The History of North America podcast is a sweeping historical saga of the United States,

Canada, and Mexico from their deep origins to our present epoch.

Join me, Mark Vinet, on this exciting, fascinating epic journey through time, focusing on the compelling,

wonderful, and tragic stories of North America's inhabitants, heroes, villains, leaders,

environment, and geography.

I invite you to come along for the ride.

History is in just a bunch of names and dates and facts.

It's the collection of all the stories throughout human history that explain how and why we got here.

Welcome to the History on Plug Podcast, where we look at the forgotten, neglected, strange,

and even counterfactual stories that made our world what it is.

I'm your host, Scott Rank.

Music

Johnny, get your gun, get your gun, get your gun.

Take it on the run, on the run, on the run.

Hear them calling you and me every son of liberty.

Hurry right away, no delay, go today.

Make your daddy glad to have had such a lad.

Tell your sweetheart not to pine to be proud her boys in line.

Over there.

All right, everyone, that was the first line of the anthem that Rawlick America and got us into the Great War.

I am Scott Rank, and this is the beginning of a new series, Key Battles in World War One.

I am joined by my August and esteemed colleague, James Early.

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