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The History of WWII Podcast

Episode 555-Allied Blood on French Soil

The History of WWII Podcast

Ray Harris Jr

Society & Culture, Education, History

4.54.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The Western Allies had landed in North Africa, but two diversionary attacks go horribly wrong. The Americas have their first significant casualties of the war. Operation Torch has a rough start. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hey everyone, Ray here. Many of you are familiar with the incredible story of the Dunkirk

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civilian mobilization during World War II, but there's another remarkable story of a civilian-led maritime operation

1:13.4

where Denmark varied thousands of their Jewish citizens to safety in a mass-scale rescue right

1:20.8

under the noses of the Nazis. From award-winning author Tim Brady, A Light in the Northern Sea. Denmark's incredible rescue

1:29.6

of their Jewish citizens during World War II meticulously explores this nationwide resistance

1:35.3

movement that reads like a thriller. Denmark's nearly 8,000 Jews survived, but it wasn't a miracle.

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It was the combined achievement of a nation refusing to

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stand by, using clever subterfuge and increasingly daring acts of sabotage. Among the rescued

1:52.5

was Niels Bohr, the world-famous nuclear physicists who would go on to help Alpenheimer

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