Episode 401-Interview w/ Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch: The Nazi Conspiracy & Churchill Gives British 8th Army to Monty

The History of WWII Podcast

Ray Harris Jr

Education, History, Society & Culture

4.5 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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First, Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch come to discuss The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill. For the second episode: Auchinleck is out, Monty and Harold Alexander are in. They all know that Rommel is going to attack and soon, so Monty gets to work, ordering forward more men and telling 8th Army: We are here to win, not try. Thus all trucks on standby for a retreat, will be sent away. Meanwhile, Keith Park takes over air operations on Malta and decides, now is the time to go back on the offensive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:08.2	Hello, and thank you for listening to the History of World War II podcast. Episode
1:14.3	401 Interview with Brad Meltzer and Josh Mench about their book The Nazi Conspiracy.
1:21.7	And the second episode is from a regular series, and this one, Montgomery, finally makes
1:27.5	an appearance. For the first episode, New York Times best-selling
1:32.0	authors, Brad Meltzer and Josh Mench are here with their latest offering. After writing
1:37.7	the first conspiracy and then the Lincoln conspiracy, they are back with one of the greatest
1:43.6	what-ifs of history. Namely, the assassination of FDR Stalin and
1:49.3	Churchill for that is what Hitler had ordered to salvage his war effort. The tension builds
1:55.5	as the main players all arrive in Tehran, but only the killers know what's going to happen
2:01.4	next. And then for the second episode that continues the main storyline, Churchill gives
2:07.5	British 8th Army to Montgomery. Mr. Meltzer, Mr. Mench, thank you very much for being
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