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Her War - Her Story: The Women of the “Six Triple Eight” During World War II
From The Front To The Films: A World War II Podcast - March 01, 2024 09:35 - 1 minute - Video ★★★★ - 25 ratingsThe 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, also known as the "Six Triple Eight," was a groundbreaking all-African American, all-female unit that played a crucial role in World War II by ensuring that mail delivery to U.S. military personnel was efficient and timely. The battalion was compo...
Echoes of Valor: Episode 5 - An Interview with Major Clement “Clem” Leone (B24 Liberator Radio Operator, 445th Bomb Group & POW)
From The Front To The Films: A World War II Podcast - February 27, 2024 05:05 - 17 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 25 ratingsClement Leone stands in the war room, that is filled with many memories and mementos, at his home in Lake Heritage. He is wearing the Legion of Honor award which he received at the French Embassy in Washington D.C. (Darryl Wheeler/Gettysburg Times) This interview of Clem Leone was conducted a...
Captain Frank Murphy Interview
From The Front To The Films: A World War II Podcast - February 20, 2024 22:23 - 8 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 25 ratingsThis is an oral testimony of Captain Frank Murphy from The Frank Murphy Collection at the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force. Throughout our episodes, you have been hearing audio clips from this interview. Here is the interview with Frank Murphy in its entirety. Sitting on jeep...
Echoes of Valor: Episode 4 - "Strategies of War: Renowned Historians Discuss ‘Masters of the Air'"
From The Front To The Films: A World War II Podcast - February 19, 2024 01:19 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 25 ratings1st Lt Owen “Cowboy” Roane (first row, right) of Valley View, Texas, flew a smuggled pygmy African ass into the United Kingdom after the shuttle mission of August 17, 1943. (100th Bomb Group Photo Archive) Tune in to Episode 4 of "Echoes of Valor," where military history meets riveting c...
86. "Bataan" (1943)
World War II Movie Night - February 16, 2024 02:21 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 41 ratingsAt first blush, 1943's "Bataan" might seem like a run-of-the-mill, black-and-white, ensemble-cast World War II movie: easily absorbed and easily dismissed. Upon closer inspection, though, it reveals itself as a fascinating bit of mid-war propoganda, i.e., a passion play and literal call-to-arms....
Echoes of Valor: Uncovering Aerial Combat History – 'Masters of the Air' Deep Dive (Episode 3)
From The Front To The Films: A World War II Podcast - February 13, 2024 03:12 - 44 minutes ★★★★ - 25 ratingsAre you watching the Apple TV+ Mini-Series, “Masters of the Air”? Are you waiting for the next episode to appear? If you are, you’ll want to join us on “Echoes of Valor: Podcasting ‘Masters of the Air’! Here, you can immerse yourself in the intricate world of WWII military aviation combat ...
Episode 136: The Metamorphosis Part I
Reflecting History - February 12, 2024 09:30 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 75 ratingsTraveling salesman Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning to find out he's been transformed into some sort of hideous bug. The story that follows in Franz Kafka's masterpiece "The Metamorphosis" offers insight into human nature, identity, change, the nature of kindness, and more. Does the mundane and...
Echoes of Valor: Podcasting Masters of the Air (Episode 2)
From The Front To The Films: A World War II Podcast - February 05, 2024 20:40 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 25 ratingsJoin us as we embark on yet another historical "Masters of the Air" journey with Episode 2 of “Echoes of Valor,” presented by The World War II Foundation and The National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force. This historical podcast series is a captivating companion to “Masters of the Air,” ill...
Echoes of Valor: Podcasting Masters of the Air (Episode 1)
From The Front To The Films: A World War II Podcast - January 31, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 25 ratingsWelcome to "Echoes of Valor: Podcasting 'Masters of the Air,'" a collaborative endeavor proudly presented by The World War II Foundation and the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force. As we launch this episode, we're seizing the opportunity presented by the global premiere of "Masters o...
Episode 135: Fire and Blood
Reflecting History - January 22, 2024 09:30 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 75 ratingsWhile not being the book many fans wanted (and still haven’t gotten…), George R.R. Martin’s 2018 “Fire and Blood”, a fictional history prequel to "A Game of Thrones" is worthy of historical examination in its own right. Aside from being a lesson to historians in how to write entertaining, captiv...
85. "Son of Saul" (2015)
World War II Movie Night - January 20, 2024 01:28 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 41 ratingsWorld War II Movie Night keeps the faith (and the format) as we delve into the 2015 Hungarian movie "Son of Saul," which many believe gives the truest representation of life in Auschwitz outside an actual documentary. Saul is a "Sonderkommando," prisoners given unpleasant duties in the camp in e...
BONUS: The Library of Babel
Reflecting History - January 01, 2024 09:30 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 75 ratingsHello everyone, here is a bonus episode from my Patreon feed. Hope you enjoy it. It's been an amazing run for a long time now, so thank you for all the support and appreciation over the years. It means a lot. Hope you have a great year. How do we find meaning in an infinite universe? Is the p...
84. "Valkyrie" (2008)
World War II Movie Night - December 29, 2023 01:37 - 50 minutes ★★★★ - 41 ratingsJoin World War II Movie Night as we reassess the oft-maligned "Valkyrie," from 2008. No casting in one of our movies was as criticized from jump as Tom Cruise playing Claus von Stauffenberg, the German colonel who made the most famous attempt on Hitler's life. "Valkyrie" had almost everything go...
Episode 134: Roma Part II
Reflecting History - December 11, 2023 09:30 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 75 ratingsThis is Part II in a two part series on Alfonso Cuaron's 2018 masterpiece "Roma." This episode covers the second half of the movie and discusses themes of loneliness, isolation, and belonging. It also looks at struggles over land reform in the Mexican countryside, one of the primary instigators ...
Bob Dole, Italy, World War II
From The Front To The Films: A World War II Podcast - December 11, 2023 01:49 - 56 minutes ★★★★ - 25 ratingsNarrated by Jim Nantz. Some of the most intense fighting of World War II took place in the northern mountains of Italy in the closing days of the battle for Europe. Bob Dole, a young Lieutenant from Kansas, was caught up in the brutal fight. Dole’s time in the northern Apennine mountains, alo...
83. "The English Patient" (1996)
World War II Movie Night - December 01, 2023 02:07 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 41 ratingsIt'd be hard to find a more successful movie - at least upon release - than Miramax's "The English Patient." This late-1996 pic made tons of money, swept the Oscars, and was one of the most critically acclaimed movies of the decade. Case settled, right? Not so fast. On World War II Movie Night w...
Episode 133: Roma Part I
Reflecting History - November 20, 2023 09:30 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 75 ratingsThe story of an indigenous housekeeper in 1970's Mexico City allows us to examine themes of Mexican history-class, race, status, violence, and more. As the Dirty War rages in the Mexican countryside, that violence starts to creep into the urban world and the personal life of the main character-C...
82. "Victory" (1981)
World War II Movie Night - November 10, 2023 02:25 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 41 ratingsTonight we do the 1981 American sports movie "Victory" (also called "Escape to Victory" in European markets). A powerhouse cast of Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Max von Sydow and Pele take us through the story of Allied POWs who agree to stage a soccer game against Germans. The idea quickly...
Episode 132: The Mexican Dirty War Part VI-Spaces of Memory
Reflecting History - October 30, 2023 09:30 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 75 ratingsFor the victims of the Mexican Dirty War and their families, all that's left of it now is spaces of memory. This episode is Part VI in a series on the Mexican Dirty War and takes a final look at the ideas of historical narrative being fluid, as well as the concept of history as a memory. -Co...
81. "Overlord" (2018)
World War II Movie Night - October 20, 2023 01:29 - 43 minutes ★★★★ - 41 ratingsKind-of a Halloween episode tonight, as World War II Movie Night does 2018's "Overlord." Mega-producter J.J. Abrams brings us this zombie gorefest that's also an homage to "Nazi'ploitation," a mostly-'70s genre that saw horror, thrillers, and even pornos centered around history's most reliable v...
Episode 131: The Mexican Dirty War Part V-Massacres and Memories
Reflecting History - October 09, 2023 09:30 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 75 ratingsDoes it make any sense to compare individual personality and memory to historical and collective memory? Much like our own memories, the past is often remembered according to the needs of the present. The Tlatelolco Massacre of 1968 offers an opportunity to think about questions of nationalism, ...
80. "Patton" (1970)
World War II Movie Night - September 22, 2023 01:35 - 50 minutes ★★★★ - 41 ratingsTonight World War II Movie Night does 1970's "Patton," a curious biopic that straddles the line between the Big Epics of the 50s/60s, and what filmmaking would become in the '70s. George C. Scott plays George S. Patton in a role so iconic it was parodied for years afterward. Join us as we addres...
Episode 130: The Mexican Dirty War Part IV-Violence and Change
Reflecting History - September 18, 2023 09:30 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 75 ratingsIs violence necessary for change? The Mexican Dirty War provides an interesting lens through which to view this question. Leftist geurrilla movements in Mexico were made up of a diversity of disaffected and disenfranchised people who made several failed attempts to uproot corruption and authorit...
79. "Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison" (1957)
World War II Movie Night - September 01, 2023 01:42 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 41 ratingsWorld War II Movie Night does its 4th (!) movie starring Robert Mitchum with 1957's "Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison." During the War in the Pacific, a U.S. Marine washes ashore a small island improbably inhabited by a Nun (Deborah Kerr). The Japanese periodically poke their heads around, but for the ...
Episode 129: The Mexican Dirty War Part III-Revolution of the Mundane
Reflecting History - August 28, 2023 09:30 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 75 ratingsWhat caused the Mexican Dirty War? A combination of economic, social, and political grievances built up over the course of hundreds of years to finally explode in the mid-20th century. The geurrilla warfare and the brutal counter-insurgent response from the government during the Dirty War had th...
78. "Battleground" (1949)
World War II Movie Night - August 11, 2023 00:35 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 41 ratingsNo, 1949's "Battleground" isn't the most original World War II movie, but many consider it one of the best examples of what it is: the ensemble, combat-heavy, real-events-lightly-fictionalized genre. See how our group does in the Battle of the Bulge, as Germans try to infiltrate the lines. Becau...
World War II: Saving the Reality
From The Front To The Films: A World War II Podcast - August 07, 2023 18:57 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 25 ratingsNarrated by Dan Aykroyd. From the Holocaust to the dropping of the Atomic bombs, this film tells the story of an individual who owned the largest private collection of World War II artifacts in the world. Over 50 interviews with veterans and survivors of the war help tell the story of the meanin...
The Tuskegee Airmen: Return to Ramitelli
From The Front To The Films: A World War II Podcast - August 07, 2023 18:53 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 25 ratingsNarrated by Darius Rucker. The Tuskegee Airmen were all black pilots who flew heroic missions for the United States in Europe in World War II. Their base in Ramitelli, Italy, was a proving ground for these pilots, who were segregated at home and overseas but became household names for their cour...
Surrender on the USS Missouri
From The Front To The Films: A World War II Podcast - August 07, 2023 18:50 - 56 minutes ★★★★ - 25 ratingsNarrated by Country Music’s number one recording star, Luke Bryan. On September 2nd, 1945, World War II came to its official end aboard a legendary battleship anchored in Tokyo Bay. Some seventy million people had died during the war, but now the fighting would end not with a rifle shot but ra...
Rommel: The Soldier, The Son and Hitler
From The Front To The Films: A World War II Podcast - August 07, 2023 18:48 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 25 ratingsNarrated by Greg Kinnear. Germany’s most famous commander of World War II, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, had one fatal flaw: He always spoke his mind to Adolf Hitler. Rommel would pay for voicing the truth to his Fuhrer with his life. An earlier hero of World War I, Erwin Rommel was many thing...
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