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History Date Night: A WWII Podcast
Welcome to History Date Night; a World War II podcast covering the Second World War in chronological order, from the opening shots to final victory.
New episodes launch on Mondays and Wednesdays!
Episodes
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 60 - Black Thursday
On this episode of History Date Night Jennie and Justin cover August 15th through the 18th. The air war over Britain reaches a new peak of intensity. On the…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 59 - Eagle Day
This episode of History Date Night covers August 10th through the 14th. Jennie and Justin covers these days as the struggle over the Channel convoys is moving…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 58 - Eagle Day Awaits
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…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 57 - Turn to the East
On this episode of History Date Night, Justin and Jennie cover July 27th through August 2nd 1940. The air war over the Channel is no longer a series of…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 56 - Set Europe Alight
This episode of History Date Night covers July 20th-26th, 1940. Justin and Jennie cover this new phase of the war as Germany and Britain plan for their next…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 55 - The Last Appeal
On this episode ofHistory Date Night Justin and Jennie cover July 17th-19th, 1940. The air war over Britain is intensifying. The Mediterranean remains…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 54 - Sea Lion is Born
This episode of History Date Night covers July 11th through the 16th. Now Britain stands alone, and Hitler begins planning an invasion. Justin and Jennie pick…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 53 - Britain Stands Alone
This episode of History Date Night covers July 6th through July 10th, 1940. For the better part of a year, Justin and Jennie have been following Germany as it…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 52 - Against Yesterday's Allies
This episode of History Date Night covers June 29th through July 5th, 1940. This week the most dangerous unresolved question of the armistice between France…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 51 - Two Frances
This episode of History Date Night covers June 22nd through the 28th. For France this is the week the armistice with Germany is signed, and a second, smaller…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 50 - The Railway Carriage
This episode of History Date Night covers June 19th through the 21st of 1940. The war is still moving fast, but the center of gravity is shifting as France is…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 49 - Two Broadcasts
In this episode of History Date Night Justin and Jennie finally give one of the war’s most important figures the introduction he deserves and cover the 18th of…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 48 - Our Finest Hour
This episode of History Date Night covers June 14th through the 17th. This is one of the most eventful four day stretches Justin and Jennie have covered so far…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 47 - Black Thursday
This episode of History Date Night covers, June 11th through the 13th. We watch a French admiral make a promise about his navy's fate that's going to affect…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 46 - The Hand That Held the Dagger
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…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 45: The Loss of the Glorious
This episode of History Date Night covers June 7th through the 9th, we'll see the loss of the Polish submarine Orzel, whose extraordinary 1939 escape brought…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastHistory Date Night: Rapid Fire - Doris Miller
History Date Night; Rapid Fire is Justin and Jennie's coverage of various WWII topics in short snippets. On this special episode of History Date Night we cover…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 44 - We Shall Never Surrender
This episode of History Date Night covers June 4th through 6th, 1940. Dunkirk officially ends and Churchill delivers a speech that defines how history…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 43 - The Last Night
On this episode of History Date Night, Justin and Jennie cover June 1st through 3rd. Theese are the days when Operation Dynamo comes to an end. They're going…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 42 - The Best Day
On this episode of History Date Night Justin and Jennie cover just two days, May 30th and 31st, 1940. This short but important stretch of days contains the…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 41 - In the Tent
On this episode of History Date Night Justin and Jennie cover May 27th through the 29th. These might be the most important three days of the entire war so far…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 40 - The Halt Order
This episode of History Date Night covers May 23rd through the 26th, 1940. As German tanks race across France with Allied forces seemingly on the verge of…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 39 - Filled Their Lungs With Sea Air
This episode of History Date Night covers May 19th through the 22nd. The German spearhead reaches the sea, cutting the Allied armies in Belgium off from the…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 38 - Aucune
In this episode of History Date Night, Justin and Jennie cover May 16th through 18th. This episode is short in days but enormous in consequence. The German…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 37 - We Have Been Defeated
On this episode of History Date Night, Justin and Jennie cover May 11th through 15th. The Netherlands surrenders. Churchill gives a speech everyone still…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 36 - May 10th
In this episode of History Date Night Justin and Jennie cover the beginning of the war in the west. In the space of about eighteen hours, Germany invades four…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 35 - In the Name of God, Go
On this episode of History Date Night, Justin and Jennie cover the British government tearing itself apart, a Norwegian fortress finally surrendering after 25…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 34 - They Are Simply to Leave
On This Episode of History Date Night: Norway is collapsing, and the Allies ordered to leave without telling their Norwegian partners. In this week of History…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 33 - The Long March to Namsos
On This Episode of History Date Night: A British brigade is shattered in four days and Hitler decides Norway is going well enough to start picking a date for…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 32 - Golden Eggs
On This Episode of History Date Night: The Allies finally land in force and instantly collide with snow, missing gear, and orders that don’t match. In this…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 31 - Maud Ray Kent
On This Episode of History Date Night: Norway is already under attack and now the real scramble begins. In these pivotal days of the Norwegian campaign (April…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 30 - The Phoney War End
On this episode of History Date Night, the Phoney War ends in a four day collision at sea and on the Norwegian coast. In episode 30 we cover the days before…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 29 - Missed The Bus
In Episode 29 of History Date Night, Jennie and Justin cover March 30–April 5, 1940: the tense week before Operation Weserübung. Allied reconnaissance flights…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 28 - A Few Pounds of Uranium
In This Episode of History Date Night France gets a new Prime Minister as Daladier falls and the sharp-tongued Paul Reynaud takes power vowing a more…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 27 - Enough Ground to Bury Our Dead
On this episode of History Date Night: The Winter War is over, but its consequences are only beginning. As hundreds of thousands of Finns abandon their homes…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 26 - May Wither the Hand
On this episode of History Date Night the Winter War comes to an end. After 105 days of brutal fighting, Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty, ceding…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 25 - A Closed and Stupid Mind
On this episode of Histroy Date Night, the Winter War enters its final days as Finland faces an impossible choice between continuing the fight and preserving…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 24 - No Terms, No Time
This episode of History Date Night covers Feb 23-29, 1940: London celebrates its first wartime victory with HMS Exeter and Ajax, Finland faces harsh Soviet…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 23 - The Baedeker Invasion
In February 1940, Manstein's daring plan for the invasion of France gets Hitler's approval, Finland's defenses falter as Sweden refuses military aid, and the…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 22 - The Navy's Here
This episode covers February 11-16, 1940: The Soviet breakthrough of Finland's Mannerheim Line prompts Finnish peace talks. Germany and the USSR sign a major…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 21 - 400 Shells Per Minute
This episode covers February 5-10, 1940: the Allies plan to occupy Norway’s ports to cut off German iron ore, while the Soviet assault on Finland’s Mannerheim…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 20 - Wave After Wave
This episode covers January 28–February 4, 1940, when the Winter War shifts from Finnish resilience to Soviet attrition. Daladier defends liberty, Hitler vows…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 19 - No Hour to Lose
This episode covers January 21-27, 1940: HMS Exmouth lost with all hands, British-Japanese naval tensions, the Enigma code breakthrough at Bletchley Park…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 18 - Europe in the Deep Freeze
This episode covers January 11–20, 1940, as the Winter War pauses; the Soviets regroup and retrain, preparing a new offensive. Finland faces starvation and…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 17 - Dead Men on the Road
This episode of History Date Night covers January 1940: Finland shatters Soviet divisions at Raate Road, Britain starts food rationing and expands…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 16 - A Hard Year
This episode of History Date Night reviews December 1939, as WWII reshapes the world. Highlights include the RAF's disastrous daylight raid at Heligoland…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 15 - The End of the Spee
This episode of History Date Night covers Finland's first major Winter War victories, the League of Nations' historic expulsion of the Soviet Union, RAF's…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 14 - Closing In
This episode covers December 1-10, 1939: the Soviet Union establishes a Finnish puppet government, the B-29 project begins, Nazi gas vans are used for mass…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastHistory Date Night: Memorial Day Special
This Memorial Day episode explores the origins and meaning of the holiday, from its roots after the Civil War to its evolution through World War II. Hosts…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 13 - The Mine in The Mud
This episode covers the lead up to the Winter War. Highlights include the British defusing a German magnetic mine, the heroic sinking of HMS Rawalpindi, a…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 12 - The Soldiers' Turn
This episode of History Date Night covers November 9–17, 1939, During this time the Venlo Incident cripples British intelligence, Finland rejects the USSR's…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 11 - Thirteen Minutes
This episode of History Date Night dives into the dramatic events between October 29th and November 8th, 1939: a failed torpedo attack nearly kills Churchill…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 10 - The Phoney War
This episode of History Date Night explores the Phoney War from October 19-28, 1939. While Western Europe remains quiet, vital events unfold: Turkey signs a…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 9 - Submarines and Shock
This episode of History Date Night recounts Germany’s daring U-47 attack on HMS Royal Oak at Scapa Flow, killing 835 men and shaking British naval confidence…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 7 - The Map Redrawn
This episode covers the final week of Poland's resistance in WWII: key battles, the German-Soviet division of Poland, Churchill's iconic speech, the launch of…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 1 - The Night the War Began
This episode of History Date Night explores the chaotic first three days of World War II, from Germany's surprise invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, to…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 2 - The War Expands Globally
This episode covers September 4–9, 1939, as WWII spreads from Poland to the world stage. Churchill returns to power, new nations like South Africa and Canada…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 3 - Hunters and the Hunted
This episode (Sept 11–15, 1939) covers pivotal early WWII events: Warsaw's destruction, Allied attempts at coordination, critical codebreaking by Germany…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 4 - Knife in the Back
This episode of History Date Night covers September 16–19, 1939: France's failed Saar Offensive, the sinking of HMS Courageous, the Soviet invasion of Poland…
History Date Night: A WWII PodcastEpisode 5 - The World Looks Away
Between September 20–23, 1939, Poland's resistance collapses: major armies surrender, Warsaw is besieged, and the Soviets and Germans divide the country…