- 465
- Episodes
- 98
- Transcribed
- 1,297
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2015
- First episode
About The History of the Twentieth Century
A chronicle of the history of the twentieth century, including art, music, popular culture, science, religion, and, of course, politics and war.
- Publisher
- Mark Painter
- Category
- history
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 13 Sept 2015
- Latest episode
- 11 Oct 2026
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461 Wacht am Rhein
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[…] Those were the 4th and the 28th infantry divisions. The other two were the newly arrived 99th and 106th infantry divisions, neither of which had yet seen combat. The Americans were using this part of the line as a rest area because intelligence reports indicated the Germans were also sending units to the Ardennes portion of the line to rest and recover. The Ardennes was regarded as an unlikely place for an enemy attack as it was thickly forested, apart from a few narrow roads, which made it unsuitable for rapid movement or maneuver. Of course, the French had thought the very same thing in 1940, and that time the misjudgment had cost them their country. […]
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