Someone Talked!

We pack Four Hours of Fury  into one with James Fenelon. The paratrooper turned author shares the untold story of World War II's largest airborne invasion, one that dropped 17,000 Allied paratroopers deep into Nazi Germany. Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org. Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org .

This episosde is even better with video! Check it out on our YouTube channel @NationalDDayMemorial https://www.dday.org/digital-library/burden-of-command-with-luke-hughes/ It's game on as we continue our conversation with Luke Hughes, creator of Burden of Command,  the role-playing game inspired by host John C. McManus'  American Courage, American Carnage.  Email the Someone Talked! team at podcas...

This episosde is even better with video! Check it out on our YouTube channel @NationalDDayMemorial https://www.dday.org/digital-library/burden-of-command-with-luke-hughes/ Do you have what it takes to lead? You're a company Captain in the tactical leadership role-playing game Burden of Command,  based on host John C. McManus' book  American Courage, American Carnage.  Game designer Luke Hughes joi...

During WWII, the U.S. government declared, “final disposition of our soldiers’ remains, in accordance with the wishes of their loved ones, is an inherent obligation of the Government as the final gesture of a grateful country to those who paid the supreme sacrifice.” In this episode, our hosts discuss the keeping of that promise, from the war-era “Return of the Dead Program” to the efforts that co...

With 80 years now passed since Japan signed the formal surrender documents aboard the USS Missouri,  our hosts explore the end of WWII in the Pacific and Asia Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org. Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org .

We continue our discussion of the 24 deadliest hours for U.S. service members during World War II with Rona Simmons, author of  No Average Day. Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org. Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org .

October 24, 1944, is not a day of national remembrance. Yet, more Americans serving in World War II perished on that day than on December 7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, on June 6, 1944, when the Allies stormed the beaches of Normandy, or on any other single day of the war. In No Average Day , author Rona Simmons takes us hour by hour and incident by incident Email the Someone Ta...

"James Holland is now our foremost authority on the Italian campaign." Find out why our host, John C. McManus, says that as Holland returns to  Someone Talked!  with part 2 of our discussion of  Cassino '44. Holland follows a rich cast of characters from both sides to create this compelling and often heart-breaking narrative, told in the moment, as the events played out, and from the perspective o...

There is no such thing as an easy victory in war but after triumph in Tunisia, the sweeping success of the Sicilian invasion, and with the Italian surrender, the Allies were confident that they would be in Rome before Christmas 1943. And yet it didn't happen. Hitler ordered his forces to dig in and fight for every yard, thus setting the stage for one of the grimmest and most attritional campaigns...

Hailed as the most important book ever written about the conduct of the Catholic Church in WWII, we have more of  The Pope at War  with author David Kertzer. Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org. Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org .

With Pius XII's archives finally opened, David Kertzer paints a new, dramatic portrait of what the pope did and did not do as war enveloped Europe from 1939 to 1945. Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org. Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org .

With his book tour underway for  Remember Us,  we continue our conversation with #1  New York Times bestselling author Robert M. Edsel. Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org. Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org .

This episode begins with a look back at  The Monuments Men,  Robert M. Edsel's bestseller—which served as the basis for Academy Award recipient George Clooney’s 2014 film. Then our hosts delve into Edsel's highly anticipated, newly released book,  Remember Us: American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom, and a Forever Promise Forged in World War II . Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org. Explo...

Podcast regular Chris Kolakowski returns with more from the mind of General Simon Buckner in his latest work  Tenth Army Commander. Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org. Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org .

General Simon Buckner's chief of staff thought his daily notes were the makings of a post-war memoir, but the papers ended up scattered after the general's death. Buckner's diary is now fully published in the book  Tenth Army Commander , edited by Chris Kolakowski. Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org. Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming eve...

Kara Dixon Vuic, a leading scholar on gender in the military, is back with more on the female experience on the front lines.  Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org. Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org .

They brought the home front to the front lines entertaining American servicemen overseas from World War I to Iraq and Afghanistan. Now author Kara Dixon Vuic brings  The Girls Next Door  to the podcast.  Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org. Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org .

More students join the conversation with their questions for Linda Hervieux about the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion.  Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org. Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org .

Author Linda Hervieux discusses the untold stories of D-Day's Black heroes with our hosts and takes questions from high school scholars.  Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org. Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org .

We took Someone Talked! on the road to the Richmond, Virginia area for the 5th annual World War II Conference by America’s History, LLC. In this episode, hear our own John McManus' conference presentation: "To the End of the Earth: The U.S. Army and the Downfall of Japan, 1945." Special thanks to Bruce Venter, president of America’s History, LLC. Visit americashistoryllc.com for information on fut...

We took Someone Talked! on the road to the Richmond, Virginia area for the 5th annual World War II Conference by America’s History, LLC – capturing a series of interviews with authors, historians, and enthusiasts. In this episode, hear conversations with Charles Neimeyer and Paul Clifford Special thanks to Bruce Venter, president of America’s History, LLC. Visit americashistoryllc.com for informat...

We took Someone Talked! on the road to the Richmond, Virginia area for the 5th annual World War II Conference by America’s History, LLC – capturing a series of interviews with authors, historians, and enthusiasts. In this episode, hear conversations with Gina DiNicolo and Christopher Kolakowski. Special thanks to Bruce Venter, president of America’s History, LLC. Visit americashistoryllc.com for i...

We took Someone Talked! on the road to the Richmond, Virginia area for the 5th annual World War II Conference by America’s History, LLC – capturing a series of interviews with authors, historians, and enthusiasts. Joining our hosts for this episode are president of America's History, LLC and conference founder, Bruce Venter; Edward Lengel, Head of Faculty for the conference; and Pete Kessler, WWII...

We took Someone Talked! on the road to the Richmond, Virginia area for the 5th annual World War II Conference by America’s History, LLC – capturing a series of interviews with authors, historians, and enthusiasts. In this episode, hear conversations with Rick Beyer and David Gutierrez. Special thanks to Bruce Venter, president of America’s History, LLC. Visit americashistoryllc.com for information...

We took Someone Talked! on the road to the Richmond, Virginia area for the 5th annual World War II Conference by America’s History, LLC – capturing a series of interviews with authors, historians, and enthusiasts. In this episode, hear conversations with Donald Miller and Flint Whitlock.  pecial thanks to Bruce Venter, president of America’s History, LLC. Visit americashistoryllc.com for informati...