Eisenhower: America's Best General

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

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Society & Culture, History, Education

4.8 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Was General Eisenhower the best US general of WW2? What decision impacts the reputation of Jumpin' Jim Gavin? When did General Mark Clark capture Rome? Join James Holland and Al Murray for part 3 as they run through the best land forces leadership of the Western Theatre in WW2 - and their answers may surprise you. Start your free trial at ⁠patreon.com/wehaveways⁠ and unlock exclusive content and more. Enjoy livestreams, early access to podcast episodes, ad-free listening, bonus episodes, and a weekly newsletter packed with book deals and behind-the-scenes insights. Members also get priority access and discounts to live events. A Goalhanger Production Produced by James Regan Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Social: @WeHaveWaysPod Email: wehaveways@goalhanger.com Join our ‘Independent Company’ with an introductory offer to watch exclusive livestreams, get presale ticket events, and our weekly newsletter - packed with book and model discounts. Membership Club: patreon.com/wehaveways Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to We Have Ways of Making You Talk.
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0:48.7	Watch out there, buddy.
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0:51.1	Welcome to We Have Ways of Making You Talk with me, Al Murray and James Holland.
0:55.0	And in a strange way, it's episode three but part two, isn't it, Jim? Yes, because we've got to the Americans now. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And it's best in the West, of course. And you probably know by now how this works. But if you don't, here's a brief summary. We have Weavesfest on the 12th, the 14th of September.
1:10.8	What we thought we do is finally drive 12th, the 14th of September.
1:14.6	What we thought we do is finally drive a state through the heart of this endless arguing about which generals better and come up with a definitive answer on that exact question.
1:19.3	Isn't that right, Jim?
1:20.2	Yeah.
1:20.6	Because, you know, so much time that could be spent on other historical aspects of the Second World War,
1:25.1	it's burned off with people having these weird arguments where they disagree about which generals are best in the Second World War is burned off with people having these weird arguments where
1:28.5	they disagree about which generals are best in the Second World War on different sides.
1:33.2	So very simply, what we thought we'd do is, first of all, discuss it amongst ourselves,
1:38.1	then put it on our Patreon for people to vote, decide, discuss, and finally settle the question.
1:44.4	Because, I mean, you know, if people are arguing about this, how are they going to argue
1:47.4	whether a Spitfire Mark I's better than Emmy 101?
1:52.5	Yeah, and the bottom line is, you know, this is obviously definitive.
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