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The History of the Twentieth Century

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.

364 - 360: Now You Belong to the Japanese Army
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  • 364 - 360: Now You Belong to the Japanese Army

    For India, like Australia, the entry of Japan into the war meant it was no longer a distant, European struggle. By May 1942, the Imperial Japanese Army was at the Indian border.

    Sun, 17 Mar 2024 - 42min
  • 363 - 359 Order 9066

    In 1942, many Americans feared a Japanese invasion of the West Coast of the US or Canada was imminent. Regrettably, these fears led to the belief--unsupported by facts--that the ethnic Japanese population on the West Coast represented a dangerous fifth column of potential spies and saboteurs.

    Sun, 10 Mar 2024 - 51min
  • 362 - 358 The Wannsee Conference

    Sometime in the autumn of 1941, a decision was made among the Nazi elite to murder every Jewish person in Europe--or within reach, anyway. No record exists of how that decision was made, but we have a very detailed record of how it was carried out.

    Sun, 03 Mar 2024 - 57min
  • 361 - 357 No Retreat

    The winter of 1941-42 was not a happy one for the German Army. On the Eastern Front it was battered by a record cold winter and a Soviet counteroffensive. In North Africa, a British offensive pushed Erwin Rommel and his Afrika Korps all the way back to central Libya, from where he had begun.

    Sun, 25 Feb 2024 - 44min
  • 360 - 356 Happy Time

    After the sinking of Bismarck, the Germans abandoned surface raiding in the Atlantic and turned to their greatest naval strength: submarine warfare.

    Sun, 11 Feb 2024 - 44min
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