Between the allies and their planned invasion of Sicily was the tiny Italian island of Pantelleria. Bristling with fortified gun emplacements and equipped with the latest radar, before Sicily could be invaded, the Island called "Italy's Gibraltar" had to be dealt with.
Three classic episodes of The History Guy about how the Christmas season survives even tragedy.
The “Great Sedition Trial” uncovered shocking connections at the time with the German reich that we were fighting, and challenged the idea that the nation was of a single mind during the war. It also challenged exactly how far the national commitment to freedom of speech and opinion reached, especially in extraordinary times.