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A biweekly podcast covering the last great war. Join Ray Harris Jr as he explores World War Two in intimate detail.

The History of WWII Podcast - by Ray Harris Jr Recorded History Podcast Network

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    • 4.4 • 3.6K Ratings

A biweekly podcast covering the last great war. Join Ray Harris Jr as he explores World War Two in intimate detail.

    Operation Pedestal-One Hell of an Afternoon

    Operation Pedestal-One Hell of an Afternoon

    The early afternoon of August 12th would be hell for the defenders of Pedestal. Several air attacks take place, in between U-boat attacks. And the Italians have their own technologically advanced surprise for the ships of Pedestal. But can they pull it off?
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    • 29 min
    Interview w/ Chloe Melas about Frank Murphy's book: Luck of the Draw

    Interview w/ Chloe Melas about Frank Murphy's book: Luck of the Draw

    Chloe Melas, granddaughter of the author, comes on to discuss the book, Luck of the Draw. Frank Murphy, a navigator was shot down and became POW for 18 months. His camp was liberated by Gen. Patton. Frank Murphy will be one of the characters in Tom Hank's new series, Masters of the Air.
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    • 44 min
    Operation Pedestal: One Hell of a Morning

    Operation Pedestal: One Hell of a Morning

    It’s August 12, 1942 and it’s a beautiful day. Which makes Axis reconnaissance flights ideal. Soon, Rome knows all it needs to and its various ships, subs and planes are sent out, all to converge on the convoy. Pedestal will need a miracle just to make it to noon.
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    • 27 min
    Operation Pedestal: Slow Gets You Killed

    Operation Pedestal: Slow Gets You Killed

    HMS Furious having delivered its Spitfires to Malta, turns around with its escort. But they are not out of danger yet. Meanwhile, as the ships of Pedestal get closer to Malta, the Allies launch several distractions. Some are a waste of time, but one gives the British an edge that a certain Italian admiral would come to loath. But surviving a war or not truly is, the luck of the draw. Check out investmentcaster.com and use promo code History, for $10 off your first purchase.
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    • 28 min
    Operation Pedestal: First Blood

    Operation Pedestal: First Blood

    Churchill pushes to have the largest convoy thus far, sent to Malta. Yet the Germans and Italians are ready. Before the Merchantmen and the tanker Ohio can reach Malta, they will have to survive both enemy's air forces and U-boats, not to mention Italy's cruiser squadrons. Not everyone is expected to make it through. Then again, that was expected as well. It's crunch time for Malta.
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    • 39 min
    Introducing Grey History Podcasts: The French Revolution

    Introducing Grey History Podcasts: The French Revolution

    Join me in listening to the first episode of William Clark's exploration of The French Revolution, from the Grey History Podcast. Clark goes deep and explores the grey areas around all history and certainly of Revolutionary France. The following is the episode that got the whole thing going. Prepare to binge!
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    • 44 min

Customer Reviews

4.4 out of 5
3.6K Ratings

3.6K Ratings

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Great WWII podcast!

Ray Harris Jr. has a great voice and consistent uploads with no bad episodes. The ads are put in the beginning and end of episodes and not in the middle of the episode. Keep going Ray, you can do the whole of the war at this pace!

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Good podcast ruined by ads

Great content, just so many long commercials and book reviews, had to stop listening

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Bad presentation

Decent content, but somewhat boilerplate info. Sort of like reading Wikipedia out loud. Podcasting is an art requiring a talented speaker. I just can't hang with the delivery here. It's like Captain Kirk, with the odd pauses in unusual places in a sentence. But unlike Kirk, this speaker has almost no modulation in tone to convey emotion. No real ability to build tension or drama.

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