And I’d like to thank Bill Nance for another great episode, this time on Army Groups and higher echelon command in WWII, using Ninth Army under Simpson as an example.

#WhyWeFight1944 #ArmyHistory #MilitaryHistory #WWII #Podcast

I’d like to thank @kdcampbell.bsky.social for another episode on wartime movies, this time focusing on Tunisian Victory and Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, both released in 1944. In the 1943 series Ken also covered two movies and I will also include a link to that episode for those who missed it.

I’d also like to thank Myra Miller for sharing her experience researching her father’s WWII service, and how that led to her work as a historian and founder of Footsteps Researchers.

Links in the comments below or search for “Why We Fight ~ 1944” on whichever podcast streaming platform you use.

I'd like to thank Paul Sparrow, John McManus, and Mitch Yockelson for these episodes on leadership and relationship dynamics including FDR and MacArthur, Churchill and Eisenhower, and discussion of the American Experience in World War II.

@paulsparrowfdr.bsky.social
@johncmcmanus.bsky.social

Let’s change it up a bit!

In this episode of the @cimsec.bsky.social Sea Control Podcast, I got to talk with @briankerg.bsky.social about my #WhyWeFight series and my takes on how and why this history is important. (Also, Pixel has an unscripted cameo.)

I'd like to thank Trent Hone for helping fill the Navy History gap in this series. This episode includes more on Admiral Nimitz and leadership challenges in the Pacific Theater through 1944 with connections to Operation Flintlock and Battle of Saipan, and a few upcoming episodes. @honer.bsky.social

I'd like to thank @briankerg.bsky.social for another great episode, this time talking about the Battle of Saipan and some leadership challenges the US Army & US Marine Corps faced in the Pacific in 1944.

#WhyWeFight1944 #ArmyHistory #USMCHistory #NavyHistory #MilitaryHistory #WWII #Podcast

I’d like to thank Dr. Grant Harward and Dr. @luketruxal.bsky.social for this two-part episode on Allied raids against Romania, in particular the Jassy-Kishinev offensives.

#WhyWeFight1944 #ArmyHistory #Romania #MilitaryHistory #WWII #Podcast

Links to both episodes are in the comments below.

I’d like to thank COL Giorgio Pizzani for reaching out and joining me to begin including the story of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force (FEB) in the series. And also a special thanks to Doug Schmidt and the 10th Mountain Division Museum for putting us in touch.

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And recently he told the story with the U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings podcast.

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Sharing from the #WhyWeFight1943 series —

(I’ll include links below)

@briankerg.bsky.social worked hard on this story as a student with SAW and then repurposed and contributed it (somewhat unexpectedly) to the Sicily part of my 1943 series last year.