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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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42:10

425 Eight to the Bar

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2025/11/16

Boogie-woogie went mainstream in America during the war, as evidenced by the music of Glenn Miller and the Andrews Sisters.

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40:41

424 From Z to A

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2025/11/09

The Americans were on the offensive in the Southwest Pacific, and after Tarawa, in the Central Pacific. As they advanced, Japanese military leaders scrambled to find a way to stop the Americans.

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41:47

423 Bodyguard of Lies

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2025/11/02

As soon as Allied leaders chose Normandy as the site of the Operation Overlord invasion, British intelligence set to work convincing the Germans that the invasion would be somewhere else.

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39:57

422 A Stranded Whale

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2025/10/26

The Allied campaign in Italy stalled, and British and American leaders were searching for a way to break the stalemate on the peninsula. Winston Churchill suggested an amphibious invasion behing enemy lines.

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44:26

421 Two Strikes and You're Out

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2025/10/12

The war era (1939-45) saw the beginning of the end of the big band era. Part of this decline was due to two key strikes in the music industry.

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41:33

420 A Contintent-Wide Crime

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2025/10/05

The Holocaust should not be viewed as strictly a Nazi project or even a German project. Millions of people across Europe share responsibility for those crimes.

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45:20

419 Millions of Spectators

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2025/09/28

When Hitler learned that the Hungarian government was attempting to make a separate peace with the Allies, he ordered the German military to occupy Hungary, which was also the home of the largest surviving Jewish community in Axis-occupied Europe.

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36:47

418 Bloody Tarawa

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2025/09/21

The US tries out a new strategy against Japan, but the American public is shocked by the cost.

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01:01:54

417 Over the Rainbow

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2025/09/07

A look at some prominent blues singers, plus Judy Garland and her most famous role, as Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz.

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42:04

416 The Iron Gut of Europe

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2025/08/31

The Allies hoped their invasion of the Italian mainland would lead to a rapid occupation of Italy, but the Germans put up a defense that slowed their advance to a crawl.

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37:54

415 Would They Obey You Any More Readily?

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2025/08/24

The German Army continued to retreat westward over the winter of 1943-44, abandoning most of Ukraine. Red Army pressure was relentless, not giving the Germans any opportunity to establish a strong defensive line.

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40:23

414 The Teheran Conference

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2025/08/17

The Big Three--Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill--met and conferred together for the first time in November 1943. It was the most important meeting of world leaders since the Paris Peace Conference of 1919.

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40:03

413 Frankly, My Dear

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2025/08/03

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, created in 1924 by the merger of three film production companies, quickly rose to become the most successful studio of the era. The record box office for the 1939 film Gone with the Wind represents the studio at its height.

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39:51

412 Hero to Zero

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2025/07/27

The Japanese "Zero" fighter plane played an important role in Japan's amazing victories early in the Pacific war. But by 1943, the Zero (and its pilots) were falling behind their Allied counterparts.

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45:13

411 From the Top

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2025/07/20

Continuing from the previous episode, we examine events in multiple theaters in August-September 1943

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44:58

410 Stranded on Plum Pudding Island

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2025/07/13

An eventful period in July-August 1943, when there were major developments on the Eastern Front, in the Mediterranean, and in the Pacific.

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48:26

409 Famous Players in Famous Plays

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2025/06/29

The history of Paramount Pictures, one of the oldest and most prominent film studios of Hollywood's Golden Age.

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39:03

408 The Great Retreat

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2025/06/22

The end of the Battle of Kursk did not mean the end of the Red Army advance. The Germans withdrew, but the Red Army just kept coming.

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48:35

407 The Siege of Leningrad II

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2025/06/15

Hundreds of thousands died in Leningrad during the winter of 1941-42, but with spring came new hope. Composer Dmitri Shostakovich's latest symphony became a patriotic anthem, and not only in the USSR.

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56:45

406 The Siege of Leningrad I

The History of the Twentieth Century ·

2025/06/08

As war raged around the globe, the city of Leningrad suffered under a German siege that lasted 872 days.

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