Prof. Greg Jackson

Japan's the one that carried out this sneak attack, the surprise attack that devastated Pearl Harbor.

And so that's a shift that is going to happen, the more European focus coming to bear.

But it was the cold open to one of our episodes, right?

Before American boots ever set foot in Northern Ireland, to then prepare for being deployed to...

North Africa, which we kind of throw in as like this is all the European theater.

But, you know, technically, we're still not in Europe.

American boys have been bleeding and dying in the Pacific for quite a long time.

So that's what Americans really latch on to.

This Europe feels like an add on at first.

So now, as we return to the Holocaust, so I'll again emphasize that I very much encourage anyone who feels rusty on it to revisit episode 185, get that early Holocaust locked back into your head, and then dive into these next few episodes.

But as we return, we know that, again, the American mind is kind of more on the Pacific as Europe starts to play out in 42, 43, as word of the Holocaust.

We'll get to that in a future episode, but word of the Holocaust does get to the United States well before the end of the war.

Yeah.

And it's, well, yeah, we've got some heavy episodes.

I think that's perhaps the best thing to leave it on as we now let Sarah set us up to prologue the Holocaust.

Now, she doesn't do interviews like this.

She's never been on a podcast, but Riley, you made that happen.

Do you mind telling the tale?

How's this happening?

I'm just an observer on those emails as they were exchanged, Riley.