Episode 487-A 2 Episode Special! Interview with Shannon Monaghan: A Quiet Company of Dangerous Men. Then, Merry Christmas From the Eastern Front
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2 Ep Special! 1st, Interview with Shannon Monaghan about her book, A Quiet Company of Dangerous Men: The Forgotten British Special Operations Soldiers of WW2. Then, as Christmas approaches, the Germans continually fall back, unable to face the onslaught of Zhukov’s attacks. The Holiday will be bleak for the fighting men, but rather lively for the o…
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Letters Ray To Shirl a WWII Love Story April 19, 1943; May 2, 1943
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Send us a text April 19, 1943 Please come visit Lansing Michigan with me May 2, 1943 Planning The Furlough...I'll be in on the Hiawatha Follow along at Blue Daisy EmporiumAutor: Cindy
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Episode 486-Interview w/ Robert Hutton: The Illusionist: The True Story of the Man Who Fooled Hitler
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Writer Robert Hutton comes on to discuss his latest book, The Illusionist: The true story of the man who fooled Hitler. Early in the war, the British need every advantage they could get, including military deception, which brings in Dudley Clarke. And of all his tricks, his greatest is tricking Rommel right before Monty attacks at El Alamein. Learn…
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As Hitler battles his generals about when to stop retreating, Gen. Zhukov starts his phase 2 of the great counter attack. For Army Group Center has a weak point and the Soviets have found it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAutor: Ray Harris Jr
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Letters Ray To Shirl A WWII Love Story March 23, 1943; March 30, 1943
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Send us a text March 23, 1943 Whatever I did or said I was wrong March 30, 1943 Before we part ways we should talk on the 9th Follow along at Blue Daisy EmporiumAutor: Cindy
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103 Matt Cain interview on Lady of Mann, Dunkirk Little Ship, Manxmen in WW2
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Boat enthusiast Matt Cain enthralls us with the history and restoration project behind one of Dunkirk's most famous rescue ships. The Lady of Mann from the Isle of Man. Matt and Paul discuss the Dunkirk operation and stories behind it. Manx veterans talk about their experiences on Manx Radio. "Scary, fascinating and hilarious" Please do subscribe o…
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1943 - Episode 20: Red Cross Rescue (SEASON FINALE)
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The Camp hospital runs out of beds for dysentery patients. Bedie is discharged too early from the hospital causing Natalie and Jerry to question his health care. Food shortages reduce good pickings from the garbage as prisoners pray that the Red Cross Christmas kits will arrive from Manila. Nida’s world is turned upside down, and Camp Holmes gets a…
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Hitler is determined to make a stand with Army Group Center. And those that do not share his resolve or see his wisdom will be removed. Positions are soon vacated. Whereas Gen. Zhukov wants to keep attacking Army Group Center, to which Stalin is agreeable. But Zhukov will be given no additional troops. Stalin has plans for them. Learn more about yo…
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Letters Ray To Shirl A WWII Love Story Feb 25, 1943 March12, 1943
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Send us a text Feb 25 1943 Doctors from training camp in Wisconsin patch up "Stinky". The boys dog. March 12 1943 Three day pass for a furlough plans include a trip to Chicago's field Museum. Follow along at Blue Daisy EmporiumAutor: Cindy
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Episode 483-Not One Single Step Back
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As Army Group Center continues its retreat, clearly, the momentum has shifted. But Berlin needs it back or the Army Group will disintegrate. Thus Hitler will make a bold decision, shocking the Wehrmacht. Want to go beyond the battlefield with The History of WWII Podcast? Dive deeper into the war with exclusive bonus episodes, expert interviews, and…
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Letters Ray To Shirl A WWII Love Story Feb 12 Feb 17 1943
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Send us a text Feb 12 1943 How about sitting in Grant Park and looking at the moon? Feb 17 1943 Casablanca is coming to town. Follow along at Blue Daisy EmporiumAutor: Cindy
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Episode 482-Stalin's Dreams Almost Come True
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Just as Army Group Center goes over to a defensive stance, Stalin launches his counter attack. The first battle goes well, so more units are activated. Stalin is ready to attack the entirety of Army Group Center, but Gen. Zhukov tempers his ambition. The Germans can be beaten for now, but now destroyed. That will have to wait. Learn more about your…
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Letters Ray To Shirl a WWII Love Story Feb 9, Feb 10 1943
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Send us a text Feb 9, 1943 So much training I think I'm becoming a radio Feb 10, 1943 I'll meet you in Chicago Follow along at Blue Daisy EmporiumAutor: Cindy
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102 Arctic Convoy with WW2 memoir Armageddon in the Arctic Ocean, by Paul Gill
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A thrilling family memoir from Paul Gill from USA who sailed in the Arctic convoys during the Second World War. "The enemy planes were flying just a few feet over the surface of the water on our starboard bow, towards the head of the convoy. I started to count them: 1, 2...13, 14…“Damn it! Look at them!” I yelled." "The general alarm sounded for su…
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Episode 481-Victoring Itself to Death
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As Army Group Center winds down its offensive during Operation Typhoon, due to a lack of supplies, exhaustion and cold, the Soviets around Moscow are building up their reserves and they all have adequate clothing. Hence on December 5th, Gen. Zhukov will launch a massive counter attack, to drive the enemy away from the Communist Capital. Learn more …
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Episode 480-Japanese Americans at War
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Out of the Internment Camps, thousands of Nisei Japanese Americans volunteer for the U.S. Armed Forces. Their contributions will save thousands of GI’s and shorten the war. Here are some of their exploits during and after the war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAutor: Ray Harris Jr
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Letters Ray To Shirl A WWII Love Story Jan 28, 1943 Feb. 5, 1943
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Send us a text Jan 28, 1943 Captain makes a surprise inspection and I'll be in on the seventh! Feb 5, 1943 I'll show you my diploma, and Signal Corp. Follow along at Blue Daisy EmporiumAutor: Cindy
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Episode 479-America's Internment Camps
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The attack on Pearl Harbor was a dark day for the U.S. But this was followed by another bleak period in the U.S. The creation and forced removal of Japanese Americans along the West Coast, to be placed in Interment Camps. Fear gripped the nation and the reaction was extreme and illegal, but tolerated by many. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
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Letters Ray To Shirl a WWII Love Story Nov 15, 1942 and Circa 1943
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Send us a text Nov 15 1942 Thanks for the book and the stuff about S. yard Circa 1943 Let's go see a symphony and Lorretta Young is coming ! Follow along at Blue Daisy EmporiumAutor: Cindy
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Episode 478-Operation Typhoon Comes to an End
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Army Group Center is finally making a play for Moscow, but their advance will grind to a halt. The question then is, what comes next. But before Field Marshal Von Bock can get his men going again, the Soviets make their move. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAutor: Ray Harris Jr
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1943 - Episode 19: Gaining and Losing Ground
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America is gaining ground in the Pacific. The prisoners have more money for food, but it’s becoming scarcer and more expensive. Everyone’s health is declining. Natalie’s vitamin injection goes wrong. Carl returns from an inspection tour of internment camps in Manila with good news. Peg thinks that her husband will be transferred to Camp Holmes, and…
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Letters Ray To Shirl a WWII Love Story Feb 18, 1944 June 15, 1944
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Send us a text Feb 18, 1944 what is wrong with being alone is this: June 15, 1944 I love kissing you, I hope we get furlough. Follow along at Blue Daisy EmporiumAutor: Cindy
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The prisoners are finally allowed to send letters. As Natalie types for them, people pour their hearts out to loved ones at home. The increased clampdown on guerrilla activity affects Nida and Ismael living in Baguio. Peg misses her husband. A guard steps out of bounds at the women’s barracks. A friend dies. The Camp puts on two plays. NEW! You can…
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The Soviet front around Kiev is crumbling fast. Over 40 divisions are cut off and surrounded. No help is coming and Stalin has forbade a retreat. Most of these men will perish, but the real question is, how many of the enemy can they take with them? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Letters Ray To Shirl A WWII Love Story Oct 3, 1943 Jan 3, 1944
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Send us a text Oct 3, 1943 "I guess I haven't grown up yet." Ray tries to call it quits. Jan 3, 1943 How can i explain the xmas card picture Follow along at Blue Daisy EmporiumAutor: Cindy
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