Prof. Greg Jackson
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first heard Feb 2026
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Unfortunately, it cost 77 B-17s, 60 lost, 17 no longer airworthy, and over 600 American casualties.
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Meanwhile, Germany's ball-bearing production quickly recovers.
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Hence, the date of this bombing, October 14, 1943, will be known as Black Thursday.
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Yikes.
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Maybe these daytime air raids without escorts aren't worth the risk.
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Well, we'll get to that.
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Today, we leave the Pacific and return to the other side of the world to catch up on the European theater of 1943.
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Well, most of the year.
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We're putting Allied boots on the boot of Italy.
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We'll learn more about these bombing raids in Europe, why they aren't escorted, and why Americans believe the precision of their northern bombing sites makes daylight raids worth it.
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We'll see the Nazis' submarine or U-boat domination in the Atlantic come to its demise, thereby enabling crucial lend-lease goods to make it to the USSR.
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Goods that the Soviets desperately need as they battle at great sacrifice in the East.
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And then we'll return to France to find a growing resistance maturing.
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A resistance that, thanks to Jean Moulin's bravery, is coordinating just enough for Charles de Gaulle to assert his leadership in exile.
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And with Allied secret agents parachuting in, it's a France preparing for its liberation, for Operation Overlord's D-Day.
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Which is what we're really pointing to.
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In fact, you could say this is the pre-pre-D-Day episode.
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So, when we do still skip a few important events from this year, like the Tehran Conference, don't worry.
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Just know that we're saving those for next time, for the pre-D-Day episode.
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And with that, let's pick up where we left off with Europe in episode 201, with fascist Italy signing an armistice.
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