{"id":879,"date":"2024-05-06T18:27:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T18:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=879"},"modified":"2026-10-15T18:43:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T18:43:55","slug":"bombing-hitlers-hometown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=879","title":{"rendered":"Bombing Hitler&#8217;s Hometown, part 2: Episode 49"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/8933033-bombing-hitler-s-hometown-part-2-episode-49\/memberships\/new?from=episode_page&amp;show_new_playlist_dest_picker=true\"><\/a>Author Mike Croissant describes the family connection that inspired his research into the last mass bombing raid of the Second World War in Europe.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His book, <em>Bombing HItler&#8217;s Hometown: The Untold Story of the Last Mass Bomber Raid of World War II in Europe<\/em>, was published in March. 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