82 S3 - D-DAY: D-Day: The Men in the 'Suicide Wave'

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82 S3 - D-DAY: D-Day: The Men in the 'Suicide Wave'

FromUnknown History with Giles Milton

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Mar 20, 2019

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Mar 20, 2019

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Unknown History provides you with surprising, quirky, and remarkable tales from the past, so you can pretend you paid attention in history class. Hosted by renowned author Giles Milton. To download podcast episodes not shown here, visit QuickandDirtyTips.com

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24 S2 - What Happened When the Mona Lisa Was Stolen?: Who stole the Mona Lisa, and what happened after that? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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12 S1 - Who Was William Hitler?: Did you know Hitler had an American nephew? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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6 S1 - Who Really Killed Rasputin?: Who was it that actually killed Rasputin? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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2 S1 - How to Survive the Sinking of the Titanic: How did one man survive the Titanic's sinking with a bottle a whiskey? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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8 S1 - The Secret Fate of Lenin's Brain: What happened to Lenin's brain, and why? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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9 S1 - The First Celebrity Kidnapping: Baby Charles Lindbergh: Who kidnapped baby Charles? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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28 S2 - How an American Ship Was Captured by North Korea: What happened to the crew? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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26 S2 - How One Boy Survived the Hindenburg Crash: How did a 14-year-old escape the wreck? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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5 S1 - Sergeant Stubby: How Did One Dog Become a Decorated War Hero?: How did this canine help win WWI? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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10 S1 - Insurance Fraud on The Good Ship Zong: Listen to Giles Milton tell a sinister story about insurance fraud on the Zong. by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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18 S1 - The Story of Japan's Deadly Balloon Bomb: A story about a picnic gone wrong. by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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7 S1 - How Did Three Men Escape from Alcatraz?: How did they pull off this impossible getaway? Find out from Giles Milton. by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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20 S2 - How Did One D-Day Rehearsal Go Terribly Wrong?: Rehearsal or real attack? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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3 S1 - The Mysterious Disappearance of Agatha Christie: What happened when Agatha Christie disappeared for eleven days? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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13 S1 - Jeremiah G. Hamilton: Wall Street's 'Prince of Darkness': Who was Wall Street's "Prince of Darkness"? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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21 S2 - Why Did Two Robbers Steal Charlie Chaplin's Coffin?: Two criminals once stole Chaplin's coffin. Why? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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46 Dodge City Special - Famous Outlaws of the Wild West: Who were the west's famous outlaws? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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15 S1 -The Dog Who Barked for Victory: Learn even more about Sergeant Stubby. by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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14 S1 - Hiroo Onoda: The Japanese Soldier Who Wouldn't Surrender: Who was Hiroo Onoda? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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17 S1 - God, Gold, and Murder on the Erie Canal: An interview with Jack Kelly by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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4 S1 - How Dorothy Lawrence Disguised Herself as a Man to Fight in WWI: What happens when a woman pretends to be a man to join WWI? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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22 S2 - What Happened When One Lawyer Went Up Against Hitler? (Reissue): Have you heard this surprising story about Hitler and a courtroom? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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16 S1 - Who Was the Last Eunuch of China?: Hear the surprising story behind the last eunuch of China. by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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11 S1 - Hamilton, Burr, and the Murder Trial You'll Never Forget: Before they dueled, Hamilton and Burr teamed up to defend a murder trial. by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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49 Dodge City Special - Wyatt Earp's Relationship with Women Was...Complicated: He had four wives and, for a time, he was loyal to each one by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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34 S2 - When Churchill Slaughtered Sheep: Why did Churchill slaughter sheep? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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1 S1 - The Surprising Truth About Hitler's Drug Use: Did you know about Hitler's drug problem? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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25 S2 - What Happened to the Children Bred for the Hitler Regime?: Have you ever heard of the Lebensborn program? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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19 S1 - Emperor of the United States?: Did the US really have an Emperor? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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30 S2 - Attack of the Killer Whale: After a killer whale attack, a family found themselves adrift in the middle of the Pacific ocean. Hear the whole story in Giles Milton's Unknown History podcast. by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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A Conversation On Queer History: Rasheed Newson, Jack Lowery, and Bill Goldstein on Act Up!, AIDS Activism, and 80s NYC.: Hear Rasheed Newson, Jack Lowery and Bill Goldstein discuss Rasheed's new book My Government Means to Kill Me. They discuss the inspiration for the novel, activism, and the political and social reckoning of a young, black, gay man in 1980s New York City. by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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Bonus: The Cold War Superagent and the Ruthless Head of the CIA: Unknown History is on hiatus between seasons, but in the meantime, we hope you enjoy this special excerpt from Agent Sniper: The Cold War Superagent and the Ruthless Head of the CIA by Tim Tate, brought to us by our colleagues at Macmillan Audio. You can get your copy of Agent Sniper from Amazon, Audible, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop, or wherever books or audiobooks are sold. by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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The Broken Constitution: Lincoln's Transformation: Lincoln's choices and evolution didn't just transform the meaning of the Civil War—they transformed the Consitution itself. This is the third and final installment of The Broken Constitution mini-series. Read the companion article on Quick and Dirty Tips. Follow Unknown History wherever you listen to podcasts. For more from Noah, follow Deep Background from Pushkin Industries. Purchase The Broken Constitution. Find Noah on Twitter. by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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The Broken Constitution: Lincoln's Choice: Lincoln faced an unprecedented crisis that remains unique in American history. Were the choices he made vindicated by history? Read the companion article on Quick and Dirty Tips. Follow Unknown History wherever you listen to podcasts. For more from Noah, follow Deep Background from Pushkin Industries. Pre-order The Broken Constitution. Find Noah on Twitter. by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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The Broken Constitution: The American Compromise: The original United States Constitution was a compromise between slaveholders and non-slaveholders. It made key compromises to protect a union between the Northern and Southern states and protected the slave trade in U.S. law. Read the transcript. Follow Unknown History wherever you listen to podcasts. For more from Noah, follow Deep Background from Pushkin Industries. Pre-order The Broken Constitution. Find Noah on Twitter. by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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Coming Soon: The Broken Constitution: Coming soon on the Unknown History podcast: the story of Abraham Lincoln's work reshaping the United States Constitution. by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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The Dramatic Conclusion of the Berlin Blockade: After 323 days of the Berlin Blockade, a weather system nearly brought the city to its knees. However, the strength of the Germans, tenacity of the Americans (and a little bit of luck), resulted in victory. by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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To Save a City: The Berlin Airlift of 1948 saved the city from starvation...but just barely. Unknown History delves into the astonishing ingenuity of American military alongside the hard work of German citizens that kept the city from collapse. Read the transcript. Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows. Subscribe to the Unknown History podcast. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Links: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/ https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribe https://www.facebook.com/quickdirtytips https://twitter.com/quickdirtytips by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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Launching the Airlift: The Berlin Airlift saved the city from starvation during the Russian blockade of 1948. But supplying over two million people for over a year via airplane was a Herculean feat that almost didn't happen. Unknown History delves deeper into the American solution. Read the transcript. Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows. Subscribe to the Unknown History podcast. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Links: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/ https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribe https://www.facebook.com/quickdirtytips https://twitter.com/quickdirtytips by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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The Siege: Could the Berlin Airlift Save Berlin?: When the Soviets cut off all supply routes to western Berlin in 1948, they didn't anticipate the ingenuity and tactical planning skills of Army Brigadier General Frank Howley. Could the Berlin Airlift really keep the entire city alive during the siege? Read the transcript. Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows. Subscribe to the Unknown History podcast. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Links: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/ https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribe https://www.facebook.com/quickdirtytips https://twitter.com/quickdirtytips by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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The Strangling of Berlin: The Soviets' siege of Berlin did not begin with a bang, but rather a series of smaller infractions, starting with stopping trains to check passengers' papers to cutting off routes for trucks that delivered milk. Giles Milton dives into another moment of Unknown History. Read the transcript. Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows. Subscribe to the Unknown History podcast. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Links: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/ https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribe https://www.facebook.com/quickdirtytips https://twitter.com/quickdirtytips by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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$The Strangling of Berlin: The Soviets' siege of Berlin did not begin with a bang, but rather a series of smaller infractions, starting with stopping trains to check passengers' papers to cutting off routes for trucks that delivered milk. Giles Milton dives into another moment of Unknown History. Read the transcript. Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows. Subscribe to the Unknown History podcast. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Links: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/ https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribe https://www.facebook.com/quickdirtytips https://twitter.com/quickdirtytips$
A Battle of Wits in Post-War Berlin: Western allies in post-war Berlin had never encountered the likes of General Alexander Kotikov, a staunch communist with a velvet touch. Read the transcript. Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows. Subscribe to the Unknown History podcast. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Links: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/ https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribe https://www.facebook.com/quickdirtytips https://twitter.com/quickdirtytips by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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82 S3 - D-DAY: D-Day: The Men in the 'Suicide Wave'

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