On this episode, join Victor Davis Hanson and co-host Sami Winc as they discuss the current political blame game and its implications. They also explore the often-overlooked two-year air campaign by the United States and Britain against Germany during World War II, shedding light on its significance and outcomes.
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Victor, thank you for sharing about the pilot who flew your father’s Bomber during WWll. I consider myself a brave man and wish I could have met or will meet such a man. I have lived my life committed to being one. The accounts of your family’s contributions to our great nation are an inspiration and humble me! Your next book should be titled .”Hanson’s Family Contributions to Building America”
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V and S, really great podcast, I just have a minor comment and a question. Comment: occasionally Victor makes an obvious factual mistake (or rather he misspeaks —-admittedly a rare occurrence), and I think that Sami should correct him on air rather than let it slide. See when Victor talked about the Democrats fearing Trump’s retribution, he called them Republicans. Obviously he meant Democrats, so I understood it, but for posterity I think that it should be corrected on air in real time. What you think?
A question: the Allied air war contributed heavily to the defeat of the axis. However, it seems to me that the firebombing of Dresden was utterly gratuitous and did not need to be done. I would say this in contrast to the firebombing of the industrial centers of Germany and Japan (and even the atomic bombing), which were necessary to end the war. I would tend to label Dresden as a war atrocity, or at least as an unwise decision that did nothing to end the German campaign. What is Victor’s take on this?
Victor, I love your podcasts and listen just about every day.
I do have one bone to pick with you. When you go to the Catholic faith to make some kind of analogy, you invariably cast Catholicism negatively and you are factually wrong about it to boot.
So, my request is you either study up on the Roman Catholic faith (which I don’t think you want to do) or stop referring to it.
Would you consider being Secretary of Education? Or, perhaps an advisor to the President or Secretary of Defense on military strategy and history? From listening to your podcast, I have heard you offer solutions to current military problems, such as, the right way to end the war in Ukrain, that are always brilliant and right on point. The bureaucrats and politicians in our government would definitely benefit from your wisdom – if they are smart enough to listen!
Thank you for your very understandable discussion of the WW2 air war.
My older brother was lost flying a P-38 in North Africa,
I was an infant but felt the grief and grew up feeling a need to complete his flying to heal the family. I grew and was commissioned in the Marine Corps and became a fighter pilot. I flew several hundred combat missions in North and South VietNam.
I believe both my brother and I, although our flying wasn’t immensely productive, contributed to America’s history of producing a great warrior class when called upon by the Nation to go forward.
RJC