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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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46:03

397 Pop Goes the Weasel

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2025/03/02

The Japanese come to the reluctant conclusion that they have to abandon Guadalcanal and northeastern New Guinea. US submarine warfare begins to take a toll, and Admiral Yamamoto is killed.

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36:10

396 The Battle of Kursk

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2025/02/16

The German offenive failed. Then it was the Soviets' turn.

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44:17

395 A Definitive Mistake

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2025/02/02

Adolf Hitler begins his long-delayed 1943 offensive against the USSR, which fizzles in a matter of days.

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43:02

394 The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2025/01/19

Warner Brothers was one of the minor studios until they introduced the first talking picture, which made the studio into one of the majors. In the Thirties, Warner Brothers, led by the irascible Jack L. Warner, was known for its glitzy musicals and crime dramas. In the early Forties, the studio released two films that are now regarded as among the best American films ever made: The Maltese Falcon and Casablanca.

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45:43

393 Everything Is Going to Be Fine

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2025/01/05

The Japanese claimed to be liberating their fellow Asians from Western oppression, but Japanese rule proved to be brutal and murderous.

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40:17

392 Warsaw and Katyn

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2024/12/29

In early 1943, the remaining residents of the Warsaw Ghetto rose up against the SS. Farther east, the German Army uncovers the mass grave where the Soviet NKVD buried thousands of murdered Polish Army officers.

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49:34

391 The Manhattan Project

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2024/12/25

After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the American atom bomb project kicked into high gear. Fearful that the Germans were already working on a bomb and had a head start, the US government built a huge program meant to approach the problem of building an atom bomb from several different angles all at once.

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55:02

390 Benito è finito

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2024/12/22

The Allies invade Sicily, which leads to the fall of Benito Mussolini.

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44:04

389 On the Defensive

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2024/12/15

Hitler himself said that he had "never been a man of the defensive," but in the aftermath of Stalingrad, he had no choice.

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45:33

388 Woman of the Year

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2024/12/01

RKO Radio Pictures had a reputation for producing second-rate films. Even so, this was the studio that signed Fred Astaire and Katharine Hepburn; it was the studio that released King Kong and Citizen Kane.

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49:46

387 Hooray for Hollywood

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2024/11/24

The first in a series looking at the American film industry in the 1930s and 1940s, the heyday of the "studio system."

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44:38

386 Do Or Die

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2024/11/17

The fall of Burma to the Japanese put India on the front lines of the war, posing hard questions for the Indian nationalist movement.

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49:40

385 The Thingamabob That's Going to Win the War

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2024/11/10

The BBC struggles to determine its role in wartime Britain.

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47:12

384 Do You Want Total War?

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2024/10/27

Stalingrad falls and Joseph Goebbels tries to spark a program to ramp up the German war effort.

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40:40

383 Casablanca

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2024/10/20

Roosevelt and Churchill met again in early 1943 to discuss the next stage of the war against the Axis, and they chose a provocative venue: Casablanca, a city their armies had only recently taken.

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54:31

382 Turning Point

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2024/10/06

In October and November 1942, the Japanese began their final push to drive the Americans off Guadalcanal.

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50:54

381 Der Manstein kommt!

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2024/09/29

The Germans began an operation to relieve the siege of Stalingrad, but the Red Army was already prepared with a counter attack.

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40:30

380 Operation Uranus

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2024/09/15

The battle for Stalingrad raged on for two months, then the situation was suddenly upended by a surprise Soviet offensive that surrounded the city.

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44:36

379 How Green Is My Ally

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2024/09/08

The Anglo-American amphibious landings in French North Africa were not only a complex military operation. There was also complex negotiation going on behind the scenes. The Allies did not want to defeat French forces in North Africa; they wanted the French to join them.

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40:57

378 The End of the Beginning

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2024/09/01

In October 1942, Bernard Montgomery began his long-awaited offensive against the Italians and Germans in Egypt. Meanwhile, at the opposite end of the Mediterranean, the Allies were preparing to open a new front in Africa.

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