Episode 58 - Eagle Day Awaits

History Date Night: A WWII Podcast · Oct 28, 2026 · 18m

This episode of History Date Night covers August 3rd through the 9th, 1940. Justin and Jennie cover Germany's turn to the East while the air war over the Channel grinds on. German planners begin preparing the ground for an attack on the Soviet Union. In Africa a new front opens far to the south as Italian forces cross into British Somaliland. What looks like a sideshow on the map is, in reality, a direct threat to the Red Sea route that keeps the British Empire connected.

Also in this episode, the Luftwaffe shifts more weight onto British ports and harbours. Churchill and de Gaulle sign an…