Episode 46 - The Hand That Held the Dagger

History Date Night: A WWII Podcast · Sep 16, 2026 · 13m

This episode of History Date Night covers just one day: June 10th, 1940. An extraordinary amount happens in these 24 hours, Norway surrenders. Italy declares war and Canada fires its first shots in anger of the war.

This episode also has Mussolini finally getting the war he's wanted for months, except he doesn't even get to pick the date himself. It has President Roosevelt delivering one of the sharpest lines of his presidency at his son's college graduation ceremony. And it has a French tank crew discovering, in the middle of a battle they're about to lose, that their armor is much better…