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The History of the Twentieth Century

A chronicle of the history of the twentieth century, including art, music, popular culture, science, religion, and, of course, politics and war.

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40:41

123 Something Wrong with Our Bloody Ships

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2018/07/22

Austria begins an offensive against Italy, Russia gears up a counteroffensive in Galicia, and the British and German Navies have it out in the Skagerrak.

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31:30

122 They Shall Not Pass

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2018/07/15

The fighting continued at Verdun as the Russians prepare an offensive of their own to relieve the pressure on France. A German U-boat mistakenly sinks a passenger ferry in the English Channel, triggering another controversy over submarine rules of engagement.

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43:31

121 England's Best Sword Knocked from Her Hand

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2018/07/08

The third year of the war opens with Britain and Germany as the mainstays of their respective alliances. The German Chief of Staff tries a bank shot: cripple Britain by wounding France.

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38:02

120 A Line in the Sand

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2018/06/24

Turkish forces defeat a British force attempting to take Baghdad, but that doesn't stop the British and the French from divvying up the postwar Middle East. Also, the Russians advance, the Italians don't.

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40:44

119 The Minister without Portfolio

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2018/06/17

Venustiano Carranza is gaining momentum in the struggle over the future of Mexico, but Pancho Villa is not ready to give up. The Germans hope to lure the US into intervening, then Pancho Villa decides provoking the US is also in his interests.

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43:55

118 The Lunatics Have Taken Charge of the Asylum

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2018/06/10

In the neutral United States, the economy is booming and so is the motion picture business. And the most famous name in pictures is Charles Chaplin.

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40:19

117 What Are the French Doing?

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2018/06/03

Allied commanders on the Western Front spent 1915 developing new strategies for the Great War, and attempted to implement them in their autumn offensive.

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49:00

116 What Did You Do in the Great War?

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2018/05/20

With numbers of new volunteers declining every month, the British government wrestles with the issue of conscription. Across Europe, all the Great Powers are feeling the manpower and other shortages created by the war.

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40:34

115 Let Them Raise Hell

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2018/05/13

After the overthrow of Victoriano Huerta, the revolutionary forces in Mexico begin fighting among themselves, and Huerta himself conspires with the Germans to return to power.

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40:10

114 Beautiful Tightropes of Logic

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2018/05/06

Albert Einstein needed ten years to flesh out his special theory of relativity into a general theory of relativity, but when he finished, he changed our understanding of the nature of reality itself.

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41:10

113 Simpson's Circus

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2018/04/22

German East Africa stood strong against British attempts to capture the territory. The key to capturing the German colony was to contest German control of Lake Tanganyika.

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50:32

112 The Banana Wars II

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2018/04/15

Political instability and mounting foreign debts lead to US military intervention on the island of Hispaniola.

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41:24

111 The Bulgarian Summer

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2018/04/08

By the summer of 1915, both the Central Powers and the Allies were keen to get Bulgaria to join the war on their side. The Central Powers won the bidding war, and Bulgaria became the fourth (and last) member of the Central Powers.

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42:40

110 The Shell Shortage

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2018/03/25

By the spring of 1915, it was clear that the war would last for a long time and that it would be taking an economic toll on all the nations involved, and there would likely be political consequences as well. In Britain, the debate centered on whether the government was doing enough to support the French, and in particular, whether British soldiers were being supplied with enough artillery shells to get the job done.

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42:52

109: I Am Ordering You to Die

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2018/03/18

In early 1915, with the Western Front in a stalemate, Winston Churchill becomes the leading voice behind a plan to do an end run around the Germans and knock the Turks out of the war.

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42:07

108 This Isn't War!

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2018/03/11

In the spring of 1915, just before the sinking of Lusitania and in international women's conference aimed at ending the war through private diplomacy, Germany uses poison gas on the Western Front.

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47:45

107 Too Proud to Fight

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2018/03/04

The sinking of Lusitania and the deaths of 128 Americans was a shock. While there was little support in the US for war against Germany, there was a strong feeling that *some* kind of response was necessary. It was up to Woodrow Wilson to figure out what that would be.

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41:24

106 Breaking the Blockade

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2018/02/18

Germany searches for a way to break the British blockade; Britain looks for a decisive battle.

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40:32

105 The Action of a Lunatic

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2018/02/11

In 1914, Germany and Britain held adjacent colonial territories in East Africa. When the Great War began, Britain attempted to seize German East Africa.

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47:04

104 The Birth of a Nation

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2018/02/04

Another look at race relations in the USA. The formation of the NAACP and the B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation League and the re-founding of the Ku Klux Klan. And the release of D.W. Griffith's "The Birth of a Nation."

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