BOMBING HITLER'S HOMETOWN

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Jon Hagadorn

Society & Culture, History

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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With 'Bombing Hitler's Hometown' author Mike Croissant we discuss the untold true story of the 5,000 Americans who flew from bases across Southern Italy in the waning days of WWII to bomb Hitler's hometown of Linz, Austria, one of Germany's last remaining communications centers. Mike, a retired CIA agent, spent more than ten years gathering interviews and researching this book, relying also upon upon the memoirs of his uncle, who flew in that fateful raid on April 25th, 1945. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Oh, Welcome back everyone to
0:33.2	the one thousand one heroes legends histories and mysteries podcast this is your
0:37.5	host John haggadorn my days are always made better by letters of introduction
0:42.3	like this one this This was dated May of
0:45.0	2022. Greetings thank you for your one thousand one heroes, legends, histories and
0:50.8	mysteries podcast which inspired me to ask if you're interested in receiving
0:54.6	a review copy of my upcoming book and or talking about it on your podcast.
1:00.2	I retired from the CIA late last year and have completed a non-fiction book about the last mass bomber rate of World War II in Europe,
1:07.5	of which my late uncle was a participant.
1:10.0	The book shares the untold true story of the 5,000 Americans who flew from bases across southern Italy during the waning days of World War II to bomb the town Adolf Hitler called home.
1:22.0	The planned repository for artistic treasures his minions had pilfered and the place he intended
1:27.5	to retire.
1:28.9	And it's the story of the epic journey the surviving airmen endured to return home and how the raid and the war
1:35.8	affected them and their families. I haven't yet pursued publication but I will be doing so later this year. I understand you might
1:44.8	not want or be able to commit to reviewing the book, especially prior to publication, but it would
1:49.6	be an honor to know you might allow me to send you a review copy if the book is published and or
1:54.2	appear on the podcast. Either way, thank you again for all you do. Kindest regards, Mike
2:00.3	Crescent. My reply was Mike, I'd be very interested in your story and very open to interviewing you.
2:06.4	And now we finally got him. His book is out there. I'm looking at it now and I have read it and it's an absolutely
2:12.2	excellent, excellent book and really does tell a rare story here of the 15th Air Force where usually we hear stories about the eighth bombing group, the one that Jimmy Stewart flew in and others this one flew out of Italy these guys many of them
2:27.7	believe they were going on their last mission and we'll find out why as we go through.
2:32.8	Mike, it's great to have you with us today.
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