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199 episodes transcribed“The circumstances under which we are spending this particular Christmas are unusual.” This is the story of the Christmases of World War I. Germans...
“A Peace which cannot be defended in the name of justice before the whole world would continually call forth fresh resistance” This is the story of p...
“The German delegation has come to receive the proposals of the Allied Powers looking to an armistice.” This is the story of guns falling silent acr...
“If I can but reach that bridge,” thought Ichabod, “I am safe.” This is the story of schoolmaster Ichabod Crane and his ride home after an evening sp...
Professor Greg Jackson sits down with legendary documentary filmmaker Ken Burns about his latest film The American Buffalo which has a two-part premie...
“All right, General. We’ll take it, or my name will head the list.” This is the story of Meuse-Argonne and the Americans’ continued struggles to take...
“Our own artillery is dropping a barrage directly on us. For heaven’s sake, stop it.” This is the story of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive’s beginnings....
Time to review! Greg and Kelsi talk through the main takeaways of the American story in World War I to date, from causes to new inventions and social...
“Something has happened to one of the boys.” This is the story of the Great War’s flyboys – particularly, Americans taking to the skies to fight for...
“Is there any regulation which specifies that a Navy yeoman be a man?” This is the story of the United States in the Great War and the role of women...
“My men never retire. They go forward, or they die!” This is the story of the 15th New York, a.k.a, the 369th, or the Harlem Hellfighters. James “Bi...
“Marshal Foch, you have no authority as Allied Commander-in-Chief to call upon me to yield up my command of the American Army and have it scattered a...
“Every time I have felt annoyed since then at France, this picture comes to mind and my anger softens.” This is the story of the Great War’s turning...
The impact of the 1918 Battle of Belleau Wood on the US Marine Corps is hard to overstate. Though in existence since 1775, the Corps was reborn in tho...
This is the story of the first real battles of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) in World War I. Carrying out his third operation of the German...
“Lafayette, nous sommes ici!” (Lafayette, we are here!) This is the story of a nation building an army from nothing. After years of trying to avoid en...
“I still think I see the struggling of poor passengers in the water.” This is the story of the United States’ path into the Great War. The United St...
Starting the Great War (World War I) and covering this massive conflict up to 1917 has been a pretty big task unto itself. So, before we go in close o...
To say Russia had a difficult go of it during World War I would be a gross understatement. Millions of dead, lost territory, soldiers charging into ba...
“In Flanders’ fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row.” This is the story of the first two and a half years of the Great War, particu...
