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This week we travel back even farther in time to discuss the Peninsula Campaign and the Battle of Gaines Mill, where Hillsdale troops first made a name for themselves in combat. Join us next time where we will discuss the Second Battle of Bull Run!

After his victory over McClellan in the Peninsula Campaign, General Lee seizes the initiative and marches to destroy a second Union army guarding Washington. With anti-war sentiment building in Washington, Lincoln cannot afford to have this army destroyed. Will Lee crush this second army and force Lincoln to the negotiating table, or will Lee fail to destroy them? For the 20 or so Hillsdalians in this Union army, all they are concerned with is survival. Join us as we discuss the Second Battle of Bull Run!

Two weeks after his great victory at Manassas, Lee's army—now, for the first time, fighting on northern soil—is staring death in the face as George McClellan's Union army traps them against the Potomac River. All that stands between them and Virginia is one hard day of fighting, as it would turn out, the deadliest in American history. Will Lee's army survive, or will McClellan's Army of the Potomac, including over two dozen Hillsdalians, defeat them? Find out on this episode of The Last Full Measure, as we discuss the Maryland campaign and the Battle of Antietam!

As American forces prepare for the invasion of Japan, the Navy needs a protected anchorage from which to launch such an invasion, and the air force needs a large island to build air bases on near Japan. The island of Okinawa, 300 miles south of Kyushu, fits both needs perfectly. The Japanese, aware of Okinawa's importance, fortify the island and deploy over a hundred thousand troops there. As the US Army and Navy begin the battle for Okinawa, the don't know it yet, but it will become the deadliest battle of World War Two in the Pacific Theater.

On December 7th, 1941, America was dragged into World War Two by Japan. Two years later, America was knocking on her door with raids by the newly developed and produced B-29 Superfortress. Find out how in this installment of LeMay's Inferno, a documentary series covering the last year of World War Two in the Pacific. In this episode we cover the development of the B-29 Superfortress, the first B-29 raids on Japan, and the life of the man who would come to lead them into combat: Curtis Emerson LeMay.

As the B-29s bombing Japan from China and the Marianas formed one pincer of the Allied offensive on Japan, so too did General Douglas MacArthur's 6th Army and Admiral Chester Nimitz's Pacific Fleet. Join us in episode two of LeMay's Inferno as we discuss MacArthur's return to the Philippines, the largest naval battle in human history, and the U.S. Marine Corps' finest hour on a barren rock in the Pacific: Iwo Jima.

With the bombing campaign on the clock as the invasion of Japan draws nearer, Arnold replaces General Haywood Hansel with General Curtis LeMay to command the B-29s in the Marianas. LeMay is told to inflict maximum damage on Japan, and as his bombers fail to successfully destroy Japanese industry with conventional bombing tactics, LeMay is forced to improvise. Join us in this episode of LeMay's Inferno as we jump into the cockpit with a thousand American aviators as we ride along on the deadliest and most destructive bombing mission in human history: The March 9-10, 1945, Firebombing of Tokyo. The inferno has begun.

As the beginning of Operation Downfall draws ever closer, LeMay and 21st Bomber Command, now wielding over a thousand B-29s, begin to bring a rain of fire and ruin to Japan the likes of which has never been seen before or since. At sea, American submarines put Japan in a strangle hold as they sink the last remnants of her merchant shipping fleet in an attempt to starve Japan of resources and food. On the land, Douglas MacArthur and his staff are planning the fine details of the invasion of Japan. All the while Truman, Churchill and Stalin discuss the fate of the world post-war in war-ravaged Potsdam, all the while following developments on a weapons test in New Mexico which may change the course of history. Learn about all this and more in this exciting installment of LeMay's Inferno!

With the invasion of Japan inching ever closer, the US military has one last trick up its sleeve which it hopes will bring an end to the war. In the deserts of New Mexico, 200 yards over a bridge in the city of Hiroshima, and 180 yards above a Catholic cathedral in the city of Nagasaki, an unholy trinity of bombs will detonate and change the world forever, and all in the span of just three weeks. Join us for this, the sixth and penultimate episode of LeMay's Inferno, as we discuss one of the most controversial and desperate acts in human history.

On August 9th, 1945, Japan received a crippling double-blow: the Soviet Union's entry into the Pacific War and the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. With the empire on its last legs and the whole world preparing to ensure her destruction, it is up to Japan's leaders to decide whether or not to stop fighting. To continue fighting would mean death, to surrender, dishonor. Which will the Japanese choose and how many more people must die before the final decision is made?

In each episode of Sports Story Time, Rachel Kookogey tells crazy stories from the annals of hockey history. On today’s episode, learn about the renowned coach and owner who risked his franchise on a horse race.

In each episode of Sports Story Time, Rachel Kookogey tells crazy stories from the annals of hockey history. On this episode, learn about the time the Oilers almost ended up in Toronto!

In each episode of Sports Story Time, Rachel Kookogey tells crazy stories from the annals of hockey history. In this episode, hear about three former franchises: the original Senators, the self-destructive team, and the one named after a baseball club.

In each episode of Sports Story Time, Rachel Kookogey tells crazy stories from the annals of hockey history. In this episode, learn about the TWO times that hockey games were affected by meteorological forces.

In each episode of Sports Story Time, Rachel Kookogey tells crazy stories from the annals of hockey history. Today, learn the stories behind the Blackhawks, Red Wings, and Wild's team branding.

In each episode of Sports Story Time, Rachel Kookogey tells crazy stories from the annals of hockey history. This week, hear about the first international championship… and the multiple occasions the trophy was out of place!

In each episode of Sports Story Time, Rachel Kookogey tells crazy stories from the annals of hockey history. This week, learn about the time the Black Hawks had to get a backup goalie from a pub — for the championships!

In each episode of Sports Story Time, Rachel Kookogey tells crazy stories from the annals of hockey history. This week, hear about four unbelievable hockey medical incidents.

In each episode of Sports Story Time, Rachel Kookogey tells crazy stories from the annals of hockey history. Today, learn the stories behind a few funny player nicknames.

In each episode of Sports Story Time, Rachel Kookogey tells crazy stories from the annals of hockey history. On this episode, hear about the old-time agitators whose nicknames were reappropriated for Brad Marchand.