The Soldier's Voice

Iwo Jima: Thirty Six Days Inside a Volcano of Fire

Sat, 07 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT

In February nineteen forty five, Major General Schmidt lands seventy thousand Marines on eight square miles of volcanic rock defended by Lieutenant General Kuribayashi's twenty one thousand men buried deep in sixteen miles of tunnels. The airfields must be taken to protect B twenty nine crews and open the final approach to Japan. The island has been designed, almost perfectly, to make that cost unbearable.Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA.Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-6ae51f967fb1a4259cfe561c© 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.This episode was created with artificial intelligence: AI-assisted script and AI-generated (synthetic) voice.

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The Dambusters: Bouncing Bombs, Sixty Feet Above a Black Lake

Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Wing Commander Gibson leads six hundred and seventeen Squadron's nineteen Lancasters against the Ruhr dams in the spring of nineteen forty three, carrying a weapon designer Barnes Wallis has never tested at operational altitude over real water at night. The Mohne and Eder dams hold the water supply and industrial power of Germany's armaments heartland, and the attack must be completed before summer dawn breaks the cover of darkness. The altitude required is sixty feet, and the flak crews at the Mohne are already awake.Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA.Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-6ae51f967fb1a4259cfe561c© 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.This episode was created with artificial intelligence: AI-assisted script and AI-generated (synthetic) voice.

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Taranto: Wooden Biplanes Crippled a Battle Fleet in One Night

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 16:00:00 GMT

Admiral Cunningham sends twenty one obsolete Swordfish biplanes against the Italian battle fleet sheltering at Taranto in November nineteen forty, while Ammiraglio Campioni's six battleships sit behind guns, nets and barrage balloons in a harbor his command considers safe. The outcome of a single night will determine who controls the central Mediterranean and whether Malta survives the winter.Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA.Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-6ae51f967fb1a4259cfe561c© 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.This episode was created with artificial intelligence: AI-assisted script and AI-generated (synthetic) voice.

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Pegasus Bridge: Gliders Crashed in the Dark Fifty Yards From the Enemy

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT

Major Howard leads D Company, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, in a glider assault on two critical bridges over the Caen Canal and Orne River in the hours before the Normandy landings. The bridges must be taken intact or the entire eastern flank of Sword Beach will be open to German armor from the first hour. Eighty men, six gliders, and no margin for error.Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA.Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-6ae51f967fb1a4259cfe561c© 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.This episode was created with artificial intelligence: AI-assisted script and AI-generated (synthetic) voice.

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St. Nazaire: They Rammed a Dock With a Ship Full of Explosives

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 23:09:32 GMT

In March nineteen forty two, Captain Ryder leads a small British force of one elderly destroyer and sixteen motor launches up the heavily defended Loire estuary toward the massive Normandie dry dock at Saint Nazaire. The dock is the only Atlantic facility capable of servicing the battleship Tirpitz, and Lieutenant Colonel Newman's commandos must destroy it before the garrison overwhelms them. The plan depends entirely on a secret no one aboard can afford to reveal.Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA.Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-6ae51f967fb1a4259cfe561c© 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.This episode was created with artificial intelligence: AI-assisted script and AI-generated (synthetic) voice.

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El Alamein: Half a Million Mines Between Montgomery and Rommel

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 23:09:28 GMT

General Montgomery opens the Second Battle of El Alamein on October twenty third, nineteen forty two, sending Eighth Army through half a million mines to break Panzerarmee Afrika's hold on Egypt. Field Marshal Rommel, absent ill when the guns open, races back to a front already starved of fuel and under overwhelming pressure. The minefields will decide whether either army survives the next twelve days.Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA.Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-6ae51f967fb1a4259cfe561c© 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.This episode was created with artificial intelligence: AI-assisted script and AI-generated (synthetic) voice.

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Coral Sea: The Battle Where No Ship Ever Saw the Enemy

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 23:09:23 GMT

In May nineteen forty two, Rear Admiral Fletcher takes two American carriers into the Coral Sea to stop a Japanese amphibious assault on Port Moresby, the last barrier before Australia. Rear Admiral Takagi's two fleet carriers provide the invasion's cover, and the stakes leave neither commander room to absorb a serious loss. The first carrier battle in history tests both sides in ways no doctrine had prepared them for.Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA.Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-6ae51f967fb1a4259cfe561c© 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.This episode was created with artificial intelligence: AI-assisted script and AI-generated (synthetic) voice.

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Iwo Jima: The Island Was Empty Until It Opened Fire

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 23:09:17 GMT

Major General Schmidt lands the Fifth Amphibious Corps on the black ash beaches of Iwo Jima in February nineteen forty five, facing a garrison of twenty one thousand men under Lieutenant General Kuribayashi, who has spent months building a defense designed to make every yard cost the Marines more than they expect. Suribachi commands the beach from five hundred fifty four feet up, and nothing below it is safe until it falls.Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA.Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-6ae51f967fb1a4259cfe561c© 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.This episode was created with artificial intelligence: AI-assisted script and AI-generated (synthetic) voice.

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Taffy 3: Tiny Destroyers Charged the Largest Battleship Ever Built

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 23:09:13 GMT

Admiral Kurita's Center Force drives through San Bernardino Strait toward the crowded Leyte Gulf anchorage, threatening to shatter MacArthur's Philippine landings. Rear Admiral Sprague's Taffy Three, six unarmored escort carriers with their handful of small escorts, stands between Kurita's battleships and hundreds of Allied transports. The odds are not close, and the math does not favor the Americans.Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA.Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-6ae51f967fb1a4259cfe561c© 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.This episode was created with artificial intelligence: AI-assisted script and AI-generated (synthetic) voice.

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Pearl Harbor: The Sunday Morning the Sky Exploded

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 23:09:08 GMT

Vice Admiral Nagumo leads the Kido Butai strike force toward Pearl Harbor on December seventh, nineteen forty one, seeking to destroy the US Pacific Fleet before America can challenge Japanese expansion across the Pacific. Admiral Kimmel commands a fleet caught in peacetime routine, its carriers at sea and its battleships moored in pairs along Ford Island. The question is not just whether the attack lands, but how much it leaves standing.Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA.Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-6ae51f967fb1a4259cfe561c© 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.This episode was created with artificial intelligence: AI-assisted script and AI-generated (synthetic) voice.

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Omaha Beach: The Water Turned Red Before Nine in the Morning

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 23:09:03 GMT

On June sixth nineteen forty four, Major General Huebner's First Infantry Division and the Twenty Ninth Infantry Division assault a six mile stretch of fortified Norman coast defended by Generalleutnant Kraiss's three hundred fifty second Infantry Division, already in position on the bluffs before the first ramp drops. The draws off the beach are the only way inland, and Kraiss holds every one of them. Whether the men who reach the shingle alive can find a way up before the tide makes the decision for them is the question the morning leaves open.Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA.Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-6ae51f967fb1a4259cfe561c© 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.This episode was created with artificial intelligence: AI-assisted script and AI-generated (synthetic) voice.

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Bismarck: A Biplane, One Torpedo, and the Death of a Monster

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 23:08:58 GMT

Admiral Lutjens leads the German battleship Bismarck and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen into the North Atlantic in May nineteen forty one, and Admiral Tovey spreads the Royal Navy across an ocean to stop them. If Bismarck reaches the open sea, no single British ship can fight her alone and survive. The chase that follows will test every fuel gauge, every radar set and every margin either side has left.Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA.Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-6ae51f967fb1a4259cfe561c© 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.This episode was created with artificial intelligence: AI-assisted script and AI-generated (synthetic) voice.

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Bastogne: Surrounded, Freezing, Outnumbered, and Their Answer Was "Nuts!"

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 23:08:53 GMT

In December nineteen forty four, three German armies drive through the Ardennes and encircle Brigadier General McAuliffe's one hundred first Airborne Division at the critical crossroads town of Bastogne. Eight German divisions press the perimeter while the garrison runs short of shells, winter clothing and time. General Patton's armor is moving north, but the question is whether it arrives before the line breaks.Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA.Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-6ae51f967fb1a4259cfe561c© 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.This episode was created with artificial intelligence: AI-assisted script and AI-generated (synthetic) voice.

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Midway: Six Minutes That Turned the Pacific Into a Graveyard

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 23:08:48 GMT

Admiral Nagumo's four carrier strike force moves against Midway atoll in June nineteen forty two, while Admiral Nimitz positions three American carriers in ambush northeast of the island. The entire Pacific balance rests on which side launches first and whose pilots find the fleet. The margin between the two comes down to one air group commander and a fuel gauge.Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA.Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-6ae51f967fb1a4259cfe561c© 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.This episode was created with artificial intelligence: AI-assisted script and AI-generated (synthetic) voice.

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