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The History of the Twentieth Century
Hosted by Mark Painter · EN
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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449 All For the Front
6d ago00:45:23Tap to summarizeThe war made life in the Soviet Union very difficult. Even by Soviet standards, the government took an unprecedented degree of control over the allocation of labor and of food. Despite food shortages, there was no mass opposition as there had been in 1917.
Transcribe →448 Keep Calm and Carry On
2w ago00:41:04Tap to summarizeThe British had to deal with many more shortages of food and fuel and consumer goods than did Americans. And they had to worry about the Luftwaffe.
Transcribe →447 Don't You Know There's a War On?
3w ago00:39:37Tap to summarizeThe war put Americans in the unfamiliar position of enduring limits on what they could buy or eat, even how much they could drive their cars.
Transcribe →446 Is Paris Burning?
May 2400:48:46Tap to summarizeThe Allies invade southern France, close the Falaise pocket, and the German line collapses. Soon the Allies are advancing on Paris.
Transcribe →445 Breakout and Pursuit
May 1700:42:57Tap to summarizeWhen Patton's Third Army broke through the front line, the Germans had a serious problem.
Transcribe →444 Tempest
May 1000:42:45Tap to summarizeThe Polish Home Army makes a last-ditch effort to assert the authority of the government in exile, while Romania successfully switches sides.
Transcribe →443 Shoot the Works
Apr 2600:42:01Tap to summarizeHitler exacts retribution for the assassination attempt against him, while in France, the Americans break out of Normandy.
Transcribe →442 Make Peace, You Fools
Apr 1900:40:31Tap to summarizeBloody inconclusive fighting in Normandy, and the Democratic Party nominates Roosevelt for a fourth term.
Transcribe →441 The Plot to Assassinate Hitler
Apr 1200:56:07Tap to summarizeThere had been grumbling about Hitler in the Army since 1938, but by 1944 a group of officers were determined to get rid of him and overthrow the Nazi government.
Transcribe →440 The Destruction of Army Group Center
Mar 2900:36:40Tap to summarizeThe Soviet summer offensive of 1944, "Operation Bagration," costs the German Army virtually an entire army group.
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