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Why We Fight ~ 1944 Sasha Maggio (MoT)
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Season two of the largest Combined, Joint, Multinational Military History effort focuses on American and Allied Forces in Europe and the Pacific through 1944.
The 1943 series ended up with 108 episodes with contributions from across all US services, as well as contributions from our British and Canadian friends, and more.
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Planning for D-Day
In this first episode of the D-Day 80 part of the Why We Fight series, Dr. Roger Cirillo joins me to talk about the planning for Operation Overlord and the invasion of northwestern France, which was initially planned for May 1944, then scheduled for 5 June and postponed a day due to weather. Roger talks about how the planning actually began years before the Allies even committed to a timeline and date for the operation.
Links
Ardennes-Alsace: 16 December 1944 - 25 January 1945 by Roger Cirillo (https://history.army.mil/html/books/072/72-26/CMH_Pub_72-26(75th-Anniversary).pdf)
Why We Fight Bonus Content (https://www.patreon.com/motheroftanks)
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A General's Grief: General George C. Marshall and Family Loss in 1944
In this episode, Melissa Davis, Director of Library and Archives at The George C. Marshall Foundation, joins me to talk about General Marshall and his personal life, including a family tragedy that took place 80 years ago in 1944, less than a week before Operation Overlord commenced with D-Day.
Links
Follow Melissa on Twitter @MelissasLibrary
The Death of LT Allen Brown (https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/allen-brown/)
"I Was A Fair Army Wife" (https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/i-was-a-fair-army-wife/)
Why We Fight Bonus Content (https://www.patreon.com/motheroftanks)
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Lieutenant General George S. Patton Jr. (Part II)
Back again is Kevin Hymel to continue the story of General Patton. This time we talk about Patton's trip to England, some colorful behavior, and Willie the dog. If you missed Kevin's episode in last year's 1943 series, it's season 1 episode 47.
Links
Patton's War: An American General's Combat Leadership Vol. 1
Patton's War: An American General's Combat Leadership Vol. 2
Patton's Photographs: War as He Saw It
Historian Kevin Hymel's Article on the 6888th Being Made into a Movie
6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
"No Mail, Low Morale": The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
Why We Fight Bonus Content
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The 38th Irish Brigade in Italy in Early 1944 and a Family Story
In this episode I'm joined by Richard and Eddie O'Sullivan to share more of the story of the 38th Irish Brigade along with their father's story of serving with this unit during the Second World War. You can follow and support Richard and Eddie on Twitter @irishbrigadeww as well as their own website, which are linked below.
Links
Irish Brigade: The story of the 38th (Irish) Brigade in the Second World War (https://www.irishbrigade.co.uk/)
@irishbrigadeww (https://twitter.com/irishbrigadeww)
MoT Website (http://www.motheroftanks.com/podcast/)
Why We Fight Bonus Content (https://www.patreon.com/motheroftanks)
Army University Press Podcast Dropzone (https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Podcasts/#why-we-fight)
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The "One-Puka-Puka" (Part II): The Japanese-American 100th Infantry Battalion in Early 1944
Joining me again are LTC Ben Griffin and US Army veteran Daniel Kim to help continue the story of the "One-Puka-Puka" or the 100th Infantry Battalion, comprised of Japanese-Americans, fighting their way through Italy in early 1944.
Links
Why We Fight Bonus Content
(https://www.patreon.com/motheroftanks)
Asian-Pacific Americans in the U.S. Army: 442d Regimental Combat Team
(https://history.army.mil/html/topics/apam/442rct.html)
Go For Broke: The 442nd Regimental Combat Team
(National WWII Museum Article)
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Controversies in Italy and the Failure of Allied Command
I'm joined again by COL Bryan Gibby, this time to discuss Operation Diadem and the breakout from Anzio, controversies during this period in Spring 1944 in Italy, and the failure of Allied command as LTG Mark Wayne Clark prioritizes an American-led liberation of Rome.
Links
The Will to Win: American Military Advisors in Korea, 1946-1953
Korean Showdown: National Policy and Military Strategy in a Limited War, 1951-1952
Cassino, The Hollow Victory: The Battle for Rome, January - June 1944
Brute Force: Allied Strategy and Tactics in the Second World War
The Impossible Victory: A Personal Account of the Battle of the River Po
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