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The History of WWII Podcast

Episode 461-Odessa Prepares for its Fate

The History of WWII Podcast

Ray Harris Jr

Society & Culture, Education, History

4.54.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

As 11 German and Romanian divisions, with 100 tanks and 100 airplanes come at Odessa, the people there, military and civilian, indeed, school children, prepare their city to defy the enemy. It will be a siege that will test the endurance of both sides. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.2

John Glenn was a Marine Corps officer with 59 World War II Combat Missions under his belt.

0:39.8

His wingman was Ted Williams, two-time American League Triple Crown winner who, at the pinnacle of his career, was inexplicably recalled to active service.

0:50.6

Over the next half century, these two men would both become household names, the affable

0:56.1

astronaut, and the notoriously tempestuous left fielder. Their enduring friendship forged in

1:02.2

battle would see them through exhilarating highs, devastating lows.

1:07.0

Through unpublished letters, unit diaries, declassified military records, manuscripts, and new and illuminating interviews, the

1:15.3

wingmen, the unlikely, unusual, unbreakable friendship between John Glenn and Ted

1:21.2

Williams by Adam Lazarus is an inspiring epic and intimate portrait of two

1:26.4

American legends larger than life and extraordinarily human.

1:30.7

The Wingmen by Adam Lazarus is available everywhere books are sold.

1:37.0

Hello and thank you for listening to the history of World War II

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