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The History of WWII Podcast

Episode 587: Operation Husky Could Have Been Huskier

The History of WWII Podcast

Ray Harris Jr

Education, Society & Culture, History

4.54.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

The planning for Operation Husky was anything but smooth and comprehensive. Everyone had a dog in this fight, but in the end, Monty won. Meanwhile, Mussolini is tempted to pull out of the war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Think about cheese.

0:02.0

Make your thoughts cheesier.

0:04.2

Now add 100% chicken breast fillet, Chipotle sauce and Ameta cheese melt.

0:08.3

And it's giving the new cheesy chicken stack at McDonald's.

0:12.0

Did we mention it's cheesy?

0:13.9

Cheese.

0:15.8

Availments at the 4th of Jan, 2026 from 11am.

0:18.1

Plus and participation may vary. Subjects availability.

0:20.1

Olivia loves a challenge. It's why she lifts heavy weights and likes complicated recipes.

0:27.9

But for booking her trip to Paris, Olivia chose the easy way with Expedia. She bundled her flight

0:33.0

with a hotel to save more. Of course, she still climbed all 674 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower.

0:40.2

You were made to take the easy route. We were made to easily package your trip.

0:45.6

Expedia, made to travel. Flight inclusive packages are at all protected.

0:49.9

Music Hello, and thank you for listening to the history of World War II podcast.

1:04.2

Episode 587, Operation Husky could have been huskier.

1:10.4

Last time, Operation Cork Screw had cleared out the smaller islands between Tunisia and Sicily,

1:16.9

and yet it had been carried out in such a way as to still not point directly to Sicily.

1:23.2

Hitler believed the Allies would strike next at the Balkans to disrupt his Romanian oil and other raw

1:29.0

materials in the region, whereas Italian and German high commands believed that Sardinia, Sicily, Crete,

1:36.2

and Greece were equally fair game. With no consensus, the access dispersed their resources further

1:43.5

in an attempt to defend everywhere,

1:46.6

which, as the saying go, leads to defending nowhere. And then came Operation Mincemeat.

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