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That's the Expl World War interview.

Today I'm joined for the second time by Jack Boucher, the author of the upcoming book,

or the released book, I guess at this point,

Thunder Run, McTILA, 1945, the greatest combined arms maneuver battle of the Second World War.

That's quite a claim, just off the top here.

Yeah, yeah, cool.

Hi, Wesley, thank you so much for having me on. We had such a good time last time. Yeah, yeah, cool. Hi, Wesley.

Thank you so much for having me on.

We had such a good time last time.

But yes, I do genuinely believe this.

And hopefully we can get into the exact weeds for why I believe this incredibly, incredibly bold claim.

You know, it is as much about getting conversation started.

But hopefully listeners will at least understand why fronted up such a bold claim at the

beginning when they hear it, and especially if they read the book as well.

Yeah, thank you.

Your book takes place where or covers the time period around the battle of Metcilla, which

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