Ep 108: Donald L. Miller on Masters of the Air

Donald L. Miller, historian and author of Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany, the book behind Apple TV+’s Masters of the Air, joins the show to talk about the air war over Europe during WWII.
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    •      01 :41 Introduction 
    •      02:12 Growing up “surrounded by the war”
    •      15:35 Both sides are losing 
    •      25:23 Highest percentage of casualties
    •      34:36 Mass vs mass 
    •      37:20 A new battlefield 
    •      42:49 “Almost nothing held up.” 
    •      44:46 Robert Rosenthal 
    •      48:57 Working with Tom Hanks 
    •      53:51 Recreating air combat 
    •      56:02 Gil Cohen, Greyhound, and Das Boot 
    •      59:44 Narrative choices
    •     01:06:36 The stress of command

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