World War I: The War to End All Wars
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🗓️ 27 December 2024
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Townhall Review - December 28, 2024
Hugh Hewitt talks with Thomas Conner, former career-long Professor of History at Hillsdale College, who provides a brief summary of World War I, mentioning that France lost a significant number of soldiers in 1915 and that the war had declared itself fully by that time.
Dennis Prager talks with H.W. Crocker about America's role in the war, as described in his book, The Yanks Are Coming!: A Military History of the United States in World War I. Crocker explains how the U.S. entry was pivotal in turning the tide against Germany, and he highlights the heroism of American soldiers while also discussing the broader cultural consequences of the war.
Victor Davis Hanson interviews acclaimed figurative sculptor Sabin Howard, discussing his monumental work on the World War I Memorial: A Soldier's Journey. They explore Howard's artistic process, influences, and the cultural significance of his work, as he shares insights into the classical techniques he uses and his vision for future projects.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on Town Hall Review with Hugh Hewitt, we're going to step back a bit and take a look at a war that started it all, a great war, World War I. |
| 0:13.5 | The bloodbath had pretty much declared itself fully by 1915. The killing had just gone on so long. It was a war of attrition. |
| 0:22.3 | Somebody was going to lose because they literally shed their last drop of blood. |
| 0:27.1 | And Europe's fatigue. |
| 0:28.5 | European civilization had exhausted. |
| 0:30.4 | It had bled itself away in this terrible calamity. |
| 0:33.9 | Well, look at the American role in it all. |
| 0:36.1 | It's often thought, well, we came in too little, too late to do much. |
| 0:39.5 | O'Contrere, we have it from General Hindenburg, the top German general. |
| 0:44.2 | It was the American infantry that turned the title of the war. |
| 0:46.3 | It was the American infantry that defeated the Second Reich. |
| 0:49.6 | We've got all this and more. |
| 0:51.3 | I'm Hugh Hewitt. |
| 0:52.1 | Great to be with you. Catch my program each weekday morning live, |
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| 1:02.7 | Hugh Hewitt. Follow this program as well at Town Hall Review. Town Hall Review is part of the Salem |
| 1:08.9 | Podcast Network. We're going to begin and today. |
| 1:13.0 | Let a look at World War I. |
| 1:15.0 | It's a conflict too many of us know far too little about. |
| 1:18.5 | So we'll start with a five-minute summary of the conflict itself from Thomas Connor, |
| 1:23.5 | who is now retired from Hillsdale. |
| 1:25.4 | From my Hillsdale hour on my program. |
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