The History of the Twentieth Century

Mar 02 2025 401 ep. 44 mins 7.9k
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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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397 Pop Goes the Weasel

Mar 02 2025 46 mins  
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.

396 The Battle of Kursk

Feb 16 2025 36 mins  
The German offenive failed. Then it was the Soviets' turn.

395 A Definitive Mistake

Feb 02 2025 44 mins  
Adolf Hitler begins his long-delayed 1943 offensive against the USSR, which fizzles in a matter of days.

394 The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of

Jan 19 2025 43 mins  
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

393 Everything Is Going to Be Fine

Jan 05 2025 45 mins  
The Japanese claimed to be liberating their fellow Asians from Western oppression, but Japanese rule proved to be brutal and murderous.

392 Warsaw and Katyn

Dec 29 2024 40 mins  
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.

391 The Manhattan Project

Dec 24 2024 49 mins  
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.

390 Benito è finito

Dec 22 2024 55 mins  
The Allies invade Sicily, which leads to the fall of Benito Mussolini.

389 On the Defensive

Dec 15 2024 44 mins  
Hitler himself said that he had "never been a man of the defensive," but in the aftermath of Stalingrad, he had no choice.

388 Woman of the Year

Dec 01 2024 45 mins  
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.