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Author Mitch Yockelson joins us with insights from his latest work, The Paratrooper Generals: Matthew Ridgway, Maxwell Taylor, and the American Airborne from D-Day through Normandy.

Generals during World War II usually stayed to the rear, but not Matthew Ridgway and Maxwell Taylor. During D-Day and the Normandy campaign, these commanders of the 82nd “All-American” and the 101st “Screaming Eagle” Airborne Divisions refused to remain behind the lines and stood shoulder-to-shoulder with their paratroopers in the thick of combat.

Yockelson is the Investigative Archivist Manager for the National Archives and Records Administration, a historian, and professor.

We pick up our conversation on Italy in WWII with renowned historian James Holland, author of The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943.

Acclaimed WWII historian James Holland returns to Someone Talked! to discuss his latest book The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943, in which he narrates and reframes the controversial first months of the Italian Campaign.

Mari K. Eder, retired U.S. Army Major General, returns with more stories of extraordinary women who stepped out of line and into history during WWII, forever altering the world's landscape.

A renowned speaker and author, and a thought leader on strategic communication and leadership, General Eder is the former Commanding General of the U.S. Army Reserve Joint and Special Troops Support Command, former Deputy Chief of the Army Reserve, and former Deputy Chief of Public Affairs for the U.S. Army.

This Women's History Month, Mari K. Eder, retired U.S. Army Major General, discusses her book, The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line: Untold Stories of the Women Who Changed the Course of WWII. This page-turning narrative, crafted with meticulous historical accuracy, provides a fresh perspective on the integral roles that women played during WWII.

A renowned speaker and author, and a thought leader on strategic communication and leadership, General Eder is the former Commanding General of the U.S. Army Reserve Joint and Special Troops Support Command, former Deputy Chief of the Army Reserve, and former Deputy Chief of Public Affairs for the U.S. Army.

Matthew F. Delmont's Half American: The Heroic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad was named Book of the Year by TIME and Publishers Weekly and is a New York Times Notable Book.

This Black History Month, Delmont returns to discuss the more than one million Black soldiers who helped win World War II abroad but came home to face widespread racism.