Greyhound

Key Battles of American History

History

4.7 • 861 Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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In this episode, Sean and James discuss the brief but gripping 2020 film Greyhound, starring Tom Hanks. Greyhound tells the story of a group of American, British, and Canadian destroyers that are trying to defend a supply convoy from a pack of German...

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0:00.0	War has played a key role in the history of the United States, from the nation's founding
0:10.8	right down to the present. War made the U.S. independent, kept it together, increased its
0:16.5	size, and established it as a global superpower. Understanding America's wars is essential for understanding American history.
0:24.0	Welcome to Key Battles of American History,
0:26.8	a podcast in which we discuss American history through the lens of the most important battles of America's wars.
0:32.8	Here is your host, James Early.
0:43.5	Thank you. Your host, James Early. Hi, everybody.
0:44.8	Before we get started, I wanted to take a moment to plug a brand new member of the Parthadon
0:50.0	podcast network.
0:51.8	We have a new podcast, and that is the History of North America podcast, hosted by
0:57.5	Mark Bennett. The History of North America podcast is a sweeping historical saga of United States,
1:03.3	Canada, and Mexico from their deep origins to our present epoch. Join host Mark Vinette on this
1:09.4	exciting and fascinating journey through time,
1:12.0	focusing on the interesting, compelling, wonderful, and tragic stories of North America,
1:17.0	its inhabitants, heroes, villains, leaders, environment, and geography. I strongly urge you
1:23.4	to check out this excellent podcast. There are already many episodes published and ready to listen to,
1:29.3	but each one is relatively short, and so it won't take you too long to get into it. You'll be
1:34.4	glad you did. And now on to the main episode.
1:39.7	Hello, and welcome to another episode of Key Fil films of World War II in the European
1:44.7	Theater of Operations. This is your host, James Early, as always. And as always, I'm
1:49.7	accompanied by my good buddy Sean McGuire. In this episode, we're going to be discussing a delightful
1:55.1	little movie, which just came out in 2020, and it goes perfectly with our last battle episode.
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