The History of the Twentieth Century

Mark Painter

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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  1. EPISODE 316

    Nazism Unleashed.

    When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, it freed the Nazis from having to worry about international opinion. Hitler and his followers could now do as they pleased.

    49 min

  2. EPISODE 317

    The Winter War

    With the other Great Powers involved in their own wars, Stalin and the USSR are now free to claim the territories Germany granted to their "sphere of influence."

    45 min

  3. EPISODE 318

    The Calm Before the Storm

    Adolf Hitler wanted to attack in the west immediately after the fall of Poland, but unfavorable weather kept postponing the offensive. Then a copy of the plan fell into Allied hands.

    42 min

  4. EPISODE 319

    Winston Is Back!

    In the final year before the war began, Winston Churchill's denunciations of Nazi Germany began to seem prescient, but Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain fiercely resisted calls to invite Churchill into the Cabinet until war came. Then Churchill became First Lord of the Admiralty, for the second time in his career.

    44 min

  5. EPISODE 320

    Operation Weserübung

    Improbably, the nation of Norway finds itself the front line of the Second World War.

    40 min

  6. EPISODE 321

    Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat

    The Allied debacle in Norway sparked a revolt in the British Parliament against the Chamberlain government's conduct of the war.

    40 min

  7. EPISODE 322

    Plan Yellow

    After months of delays and a diversion into Denmark and Norway, Hitler finally gets his Western offensive.

    45 min

  8. EPISODE 323

    Operation Dynamo

    After German armor cut off the Allied First Army Group in Belgium, the Royal Navy attempts an evacuation of the trapped forces from the port of Dunkirk.

    54 min
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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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  • Creator
    Mark Painter
  • Episodes
    428
  • Seasons
    4
  • Rating
    Clean
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