Call of Duty: WW2's Historical Advisor Marty Morgan on Bringing the War to Life

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History Unplugged

History, Society & Culture

4.2 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2017

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Call of Duty is top best-selling first-person shooter series based on real events, but lately it has veered into futuristic sci-fi country. Call of Duty: World War II is an attempt to go back to the games WW2 roots. And historian Marty Morgan is there...

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0:00.0	What was it like to watch the Twin Towers collapse on 9-11?
0:03.8	How about to be sent to Auschwitz during the Holocaust?
0:06.7	Our past is a collection of stories that bring us to where we are and shape our perspectives.
0:11.3	Hi, I'm Josh Cohen, host of the Eyewitness History Podcast.
0:15.0	On my show, I interview guests who watch the events that shaped our world.
0:18.8	From heartbreaking war stories to hilarious memories from the SNL writers room, no recollection
0:24.1	is off limits.
0:25.2	To start listening now for free, go to parthenonpodcast.com or search Eyewitness History on the podcast
0:31.2	player of your choice.
0:33.8	They were some of the most powerful men who've ever lived.
0:36.6	They waged war, forged peace, and altered the fates of billions of people.
0:40.7	And yet, they were just as human, just as flawed as you and me.
0:44.5	They were the presidents of the United States, and they are the subjects of the history
0:47.9	podcast, this American president.
0:50.4	In each episode of this American president, we explore how flawed men have managed this
0:55.1	awesome responsibility.
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