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Get a 7-day free trial and 25% off Blinkist Annual Premium by clicking here: By 1942, the war was no longer another great European conflict. It was now a firmly global affair enveloping all of the world’s great powers as the Allies squared off against the tyranny and aggression of the Axis nations. Against such colossal forces, no one country could stand alone and events that affected one combatant would ultimately have consequences for the other further down the road. To that end, while the western Allies and the Soviet Union were effectively fighting separate wars against the same enemy, there needed to be cooperation between the two fronts in order to squeeze the life out of Nazi Germany and insure victory against Fascism. However, the relationship was often a strained one as both Allied power blocks were suspicious of the other’s intentions once the war was over. Thus, we come to the subject of today’s episode and a story of the war that is still the subject of much debate today. It was an operation that had no specific military objective other than to be an experiment in conducting division-sized amphibious landings against a fortified beach and as a gesture to the Soviet Union who were starting to feel abandoned by their Allies. It is an operation that has become seared into the hearts and minds of the Canadian people for the sacrifice they were asked to make for it. 0:00 Introduction 3:26 A Red Request 7:50 Planning and Preparation 13:32 Operation Rutter – A False Start 18:10 Reviving Rutter 24:02 Operation Jubilee 35:52 A Necessary Lesson? Prefer to listen on the go? Check out the WotW Podcast: Spotify: iTunes: Google: RSS Feed: 🎶🎶 All music from Narrated by: Will Earl Written & Researched by: Tony Wilkins Edited by: James Wade History Should Never Be Forgotten...
