History Happy Hour Episode 227 – Mr. Churchill in The White House
This week on History Happy Hour: From his first visit in 1941 to his last one eighteen years later, Churchill made himself at home in the White House, sometimes staying for weeks at a time. These extended stays at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue changed the course of history. We will explore this story with Robert Schmuhl, author of “Mr. Churchill in the White House: The Untold Story of a Prime Minister and Two Presidents.”
The Prime Minister Who Came to Dinner! Sunday at 4PM ET on History Happy Hour, where history is always on tap.
History Happy Hour Episode 226 – History Happy Talk
This Week on History Happy Hour: No Guest – Just Us! We’re bringing back another edition of History Happy Talk!
What would you like us to talk about. The Battle of the Bulge? Recent trips you have been on? Who should have won the War for Independence? Send an email to "[email protected]" with your questions/topics/suggestions. Get us going! And when you tune in, we’ll have some questions for you as well. A free-flow, interactive, fun time on HHH. Just make sure you have your cocktail in hand – we sure will!
Sunday at 4PM ET on History Happy Hour, where history is always on tap.
History Happy Hour Episode 125: Villers-Bocage
This Week on History Happy Hour: It is one of the most famous and controversial battles the British fought in Normandy. On June 13, British forces were ambushed at Villers Bocage by Waffen SS German Panzers, including one commanded by German Panzer ace Michael Wittmann. This kicked off a two-day battle that resulted in a major British withdrawal.
In an encore episode, Chris and Rick dig into this story with Daniel Taylor author of "Villers-Bocage: Operation Perch: The Complete Event." The debate still swirls: Was it a crushing British defeat, or a compelling recovery from an ambush that was misunderstood by an already nervous high command. And has Wittmann’s role been exaggerated, or was he really the hero the Nazis made him out to be?
Michael Wittman and Villers Bocage – Sunday at 4 PM ET on History Happy Hour, where history is always on tap.
History Happy Hour Episode 223: Secret Science for D-Day Invasion
This week on History Happy Hour: The story of British scientists who developed cutting-edge underwater science that helped make D-Day possible.
Chris and Rick welcome Rachel Lance, author of "Chamber Divers." A long-classified tale of eccentric researchers who conducted life threatening experiments on themselves to pioneer the safe use of miniature submarines and breathing apparatuses used to reconnoiter the D-Day beaches.
Sunday at 4PM on History Happy Hour, where history is always on tap.
History Happy Hour Episode 222: Native Nations
This Week on History Happy Hour: One thousand years ago, Native American cities in North America rivaled urban centers around the world in size and scope. But has the surprising history of Native Americans has been obscured by historians’ intent on minimizing the role of their still thriving societies?
Chris and Rick talk about one thousand years of Native American history with Kathleen DuVal, author of "Native Nations: A Millennium in North America," a book The Wall Street Journal calls “An essential American history.”
Sunday at 4PM ET on History Happy Hour, where history is always on tap.
History Happy Hour Episode 221: Six Plantagenet Kings and England’s Rise
This week on History Happy Hour: Between 1199 and 1399, English politics was high drama. These two centuries witnessed savage political blood-letting – including civil war, deposition, the murder of kings and the ruthless execution of rebel lords.
Chris and Rick discuss did into this tumultuous period with Dr. Caroline Burt and Richard Partington, authors of "Arise, England: Six Kings and the Making of the English State." How did these six Plantegenet Kings, colorful and complicated, manage the development of an English state that would become one of the leading nations in the world.
Sunday at 4 PM on History Happy Hour, where history is always on tap.
History Happy Hour Epwode 220: Combat Nursing in World War II
This week on History Happy Hour: A close-up look at how WWII looked to combat nurse Lt, Mary Elizabeth Balster, who spent months caring for the sick and wounded just behind the front lines of General Patton’s Third Army. In this encore episode, Chris and Rick welcome N.C.R. Davis, Lt. Balster’s daughter, and author of "For the Boys: The War Story of a Combat Nurse in Patton’s Third Army."
The true story of a richly rebellious and intense woman trying to navigate her life and nurture her sanity while nursing the wounded and dying. Sunday at 4PM ET on History Happy Hour, where history is always on tap.
History Hapy Hour Episode 219: The 29th Division
This week on History Happy Hour: An encore episode with author and historian Joe Balkoski, our first ever five-time guest. He returns to pick up the story of the 29th Division. And of course we honored him with a special ceremony honoring Joe’s five-time guest status.
Chris and Rick talk with him about the 4th volume of his five-volume series on the 29th: Our Tortured Souls: The 29th Infantry Division in the Rhineland, November - December 1944. A riveting story of heroism and tragedy, during which thousands of 29ers became casualties in a campaign that ultimately failed to end the war.
Sunday at 4PM ET on History Happy Hour, where history is always on tap!
History Happy Hour Episode 218: Commanding Profiessionalistm
This week on History Happy Hour: He never became as celebrated as his fellow commanders George Patton and Omar Bradley, but General William Simpson, commander of the 9th U.S. Army in WWII, built a superb combat record. General Dwight Eisenhower called him brilliant, adding: "If Simpson ever made a mistake as an Army Commander, it never came to my attention."
In this encore episode, Chris and Rick will be joined by William Stuart Nance, author of a new book about Simpson and his Chief of Staff James Moore: Commanding Professionalism: Simpson, Moore, and the Ninth US Army.
Sunday at 4PM ET on History Happy Hour, where history is always on tap.
History Happy Hour Episode 217: Survival Tale
This week on History Happy Hour: Author Eric Jay Dolin returns to HHH, this time to talk about his book "Left For Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World." It is the true story of five castaways abandoned on the Falkland Islands during the War of 1812—a tale of treachery, shipwreck, isolation, and the desperate struggle for survival.
Dolan will discuss the surprising twists and turns throughout—involving greed, lying, bullying, a hostile takeover, stellar leadership, ingenuity, severe privation, endurance, banishment, and the great value of a dog.
Sunday at 4 PM ET on History Happy Hour, where history is always on tap.
History Happy Hour Episode 216: France’s War in WWII
This week on History Happy Hour: After its shocking defeat to the Nazis in 1940, how did France respond? In his book "Resistance and Liberation 1942-1945," historian Douglas Porch traces how Charles de Gaulle sought to forge a French army and prevent civil war.
Chris and Rick talk to Douglas about the experiences of ordinary French men and women caught up in war and defeat, the choices they made, the trials they endured, and how this has shaped France's memory of those traumatic years.
Sunday at 4 PM, where history is always on tap.
History Happy Hour Episode 215: Battle of Antietam
This Week on History Happy Hour: Civil War historian Scott Hartwig has been researching the Battle of Antietam for decades. Now he has written a definitive hour by hour tactical history of the battle, "I Dread the Thought of the Place The Battle of Antietam and the End of the Maryland Campaign." Scott will take us on a deep dive into the bloodiest day in American military history.
Sunday at 4PM on History Happy Hour, where history is always on tap.
