Hosted by Mark Painter · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 451 episodes
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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.
Mark Painter hosts The History of the Twentieth Century, a history show with 451 episodes published.
The 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 o
The 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.
The Allies invade southern France, close the Falaise pocket, and the German line collapses. Soon the Allies are advancing on Paris.
When Patton's Third Army broke through the front line, the Germans had a serious problem.
The Polish Home Army makes a last-ditch effort to assert the authority of the government in exile, while Romania successfully switches sides.
Hitler exacts retribution for the assassination attempt against him, while in France, the Americans break out of Normandy.
Bloody inconclusive fighting in Normandy, and the Democratic Party nominates Roosevelt for a fourth term.
There 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.
The Soviet summer offensive of 1944, "Operation Bagration," costs the German Army virtually an entire army group.
In 1944, Franklin Roosevelt's health began to fail, while Stalin made good on his pledge to begin a Soviet offensive in June.
The China and Burma fronts remained relatively quiet for two years. That changed in 1944.
In this episode, we conclude the story of the American occupation of Saipan, while US commanders ponder the question of where to strike next.
When the Americans attacked Saipan, the Japanese saw a final opportunity to force that decisive battle they'd been yearning for.
The initial Normandy invasions were moderately successful. Casualties were lighter than feared. But D-Day was not the end; it was only the beginning.
We conclude our look at the Normandy invasion by examining events at Sword, Juno, Gold, and especially Omaha Beaches.
In this episode we look at the Normandy amphibious landings generally, then focus on the US assault on Utah Beach.
The Normandy landings began at dawn on June 6, 1944, but the night before three Allied airborne divisions were dropped into Normandy to help prepare the way for the amphibious landings.
The German military was occupying many European countries, which put British and American bomber commanders in the awkward position of bombing nations that were supposedly their allies.
In this Christmas bonus episode, I answer listener questions.
In May 1944, Allied forces in Italy began an offensive that finally broke the Gustav Line. Soon Americans were marching into Rome. At the same time, Allied forces in Britain were making final preparations for the invasio
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