Someone Talked!

In his latest book, Bruce Henderson tells the untold history of a top-secret operation in the run-up to D-Day in which American flyers and Allied spies carried out some of the most daring cloak-and-dagger operations of World War II. 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 .

One of the world's preeminent naval historians, Jon Parshall, returns to explore the Pacific War with our hosts. 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 .

As the world commemorates the 82nd anniversary of D-Day, an update on the Memorial's decades-long effort to know, by name, each of the Allied fallen of 6 June 1944.  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 .

In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, and with the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, PRESSURE follows General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Group Captain James Stagg as they face an impossible choice—launch the largest and most dangerous seaborne invasion in history or risk losing the war altogether. Starring Andrew Scott, Brendan Fraser, Kerry Condon, Chris Messina, and Damian Lewis. Direct...

Created exclusively for the National D-Day Memorial by the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology at Virginia Tech – When We Went In: The D-Day Experience in Light and Sound transforms the Memorial into a stunning, multi-media sensory experience. Go behind the scenes with the creative team responsible for the immersive masterpiece that retells the story of the Normandy invasion through aut...

Someone Talked! celebrates its 100th original episode and the 25th anniversary of the National D-Day Memorial with this special conversation with Byron Dickson. Dickson, the Memorial's architect, spills the behind the scenes secrets of how what was once imagined a simple, local tribute became the world-class monument we know today. Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org. Explore the Na...

Holocaust historian Waitman Beorn returns with more from his award-winning book Between the Wires , based on extensive archival research of the Janowska camp in Lviv, Ukraine. 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 .

Janowska remains one of the least-known sites of the Holocaust, despite being one of the deadliest. Between the Wires tells for the first time the history of the Janowska camp in Lviv, Ukraine. Author and historian Waitman Beorn joins our hosts to discuss his acclaimed work.  Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org. Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about u...

From Army Rangers to a wedding ring, forget what you've heard. Our hosts have the real stories behind some popular myths and urban legends of D-Day and WWII. 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 .

In this episode, the latest efforts to recover America's protected documents and artifacts with investigative archivist Mitch Yockelson. Plus, a book update and a Bedford Boy's beloved guitar. 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 .

Recorded November 8, 2025 We took  Someone Talked! on the road to the Richmond, Virginia area for the 6th annual World War II Conference by America’s History, LLC – capturing a series of interviews with authors, historians, and enthusiasts. In this episode, hear a conversation with conference attendee Alexa O'Hara. Special thanks to Bruce Venter, president of America’s History, LLC. Visit americas...

Recorded November 8, 2025 We took  Someone Talked! on the road to the Richmond, Virginia area for the 6th 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 David Barrett and Flint Whitlock. Special thanks to Bruce Venter, president of America’s History, LLC. Visit americash...

Recorded November 8, 2025 We took  Someone Talked! on the road to the Richmond, Virginia area for the 6th 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 Craig Symonds and James Triesler. Special thanks to Bruce Venter, president of America’s History, LLC. Visit americash...

Recorded November 8, 2025 We took  Someone Talked! on the road to the Richmond, Virginia area for the 6th 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 Jonathan Parshall and Charles Neimeyer. Special thanks to Bruce Venter, president of America’s History, LLC. Visit ame...

In this bonus episode, Dr. John C. McManus presents "Alamo in the Ardennes: The Untold Story of the American Soldiers Who Made the Defense of Bastogne Possible." This presentation was recorded live at the 6th annual World War II Conference in the Richmond, Virginia area on November 8, 2025. Special thanks to Bruce Venter, president of America’s History, LLC. Visit americashistoryllc.com for inform...

Call them "ugly and unorthodox," but Allied landing craft were there to win a war, not a beauty pageant. We explore their design, production, and use on all five D-Day beaches with curator and author Andrew Whitmarsh. 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 .

A look at Robert Capa's D-Day photos through the critical eye of historian and photographic analyst Chuck Herrick.  Watch this episode .  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 .

Our co-hosts attempt to "stump the chumps," as host John C. McManus and guest Kevin Hymel discuss their new interactive 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 .

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...