Hello, and thank you for listening to the 10th anniversary episode of the History of

World War II podcast.

Back on July 10, 2010, I was at a dead end job, it was right in the middle of the global

financial crisis, and I had very little in my life that was making me happy.

And I had been pondering doing a World War II podcast, so I said to myself, you have nothing

to lose and no one else is doing it, what's the worst that could possibly happen?

So here I am 10 years later, 296 episodes in, I'm up to March of 1942, and yes, during

moments of quiet, I ask myself, what in the hell did I get myself into, and will I ever

finish?

Honestly, I have no idea, but I'm having fun, and I'm learning, so the rest can take

care of itself.

I have corresponded and met many wonderful people over the years, I've heard some great

stories that you the listeners have shared with me about your relatives' experiences in

the war, and I could never thank you enough for that.

So this isn't going to be a monologue, because I'm not that interesting.

I wanted to bring someone on who's improved this podcast and its website over the years.

Paul Finch, who is in Scotland, welcome to the show, and again, thank you for all that

you have done for me over the years.

Well, thank you for all you've done, for everyone who's a listener, right?

So probably my history with the podcast going back to 2012, I think was the first time,

or 2011 actually was the first time I got in contact with you, not long after you had

started the show.

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