Donald L. Miller, historian and author of Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany, the book behind Apple TV+’s Masters of the Air, joins the show to talk about the air war over Europe during WWII.▪️ Times     •      01 :41 Introduction     •      02:12 Growing up “surrounded by the war”    •      15:35 Both sides are losing     •      25:23 Highest percentage of casualties    •      34:36 Mass vs mass     •      37:20 A new battlefield     •      42:49 “Almost nothing held up.”     •      44:46 Robert Rosenthal     •      48:57 Working with Tom Hanks     •      53:51 Recreating air combat     •      56:02 Gil Cohen, Greyhound, and Das Boot     •      59:44 Narrative choices    •     01:06:36 The stress of commandFollow along  on InstagramFind a transcript of today’s episode on our School of War SubstackBuy the book here - Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany