{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6467b7de03f4220011a934bd/6467b7e44b0e770011a68e53?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"48. Operation Overlord was NOT the largest invasion in WWII with Alex Fitzgerald","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6467b7de03f4220011a934bd/show-cover.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>This week we are joined by the Historian, Author and Executive Director of the Juno Beach Centre, Alex Fitzgerald-Black and he is raging that D-DAY IS NOT THE LARGEST INVASION IN HISTORY.</p><p>We’ll be talking specifics about where Overlord fits into the scale of invasions, amphibious operations and Combined Operations, we’ll also be talking the importance of Juno Beach and the Canadian contribution to D-Day and beyond.</p><p>If you would like to know more about Juno Beach then why not visit the <a href='https://www.junobeach.org/'>Juno Beach Centre</a>, you can buy his book “Eagles Over Husky” from <a href='https://www.helion.co.uk/military-history-books/eagles-over-husky-the-allied-air-forces-in-the-sicilian-campaign-14-may-to-17-august-1943.php?sid=040a6c0203590ea03f4f313b6d6734e4'>Helion Publishing</a>, and you can follow him on Twitter <a href='https://twitter.com/AlexFitzBlack'>@AlexFitzBlack</a></p><a rel=\"payment\" href=\"https://www.buymeacoffee.com/historyrage\">Support the show</a><p>You can follow History Rage on Twitter <a href='https://twitter.com/HistoryRage'>@HistoryRage</a> and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag #HistoryRage.</p> <p>You can join our &apos;Angry Mob&apos; on Patreon as well. £5 per month gets you episodes 3 months early, the invite to choose questions, entry into our prize draws <b>and the coveted History Rage mug</b>. Subscribe at <a href='https://www.patreon.com/historyrage'>www.patreon.com/historyrage</a> </p>","author_name":"Paul Bavill"}