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History Of The Great War

The Yanks Are Coming Pt. 1

History Of The Great War

Wesley Livesay

Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.6889 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2017

⏱️ 27 minutes

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1917 would see the entry of the last major belligerent in the war, the United States, and it would start with a telegram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to an Airwave Media Podcast.

0:04.0

Do you want to know where you can find almost 500 episodes of the history of World War II?

0:10.0

Hi, I'm Ray Harris Jr. inviting you to check out my podcast, The History of World War II

0:15.6

Podcast, where I provide in-depth examinations of the key people and events that shaped World War II. While there you'll also find interviews with

0:24.8

authors who provide new and interesting reflections that help further our

0:29.2

understanding of the conflict and the people that fought it.

0:32.8

And a new episode comes out every week.

0:34.8

And more history, that's always a good thing.

0:37.8

That's the History of World War II Podcast or World War II Podcast. Podcast.

0:46.0

All you need is a few minutes to start your day off with something historic

0:50.0

when you listen to the This Day in History podcast.

0:53.2

Every day there's a new episode for you to listen and learn about what happened that day

0:56.8

way back when.

0:58.2

So listen and subscribe to this day in history wherever you get your podcasts. That's this day in

1:04.9

history wherever you get your podcasts. Over there, send the word, over there, send the word over there, that the yanks are coming, the yanks are coming, the yanks are coming, the yanks are coming the yanks are coming the drums are coming everywhere

1:28.1

So prepare say a prayer

1:32.1

Then the words send the word to beware

1:50.8

We'll be over we're coming over and we won't come back till it's over all over Hello everyone and welcome the history of the Great War episode 132. This is the first of our four-part series on how America entered the war.

1:55.0

Before 1917, the United States was the capital G Great Neutral.

2:01.0

The industrial and manpower base that the United States had access to could turn the war in anyone's favor.

2:07.0

But to do that, the country would probably have to enter the war.

2:10.0

From 1914 to 1916, there was basically no chance that the United States would actually

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