Episode eighty - nine: The Conspiracy To Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, And Churchill

Today we have a show for the history buffs out there. Nearly eighty years ago, a historic conference took place in Tehran. The three leaders fighting against the Nazis in World War II, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met in Iran after exhaustive planning and correspondence.  They knew that the conference would help the three nations come together and agree on key issues in the war. The three leaders didn’t know, however, that as they made their way to Tehran, Nazi sympathizers would be in the city as well. In the new book, The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill, Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch tell the story of a potential assassination plot against the leaders. The book expands on the events of the Tehran conference and answers how the leaders got to that point. It’s a complicated story and this week Josh Mensch stops by to help us understand it. Mensch is a documentary film writer, producer, and  director who’s worked with the History Channel, Nat Geo, Discovery, and PBS. This is his third book written with Meltzer.

Ezra
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