Pritzker Military Museum & Library Podcasts

Author David Abrutat visits the Musuem & Library to discuss his book which provides an excellent historical account for anyone wanting to understand the Allies military success on D-Day.  Operation OVERLORD, the opening up of an Allied second…

Presented in conjunction with the opening of the Museum & Library's new FACES OF WAR exhibit, veterans of the Department of the Army Special Photographic Office (DASPO) Pacific Detachment discuss the vital role played by these elite special operations…

In this episode of Citizen Soldier, the preeminent scholar of WWI, Sir Hew Strachan, sits down with WWII historian Sir Antony Beevor to discuss the world’s first truly global conflict.

Allan Millett sits down with Jay Williams to discuss the Siege of Bastogne and explore the impact the Seige had on the Allied victory in the Battle of the Bulge.

Showalter discusses the human characters, personalities, and capabilities of those on both sides of the Battle of the Bulge, from the leaders in high command to those on the ground.

Weinberg discusses the decision to launch a major offensive against the Allies of the American and British in the West versus the Soviet Union in the East.

Strachan explores the last major German offensives in the First World War, focusing on the Spring Offensives of 1918.

Pentagon defense expert, former U.S. Army Ranger and author Paul Scharre visits the Museum & Library to explore what it would mean to give machines authority over the ultimate decision of life or death. What happens when a Predator drone has as…

Author William Trimble visits the Museum & Library to discuss the life and professional career of Adm. John S. McCain Sr. Spanning most of the first half of the twentieth century, McCain’s life and career highlight the integration of aviation…

Author Jim Dubik visits the Museum & Library to discuss his book which is a powerful reflection on a troubling time in American history. In the seminal Just and Unjust Wars, Michael Walzer famously considered the ethics of modern warfare,…

Author Tom Hone visits the Museum & Library to discuss his masterful, all-embracing work detailing both the American and Japanese sides of the pivotal Battle of Midway in World War II. The best way for today's sailors to learn about a battle is…

Author Ben Runkle visits the Museum & Library to discuss his book which provides a fascinating history of  the U.S. Army’s greatest World War II Commanders in the years between the Great War and World War 2. Shakespeare famously wrote that some…

Major General Brian Winski visits the Museum & Library to discuss the 101st Airborne Division and the role of the U.S. Army. Major General Winski is originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He commissioned through ROTC and entered active duty as an…

Captain Ben Nicks enlisted in the US Army in 1941, with the understanding that he would serve for one year. Soon after, he was asked to join the Army Air Force. For training, he would travel from Arkansas to Missouri, and to Texas, where he would meet…

PFC Howell Malham served in the US Marine Corps, 22nd Regiment during World War II. He was a combatant in the Battle of Okinawa, in April, 1945. Shortly after the island was "secured", he was hit with a bullet from a Japanese sniper during a "mopping…

Born in Buffalo, New York, Rung was drafted to the United States Navy, in 1943 when he was eighteen years old. He had done his basic training at the Sampson Naval Training Base in Geneva, New York. But once his superiors discovered his auto-mechanics…

Author Paula Thornhill visits the Museum & Library to discuss her book about institutions, challenges and evolution in the American military since 1789.

Landing on Omaha beach, Normandy, on D-Day, June 7, 1944, firing in enemy pillboxes, fighting in the Battle of the Bulge and in the major offensive of Berlin, the teenage Dom Errichiello, of the US Army 1st Infantry Division, 18th Regiment was no stranger…

Author Rick Atkinson returns to the PMML to discuss his latest book titled The British Are Coming, which is the first volume of his new trilogy about the American Revolution.