War has played a key role in the history of the United States, from the nation's founding

right down to the present. War made the U.S. independent, kept it together, increased its

size, and established it as a global superpower. Understanding America's wars is essential for understanding American history.

Welcome to Key Battles of American History,

a podcast in which we discuss American history through the lens of the most important battles of America's wars.

Here is your host, James Early.

Thank you. your host, James Early. Hello and welcome to another episode of Key Battles of World War II in Europe, our 10,000-foot

survey of the Second World War in Europe and the areas around it.

I'm your host, James Early, as always. And my co-host, as always, is

Sean McIver. In our last episode, you probably recall we talked about Allied prisoners of war,

almost entirely we talked about British, French, American, and other Western European Allied

Pruders of War in Germany. This time, we're going to flip that on its head, and other Western European Allied prisoners of war in Germany.

This time, we're going to flip that on its head, and we're going to talk about Axis

prisoners of war in the United States.

Folks, this is our 34th episode.

This is the final regular episode in the series.

I can't believe it.

It's hard to believe.

34 episodes, that's 34 weeks, which is what? That's more

than half a year. That's probably, I guess, seven months or so. John, can you believe we're on our

last episode? I know. Seems like we were talking about the Treaty of Versailles.

Yeah, I know.

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