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The World War II Daily Podcast takes you beyond the textbooks to uncover the hidden stories of the Second World War. Hosted by Pietro Deserti, a Brazilian, grandson of an Italian WWII veteran, and Samuel de Korte, a Dutch WWII writer, this podcast features rare narratives and experiences that often go unnoticed. Each episode includes not only interviews with historians, collectors, and writers from various backgrounds but also episodes with exclusive stories from the war time, shedding light on the complexities of the event and its enduring legacy. Join us to discover much more about WW2!
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Detailed interviews connect World War II's military record with museum practice, personal testimony, and the stories popular culture tells about the conflict.
Pietro Deserti and Samuel DeCourty approach World War II through guest conversations that connect military events with memory, representation, and preservation. The interviews range from anti-aircraft artillery and air defense to the portrayal of German forces in war games.
Even barrage balloons get their due here, if your WWII curiosity runs below the flight path.
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A sober interview about Unit 731, dehumanization, and the uncertainty left by incomplete records.
The episode centers on Jenny from Pacific Atrocities Education and the grim history of Unit 731, with attention to dehumanization, human experimentation, and the uneasy fact that the record is incomplete when it comes to the number of victims.
A plainspoken account of Holocaust memory in Sao Paulo, with migration detail and a human touch.
The episode looks at Holocaust memory in Sao Paulo through Bianca Fiore of the Holocaust Memorial of Sao Paulo. It moves from Brazil's wartime restrictions under Getulio Vargas to the postwar arrival of survivors and their families, and then to the reasons some people chose…
Holocaust memory and AI image fakery meet at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
World War II Daily Podcast reaches its 20th episode with Pavel Savitsky of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and Memorial, and the discussion keeps its focus on the Holocaust, AI, and the duty social platforms bear in shaping what people see.
Kwantung Army history, framed by a personal entry point into World War II.
Quinn Cho's conversation opens with a personal doorway into World War II, tracing his interest back to reading Linda Sue Park's When My Name Was Kyoko at age nine.
An oral-history episode that turns one air-war story into a strong case for preserving firsthand memory.
This episode lands best as oral history, plain and direct about why veteran testimony matters before those voices get harder to recover. Zach Dunn comes across as steady and unhurried, and the detail about drawing on more than 85 veteran interviews gives the piece real weight.
A Dutch resistance conversation shaped by family memory, maps, and the risk of arrest or execution.
The conversation follows Pietro and Samuel as they trace the Dutch resistance through Samuel's first book and the people around it. Pietro keeps the questions moving, and Samuel gives the material a personal edge without overplaying it.
A personal, detail-heavy look at the Brazilian Expeditionary Force in Italy.
The episode stays focused on the Brazilian Expeditionary Force and what it meant to send Brazilian soldiers to Italy, where morale, retraining, and commanders' doubts all come into view at once.
A survivor's wartime memory, carried by water, bushes, and the work that followed.
The episode is strongest when it stays close to Gene B. Chen's wartime survival story and the effort to keep that memory linked to awareness work about the atrocities in Asia.
Outnumbered units, remembered under fire.
Battle maps, war films, and patient context.
War news, tested against military reality.
Antique European history, read aloud.
World War II Daily Podcast Episode 17 brings together historian Waitman Born and YouTuber-gamer Kaluven the British to discuss the myth of the 'clean Wehrmacht' and why it still appears in World War II games.
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Pietro uses Episode 8 of World War II Daily Podcast to challenge the “Three Heroes of Montese” myth tied to Sabaton’s “Smoking Snakes.” He names three soldiers from the 11th Infantry Regiment — Geraldo Baeta da Cruz, Arlindo Lúcio da Silva, and Geraldo Rodrigues de Souza — and places them in different units, roles, and battle situations on 14 April 1945.
World War II Daily Podcast episode 10 features Molly Sampson, the historical consultant for Netflix’s 6888, discussing the 6888 Central Postal Directory Battalion and the logistics behind 3.7 million pieces of mail in Birmingham.
Samuel DeCourty and Pietro Deserte welcome two guests from the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum after a planned Brazilian Expeditionary Force interview gets pushed back.
The episode brings Dr.
Samuel DeCourty and Pietro turn to the story of Black women in World War II, with the 6888 Central Postal Directory Battalion at the center.
An interview with Dr.
Jenny Chan from Pacific Atrocities Education discusses overlooked WWII atrocities in Asia, including comfort women, Unit 731's human experimentation, and biological weapons.
This episode features Bianca Fiore from the Holocaust Memorial of Sao Paulo, discussing the memorial's educational mission, the history of Jewish immigration to Brazil, and stories of Holocaust survivors.
An interview with Paweł Sawicki of the Auschwitz Memorial about the emerging threat of AI-generated fake images and stories related to the Holocaust.
Historian Quin Cho joins the World War Two Daily Podcast to discuss his research on the Kwantung Army, the semi-autonomous Japanese military force that occupied Manchuria from 1906 and repeatedly acted without Tokyo's authorisation to engineer false flag attacks, assassinate Chinese leaders, and expand Japan's empire across Northeast and Northern China.
Zach Dunn joins Pietro Deserchi and Samuel DeCourty to talk about Global Veteran Stories and the work of recording veteran testimony before it slips away.
Host Pietro Deserti interviews Dutch writer Samuel de Korte about his book 'Tragedy and Betrayal in the Dutch Resistance,' focusing on the execution of five Dutch resistance fathers in Zwolle during WWII.
The episode centers on the Brazilian Expeditionary Force and the work of keeping its story in view.
An interview with historian Wakeman Wade Bjorn about the Wehrmacht's involvement in the Holocaust in Eastern Europe.
Host Pietro introduces an interview with Dr.
Host Pietro interviews Tess from History Meets You about their collaboration and upcoming WWII topics.
Host Pietro Deserti tells the story of a Brazilian pilot who faced a German U-boat commander in the South Atlantic during WWII.
Host Pietro interviews Dutch writer Samuel de Korte about his books on African-American soldiers in WWII, including the Tuskegee Airmen and the 614th Tank Destroyer Battalion.
Host Pietro shares a personal anecdote about meeting his doorman and discovering a potential WWII story, then introduces an episode about a Polish Jew who fought with the Red Army.
This episode tells the little-known story of Brazilian soldier Geraldo Martins Santana, who served in the Brazilian Expeditionary Force during World War II.