Journey’s End
Key Battles of American History
Key Battles of American History
4.6 • 936 Ratings
🗓️ 18 April 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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In this episode, Sean and James review the 2017 film Journey’s End, a claustrophobic World War I drama set in a British dugout on the Western Front in 1918. There a small group of officers await an expected German offensive. As the days drag on, mounting tension, exhaustion, and trauma—especially in the shell-shocked Captain Stanhope—expose the psychological toll of prolonged trench warfare. The film emphasizes endurance and comradeship in the face of near-certain catastrophe.
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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 |
| 0:10.7 | right down to the present. War made the U.S. independent, kept it together, increased its size, |
| 0:17.1 | and established it as a global superpower. Understanding America's wars is essential for understanding American history. |
| 0:24.1 | Welcome to Key Battles of American History, |
| 0:26.7 | a podcast in which we discuss American history |
| 0:28.9 | through the lens of the most important battles of America's wars. |
| 0:32.7 | Here is your host, James Early. |
| 0:43.4 | Thank you. host, James Early. Hello and welcome back to key films of World War I. |
| 0:46.7 | This is your host, James Early. |
| 0:48.3 | As always. |
| 0:49.7 | And as always, of course, I'm joined by my buddy, Sean McIre. |
| 0:53.9 | This week we're discussing the 2017 film called Journey's End, which is a remake of an earlier film. |
| 1:02.1 | I don't remember what year it was, but it was pretty early. |
| 1:05.6 | It's actually not a remake of an earlier film. |
| 1:07.7 | It's a, it's the fourth adaptation of a 1928 play. Oh. By R.C. Sharif, yes. Okay. |
| 1:17.1 | So it was a very famous British play from the interwar period and it was made in 1930 and |
| 1:24.4 | 1931 and 1976 and then in 1988 on as a BBC TV series, a TV film. |
| 1:30.6 | So, Ray made a number of times. |
| 1:33.7 | Why would somebody make one one year after another one came out? |
| 1:38.5 | An American audience. |
| 1:40.1 | Okay. |
| 1:41.0 | Or actually, no, I'm sorry. |
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