The History of the Pentagon

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Before the United States entered the Second World War, it had a problem. The military was spread out all over Washington, D.C., and had difficulty functioning. The solution was a new massive building. Built in just 16 months during the urgency of World War II, the Pentagon began as a temporary solution to a wartime bureaucracy and went on to become the nerve center of the largest military establishment in history. It is a symbol of power, conflict, and resilience. Learn more about the history of the Pentagon on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Newspapers.com Honor the past by uncovering its stories at Newspapers.com Promo Code EVERYTHINGEVERWHERE Samsara Don’t wait for the next accident to take action. Head to Samsara.com/EVERYTHING ButcherBox Get your choice between chicken breast or top sirloin for a year OR ground beef for life, PLUS $20 off when you go to ButcherBox.com/everything Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Mint Mobile Save 50% on Unlimited premium wireless plans starting at $15/month at MintMobile.com/EED Audible Listen to Project Hail Mary Audible.com/hailmary Fast Growing Trees Get 20% off your first purchase when using the code DAILY at checkout at fastgrowingtrees.com/daily Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Discord Server: https://discord.gg/Ds7Rx7jvPJ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Disce aliquid novi cotidie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Before the United States entered the Second World War, it had a problem.
0:04.1	The military's administrative staff was spread out all over Washington, D.C., and struggled to function.
0:09.4	The solution was a new, massive building.
0:13.1	Built in just 16 months during the urgency of World War II, the Pentagon began as a temporary solution for the wartime bureaucracy
0:19.7	and wanted to become the nerve center
0:21.8	of the largest military establishment in world history.
0:25.6	Learn more about the history of the Pentagon
0:27.3	and why it's a Pentagon
0:29.1	on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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1:36.5	Subscribe now at Bloomberg.com. The Pentagon has become so iconic that the very word, which is the name of a shape,
1:49.5	has come to signify the American defense establishment. Yet, why did this building become
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