I spoke with Sir Max Hastings about his book Operation Chastise. This is the youtube version of a previously posted podcast.
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Robert Fuller is a professor and historian who took on the task of understanding the true nature of the US presence of France in WWII. We spoke about the war and the many ways in which France did and did not cooperate with the US during WWII. After D-Day: The U.S. Army Encounters the French (LSU Press, 2021)
0:41 – Robert talks about how he got into studying the US in France.
2:16 – Robert talks about how he laid the book out.
4:00 – Robert talks about the occupation of France.
5:04 – Robert talks about what was problematic between France and the US.
9:45 – Robert goes into details about problems at the ground level.
13:58 – Robert talks about French citizens who sympathized with the Nazis.
18:07 – Robert goes into detail about what happened in France after V-E day.
20:39 – Robert talks about what happened to the Germans in southwest France.
23:04 – Robert talks about de Gaulle.
24:48 – Robert talks about the aid given to France by the US.
28:09 – Robert talks about communism in France.
33:38 – Robert talks about research that didn’t make it into the book.
36:20 – Robert talks about French colonial territories.
42:08 – Robert talks about New Caledonia.
43:47 – Robert talks about French islands in the Caribbean.
47:37 – Robert talks about what resources he used for the book including the French town archives he went to.
52:42 – Robert talks about an American riot by the 101st in France.
54:32 – Robert talks about American crime and gangs in France.
57:15 – Robert talks about the size of the black market in France.
1:02:53 – Robert talks about the Red Ball Express.
1:05:20 – Robert talks about the Nazi massacre of French school girls.
1:06:21 – Robert talks about traveling through France.
1:15:17 – Information on the book can be found at the LSU Press website.
https://lsupress.org/books/detail/after-d-day/
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Kevin J. Weddle is Professor of Military Theory and Strategy at the US Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He graduated from West Point and served in the US Army for 28 years on active duty in command and staff positions before retiring as a colonel. We spoke about his new book on the Saratoga campaign of the American Revolution. The Compleat Victory (Oxford University Press, 2021)
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1:08 – Kevin talks about why he wrote about the Saratoga campaign.
2:01- Kevin talks about how he laid out the book.
5:09 – Kevin talks about Great Britain’s approach to the Saratoga Campaign.
7:12 – Kevin talks about British knowledge of the battlefield and how it affected planning.
13:00 – Kevin talks about the makeup of the forces involved in the fight.
13:47 – Kevin talks about US approaches to the British forces.
17:12 – Kevin talks about Washington’s knowledge of the British way of fighting.
18:07 – Kevin talks about the Congress’ feelings about the Saratoga campaign and the Northern department.
22:27 – Kevin talks about Washington’s planning for the campaign.
25:26 – Kevin talks about how British strategy developed for 1777.
32:16 – Kevin talks about poor British management in North America.
34:56 – Kevin talks about Native American participation in the campaign.
39:38 – Kevin talks about how he discusses strategy and leadership in the book.
43:06 – Kevin talks about the resources he used for the book.
44:40 – Kevin talks about the libraries he enjoyed using.
45:55 – Kevin talks about British feelings for the colonists.
46:58 – Kevin talks about being surprised by how much Washington ran everything going on.
48:17 – Kevin talks about Washington’s demeanor during the campaign.
49:30 – Kevin talks about French observers at the campaign.
50:37 – Kevin talks about other nations’ involvement in the war.
51:49 – Kevin talks about questions that will probably never be answered.
53:49 – Kevin goes into details about the two final battles.
58:38 – Kevin talks about the tragedy of the British POWs after the campaign.
1:02:09 – Kevin talks about Germans becoming Americans and praising North America.
1:04:02 – Kevin talks about British fortifications.
1:05:23 – Kevin talks about how Burgoyne felt about American forces and loyalist support for the British.
1:06:53 – Kevin talks about the siege of Fort Stanwix.
1:11:07 – Kevin talks about Burgoyne’s artillery.
1:15:12 – Kevin talks about the German troops.
1:16:14 – Information on the book can be found on the Oxford University Press website.
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-compleat-victory-9780195331400?cc=us&lang=en&
Sofia Glover talks about her fantasy novel set in post Civil War Philadelphia https://wp.me/p7CDU9-576
Jacqueline and Simon Mitton talk about astronomer Vera Rubin http://spacewalksmoneytalks.com/p/760
For more “Military History Inside Out” please follow me at www.warscholar.org, on Facebook at warscholar, on twitter at Warscholar, on youtube at warscholar1945 and on Instagram @crisalvarezwarscholar. Or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify Please see historyrabbithole.com for a list of my dozen or so blogs and podcasts. You’re sure to find something you like.
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