“War is war, and not popularity-seeking.”
This is the story of the fall of Atlanta. William Tecumseh “Cump” Sherman is leading three armies in an attack against this vital city in the Peach State. His forces are formidable, but so are his opponents: Confederate master of defense, Joseph E. “Joe” Johnston; and the far more aggressive Confederate General John B. Hood. The loss of life will be staggering and include prominent figures on both sides.
There’s also rebelling brewing within the rebellion. Care to meet secessionists who’ve seceded from the secession? Welcome to Mississippi’s “Free State of Jones.”
138: The 15th New York/369th or The Harlem Hellfighters
137: The First Battle of the First American Army: St. Mihiel
136: The German Spring Offensive’s End, or The Second Battle of the Marne
135: Belleau Wood – A Cut Deeper with Captain Mac Caldwell
134: (Most of) The German Spring Offensive of 1918 & The Fight for Belleau Wood
133: Heading “Over There:” “Black Jack” Pershing & Creating WWI’s American Expeditionary Force
132: The US Enters WWI (RMS Lusitania, Black Tom Island, & The Zimmermann Telegram)
131: Epilogue on World War 1 before the US
130: Russia: From the Great War to Revolution with Deputy Provost Kat Brown
129: World War I Before the US (Military Tech, Trenches, Global Armies, Ypres, Verdun & the Somme)
128: The Causes of World War I (From the Congress of Vienna to Franz Ferdinand & the Marne)
127: Mr. Wilson Goes to Washington (Progressive Policies & Foreign Affairs in South America)
126: Christmas Special 6: Jacob Riis’ “Is There a Santa Claus?”
125: Epilogue: The Progressive Era
124: The “Bull Moose” Election of 1912
123: The Wright Brothers Fly at Kitty Hawk
122: Halloween Special II: H.P. Lovecraft – “The Outsider” & “Dagon”
121: Henry Ford: The Model T & Mass Production
120: From Atlanta to the NAACP, or Booker T. Washington v. W.E.B. Du Bois
119: Women’s Suffrage & the Passage of the 19th Amendment
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