2016-06-07
Podcast Episode 105: D-Day or Dunkirk? (Parts I & II)
On the anniversary of D-Day, Nate thanked the heavens that Tom and his despairing attitude hadn’t poisoned the Allied spirit, especially in Britain during the early years of WWII, lest “we’d all be speaking German today.” On the contrary, had it not be for the evacuation at Dunkirk, some licking of the wounds, and a massive “reloading” about which the world hath never seen before or since (in 1939, annual U.S. Military aeroplane production was 3,000. By 1944 the U.S. had built over 300,000 planes), the Allies may not have prevailed.
