Then and Now: Global History and Culture
487 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings"Then and Now" connects events from the past with today's news headlines. Current episodes are history topics from my global culture and history course.
In 2006, the podcast started with students in my introductory global history and culture course at the Univ of Minn. Previous episodes reviewed history topics, special music episodes connecting a country's culture with its music, interviews with voices of students and community members as they were part of historical events, and other topics. Episodes featured independent music artists. Share comments about the podcast with David Arendale, [email protected]
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(Bonus) Propaganda in Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War and WW II - Wikipedia
November 04, 2022 05:30 - 3.12 MB application/pdf(Bonus) In the period just before and during World War II, propaganda in Imperial Japan was designed to assist the regime in governing during that time. Many of its elements were continuous with pre-war themes of Shōwa statism, including the principles of kokutai, hakkō ichiu, and bushido. New forms of propaganda were developed to persuade occupied countries of the benefits of the Greater Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, to undermine American troops' morale, counteract claims of Japanese atrocitie...
(Bonus) Women in WWII
November 04, 2022 05:30 - 1.52 MB application/pdf(Bonus) Women in the Second World War took on many different roles during the War, including as combatants and workers on the home front. The Second World War involved global conflict on an unprecedented scale; the absolute urgency of mobilizing the entire population made the expansion of the role of women inevitable, although the particular roles varied from country to country. Millions of women of various ages were injured or died due to the war.
(Bonus) Military Production During WWII
November 04, 2022 05:30 - 1.97 MB application/pdf(Bonus) Military production during World War II was the arms, ammunition, personnel, and financing which were produced or mobilized by the belligerents of the war from the occupation of Austria in early 1938 to the surrender and occupation of Japan in late 1945. The mobilization of funds, people, natural resources and material for producing and supplying military equipment and military forces during World War II was a critical component of the war effort. During the conflict, the Allies outp...
(Bonus) Squander Bug of WWII - Wikipedia
November 04, 2022 05:30 - 421 KB application/pdf(Bonus) The Squander Bug was a World War II propaganda character created by the British National Savings Committee to discourage wasteful spending and consumption. Originally designed by freelance illustrator Phillip Boydell for press adverts, the character was widely used by other wartime artists in poster campaigns and political cartoons. It is one of the few propaganda campaigns from World War II to be fully documented from the original concept sketches to the finished adverts.
(Bonus) Squander Bug of WWII
November 04, 2022 05:30 - 421 KB application/pdf(Bonus) The Squander Bug was a World War II propaganda character created by the British National Savings Committee to discourage wasteful spending and consumption. Originally designed by freelance illustrator Phillip Boydell for press adverts, the character was widely used by other wartime artists in poster campaigns and political cartoons. It is one of the few propaganda campaigns from World War II to be fully documented from the original concept sketches to the finished adverts.
(Bonus) War Film
November 04, 2022 05:30 - 2.22 MB application/pdf(Bonus) War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about naval, air, or land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle scenes means that war films often end with them. The themes explored include combat, survival and escape, the camaraderie between soldiers, sacrifice, the futility and inhumanity of battle, the effects of war on society, and the moral and human issues raised by war. Wa...
(Bonus) War Film - Wikipedia
November 04, 2022 05:30 - 2.22 MB application/pdf(Bonus) War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about naval, air, or land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle scenes means that war films often end with them. The themes explored include combat, survival and escape, the camaraderie between soldiers, sacrifice, the futility and inhumanity of battle, the effects of war on society, and the moral and human issues raised by war. Wa...
(Bonus) British propaganda during WWII - Wikipedia
November 04, 2022 05:30 - 1 MB application/pdf(Bonus) Britain re-created the World War I Ministry of Information for the duration of World War II to generate propaganda to influence the population towards support for the war effort. A wide range of media was employed aimed at local and overseas audiences. Traditional forms such as newspapers and posters were joined by new media including cinema (film), newsreels, and radio. A wide range of themes was addressed, fostering hostility toward the enemy, support for allies, and specific pro-w...
(Bonus) British propaganda during World War II
November 04, 2022 05:30 - 1 MB application/pdf(Bonus) Britain re-created the World War I Ministry of Information for the duration of World War II to generate propaganda to influence the population towards support for the war effort. A wide range of media was employed aimed at local and overseas audiences. Traditional forms such as newspapers and posters were joined by new media including cinema (film), newsreels, and radio. A wide range of themes was addressed, fostering hostility toward the enemy, support for allies, and specific pro-w...
(Bonus) Military Production During WWII - Wikipedia
November 04, 2022 05:30 - 1.97 MB application/pdf(Bonus) Military production during World War II was the arms, ammunition, personnel, and financing which were produced or mobilized by the belligerents of the war from the occupation of Austria in early 1938 to the surrender and occupation of Japan in late 1945. The mobilization of funds, people, natural resources and material for producing and supplying military equipment and military forces during World War II was a critical component of the war effort. During the conflict, the Allies outp...
(Bonus) American propaganda during WWII - Wikipedia
November 04, 2022 05:30 - 3.17 MB application/pdf(Bonus) During active American involvement in World War II (1941–45), propaganda was used to increase support for the war and commitment to an Allied victory. Using a vast array of media, propagandists instigated hatred for the enemy and support for America's allies, urged greater public effort for war production and victory gardens, persuaded people to save some of their material so that more material could be used for the war effort, and sold war bonds. Patriotism became the central theme ...
(Bonus) Propaganda in Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War and WW II
November 04, 2022 05:30 - 3.12 MB application/pdf(Bonus) In the period just before and during World War II, propaganda in Imperial Japan was designed to assist the regime in governing during that time. Many of its elements were continuous with pre-war themes of Shōwa statism, including the principles of kokutai, hakkō ichiu, and bushido. New forms of propaganda were developed to persuade occupied countries of the benefits of the Greater Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, to undermine American troops' morale, counteract claims of Japanese atrocitie...
(Bonus) Women in WWII - Wikipedia
November 04, 2022 05:30 - 1.52 MB application/pdf(Bonus) Women in the Second World War took on many different roles during the War, including as combatants and workers on the home front. The Second World War involved global conflict on an unprecedented scale; the absolute urgency of mobilizing the entire population made the expansion of the role of women inevitable, although the particular roles varied from country to country. Millions of women of various ages were injured or died due to the war.
(Bonus) Home Front During WWII - Wikipedia
November 04, 2022 05:30 - 1.57 MB application/pdf(Bonus) The 'home front' covers the activities of the civilians in a nation at war. World War II was a total war; homeland production became even more invaluable to both the Allied and Axis powers. Life on the home front during World War II was a significant part of the war effort for all participants and had a major impact on the war's outcome. Governments became involved with new issues such as rationing, manpower allocation, home defense, evacuation in the face of air raids, and response ...
(Bonus) Home Front During WWII
November 04, 2022 05:30 - 1.57 MB application/pdf(Bonus) The 'home front' covers the activities of the civilians in a nation at war. World War II was a total war; homeland production became even more invaluable to both the Allied and Axis powers. Life on the home front during World War II was a significant part of the war effort for all participants and had a major impact on the war's outcome. Governments became involved with new issues such as rationing, manpower allocation, home defense, evacuation in the face of air raids, and response ...
(Bonus) Rosie the Riveter of WWII - Wikipedia
November 04, 2022 05:30 - 1.24 MB application/pdf(Bonus) Rosie the Riveter is an allegorical cultural icon in the United States who represents the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, many of whom produced munitions and war supplies. These women sometimes took entirely new jobs replacing the male workers who joined the military. Rosie the Riveter is used as a symbol of American feminism and women's economic advantage.
(Bonus) American propaganda during World War II
November 04, 2022 05:30 - 3.17 MB application/pdf(Bonus) During active American involvement in World War II (1941–45), propaganda was used to increase support for the war and commitment to an Allied victory. Using a vast array of media, propagandists instigated hatred for the enemy and support for America's allies, urged greater public effort for war production and victory gardens, persuaded people to save some of their material so that more material could be used for the war effort, and sold war bonds. Patriotism became the central theme ...
(Bonus) Rosie the Riveter of WWII
November 04, 2022 05:30 - 1.24 MB application/pdf(Bonus) Rosie the Riveter is an allegorical cultural icon in the United States who represents the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, many of whom produced munitions and war supplies. These women sometimes took entirely new jobs replacing the male workers who joined the military. Rosie the Riveter is used as a symbol of American feminism and women's economic advantage.
WWII: Battles Fought at the Homefront, 7 of 8
November 04, 2022 05:00 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBS15-E19 Topics: Involvement of Civilians at the Homefront for each Nation at War, Propaganda Messaging, Use of Movies to Influence Public Opinion. The following links allow you to subscribe: iTunes and Apple Podcast, Amazon Music/Audible, Castbox.fm, Deezer, Facebook, Gaana, Google Podcast, iHeartRadio, Player.fm, Radio Public, Samsung Listen, Stitcher, TuneIn, Twitter, Vurbl, and YouTube. Automatically available through these podcast apps: Castamatic, iCatcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RS...
(Bonus) War Plan Orange of WWII
October 28, 2022 05:30 - 312 KB application/pdf(Bonus) War Plan Orange (commonly known as Plan Orange or just Orange) is a series of United States Joint Army and Navy Board war plans for dealing with a possible war with Japan during the years between the First and Second World Wars. It failed to foresee the significance of the technological changes to naval warfare including the submarine, air support and aircraft carriers, and although the Battle of Midway was necessary, and the US Navy did "island-hop" to regain lost territory, there w...
(Bonus) War Plan Orange of WWII - Wikipedia
October 28, 2022 05:30 - 312 KB application/pdf(Bonus) War Plan Orange (commonly known as Plan Orange or just Orange) is a series of United States Joint Army and Navy Board war plans for dealing with a possible war with Japan during the years between the First and Second World Wars. It failed to foresee the significance of the technological changes to naval warfare including the submarine, air support and aircraft carriers, and although the Battle of Midway was necessary, and the US Navy did "island-hop" to regain lost territory, there w...
(Bonus) Pacific Theater aircraft carrier operations during World War II - Wikipedia
October 28, 2022 05:30 - 1.84 MB application/pdf(Bonus) Naval historians such as Eva Mawdsley, Richard Overy, and Craig Symonds concluded that World War II's decisive victories on land could not have been won without decisive victories at sea. Naval battles to keep shipping lanes open for combatants' movement of troops, guns, ammunition, tanks, warships, aircraft, raw materials, and food largely determined the outcome of land battles. Without the Allied victory in keeping shipping lanes open during the Battle of the Atlantic, Britain coul...
(Bonus) Attack on Pearl Harbor
October 28, 2022 05:30 - 2.6 MB application/pdf(Bonus) The attack on Pearl Harbor[nb 3][10] was a 0surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, just before 8:00 a.m., on Sunday, December 7, 1941. The United States was a neutral country at the time; the attack led to its formal entry into World War II the next day. The Japanese military leadership referred to the attack as the Hawaii Operation and Operation AI, and as Oper...
(Bonus) List of the Pacific War Campaigns - Wikipedia
October 28, 2022 05:30 - 573 KB application/pdf(Bonus) This is a list of campaigns during the Pacific War. Flags indicate the country, or countries, winning the offensive.
(Bonus) List of the Pacific War Campaigns
October 28, 2022 05:30 - 573 KB application/pdf(Bonus) This is a list of campaigns during the Pacific War. Flags indicate the country, or countries, winning the offensive.
(Bonus) Japanese in the Chinese resistance to the Empire of Japan
October 28, 2022 05:30 - 183 KB application/pdf(Bonus) Throughout the Second Sino-Japanese war (1937–1945), Japanese dissidents and Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) joined the Chinese in the war against the Empire of Japan. An IJNAF A5M fighter pilot who was shot down on 26 September 1937, had along with other captured Japanese combatants, become convinced to join the Chinese side, and helped the Chinese break Japanese tactical codes and other information that provided a huge intelligence windfall for the newly-established cryptanalyst u...
(Bonus) The Pacific War of WWII
October 28, 2022 05:30 - 4.41 MB application/pdf(Bonus) The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War, was the theater of World War II that was fought in Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and Oceania. It was geographically the largest theater of the war, including the vast Pacific Ocean theater, the South West Pacific theater, the Second Sino-Japanese War, and the Soviet–Japanese War
(Bonus) Japanese-American service in World War II
October 28, 2022 05:30 - 764 KB application/pdf(Bonus) During the early years of World War II, Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated from their homes on the West Coast because military leaders and public opinion combined to fan unproven fears of sabotage. As the war progressed, many of the young Nisei, Japanese immigrants' children who were born with American citizenship, volunteered or were drafted to serve in the United States military. Japanese Americans served in all the United States Armed Forces branches, including the United ...
(Bonus) The Pacific War of WWII - Wikipedia
October 28, 2022 05:30 - 4.41 MB application/pdf(Bonus) The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War, was the theater of World War II that was fought in Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and Oceania. It was geographically the largest theater of the war, including the vast Pacific Ocean theater, the South West Pacific theater, the Second Sino-Japanese War, and the Soviet–Japanese War
WWII: Pacific Theater, 6 of 8
October 28, 2022 05:00 - 30 minutes - 28 MBS15-E18 Topics: Pacific Theater, Japan War Aims, Bombing of Pearl Harbor, US Strategy of Island Hopping, Primarily War Fought by Airplanes The following links allow you to subscribe: iTunes and Apple Podcast, Amazon Music/Audible, Castbox.fm, Deezer, Facebook, Gaana, Google Podcast, iHeartRadio, Player.fm, Radio Public, Samsung Listen, Stitcher, TuneIn, Twitter, Vurbl, and YouTube. Automatically available through these podcast apps: Castamatic, iCatcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RSSRadio, ...
(Bonus) Women in the Russian and Soviet Military - Wikipedia
October 21, 2022 05:30 - 303 KB application/pdf(Bonus) Women in the Russian and Soviet military have played many roles in their country's military history. Women of Russia and the Soviet Union played an important role in World Wars, especially during World War II.
(Bonus) The Battle of Stalingrad - Wikipedia
October 21, 2022 05:30 - 3.36 MB application/pdf(Bonus) The Battle of Stalingrad (23 August 1942 – 2 February 1943)was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II where Nazi Germany and its allies unsuccessfully fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (later renamed Volgograd) in Southern Russia. The battle was marked by fierce close-quarters combat and direct assaults on civilians in air raids, with the battle being the epitome of urban warfare. The Battle of Stalingrad was the deadliest battle to take plac...
(Bonus) The Battle of Stalingrad
October 21, 2022 05:30 - 3.36 MB application/pdf(Bonus) The Battle of Stalingrad (23 August 1942 – 2 February 1943)was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II where Nazi Germany and its allies unsuccessfully fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (later renamed Volgograd) in Southern Russia. The battle was marked by fierce close-quarters combat and direct assaults on civilians in air raids, with the battle being the epitome of urban warfare. The Battle of Stalingrad was the deadliest battle to take plac...
(Bonus) The Eastern Front During WWII - Wikipedia
October 21, 2022 05:30 - 4.2 MB application/pdf(Bonus) The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers against the Soviet Union (USSR), Poland and other Allies, which encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northeast Europe (Baltics), and Southeast Europe (Balkans) from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945. It was known as the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union – and still is in some of its successor states, while almost everywhere else it has been called the Eastern Front. The name German-Sovi...
(Bonus) Soviet Navy Surface raids on Western Black Sea During WWII
October 21, 2022 05:30 - 288 KB application/pdf(Bonus) The Soviet Black Sea Fleet during the first years of the Black Sea campaigns (1941 44) conducted raiding operations along the Western coast of the Black Sea aimed at disrupting Axis communications and supplies by sea.
(Bonus) Italian Participation on the Eastern Front of WWII - Wikipedia
October 21, 2022 05:30 - 598 KB application/pdf(Bonus) The Italian participation in the Eastern Fron represented the military intervention of the Kingdom of Italy in Operation Barbarossa, launched by Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union in 1941. The commitment to actively take part in the German offensive was decided by Benito Mussolini a few months before the beginning of the operation when he became aware of Adolf Hitler's intention to invade, but it was confirmed only in the morning of 22 June 1941, as soon as the Italian dictator wa...
(Bonus) Italian Participation on the Eastern Front of WWII
October 21, 2022 05:30 - 598 KB application/pdf(Bonus) The Italian participation in the Eastern Fron represented the military intervention of the Kingdom of Italy in Operation Barbarossa, launched by Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union in 1941. The commitment to actively take part in the German offensive was decided by Benito Mussolini a few months before the beginning of the operation when he became aware of Adolf Hitler's intention to invade, but it was confirmed only in the morning of 22 June 1941, as soon as the Italian dictator wa...
(Bonus) Soviet Navy Surface raids on Western Black Sea During WWII - Wikipedia
October 21, 2022 05:30 - 288 KB application/pdf(Bonus) The Soviet Black Sea Fleet during the first years of the Black Sea campaigns (1941 44) conducted raiding operations along the Western coast of the Black Sea aimed at disrupting Axis communications and supplies by sea.
(Bonus) The Eastern Front During WWII
October 21, 2022 05:30 - 4.2 MB application/pdf(Bonus) The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers against the Soviet Union (USSR), Poland and other Allies, which encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northeast Europe (Baltics), and Southeast Europe (Balkans) from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945. It was known as the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union – and still is in some of its successor states, while almost everywhere else it has been called the Eastern Front. The name German-Sovi...
(Bonus) Women in the Russian and Soviet Military
October 21, 2022 05:30 - 303 KB application/pdf(Bonus) Women in the Russian and Soviet military have played many roles in their country's military history. Women of Russia and the Soviet Union played an important role in World Wars, especially during World War II.
WWII: Battle of Stalingrad, 5 of 8
October 21, 2022 05:00 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBS15-E17 Topics: Battle of Stalingrad in Russia, First Major Defeat of the Germans, Failure to Permit Local Military Commanders to Make Decisions. The following links allow you to subscribe: iTunes and Apple Podcast, Amazon Music/Audible, Castbox.fm, Deezer, Facebook, Gaana, Google Podcast, iHeartRadio, Player.fm, Radio Public, Samsung Listen, Stitcher, TuneIn, Twitter, Vurbl, and YouTube. Automatically available through these podcast apps: Castamatic, iCatcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RSS...
(Bonus) Exercise Tiger
October 14, 2022 05:30 - 630 KB application/pdf(Bonus) Exercise Tiger, or Operation Tiger, was one of a series of large-scale rehearsals for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, which took place in April 1944 on Slapton Sands in Devon. Coordination and communication problems resulted in friendly fire injuries during the exercise, and an Allied convoy positioning itself for the landing was attacked by E-boats of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine, resulting in the deaths of at least 749 American servicemen. Because of the impending invasion of Norman...
(Bonus) D-Day Normandy Landings
October 14, 2022 05:30 - 2.64 MB application/pdf(Bonus) The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. The operation began the liberation of France (and later western Europe) and laid the foundations of the Allied victory on the Western Front.
(Bonus) Martha Gellhorn, War Correspondent
October 14, 2022 05:30 - 675 KB application/pdf(Bonus) Martha Ellis Gellhorn (8 November 1908 – 15 February 1998) was an American novelist, travel writer, and journalist who is considered one of the great war correspondents of the 20th century. Gellhorn reported on virtually every major world conflict that took place during her 60-year career. She was also the third wife of American novelist Ernest Hemingway, from 1940 to 1945. She died in 1998 by apparent suicide at the age of 89, ill and almost completely blind. The Martha Gellhorn Pri...
(Bonus) D-Day Daily Telegraph crossword security alarm
October 14, 2022 05:30 - 205 KB application/pdf(Bonus) In 1944, codenames related to the D-Day plans appeared as solutions in crosswords in the British newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, which the British Secret Services initially suspected to be a form of espionage.
WWII: D-Day Invasion of Europe, 4 of 8
October 14, 2022 05:00 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBS15-E16 Topics: D-Day Invasion of Europe The following links allow you to subscribe: iTunes and Apple Podcast, Amazon Music/Audible, Castbox.fm, Deezer, Facebook, Gaana, Google Podcast, iHeartRadio, Player.fm, Radio Public, Samsung Listen, Stitcher, TuneIn, Twitter, Vurbl, and YouTube. Automatically available through these podcast apps: Castamatic, iCatcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RSSRadio, and more. Please post comments to the individual episodes, post to the iTunes podcast review and...
(Bonus) Air Battle of Britain Overview
October 07, 2022 05:30 - 3.83 MB application/pdf(Bonus) The Battle of Britain, also known as the Air Battle for England (German: die Luftschlacht um England), was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom (UK) against largescale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe. It has been described as the first major military campaign fought entirely by air forces. The British officially recognise the battle's duration as b...
(Bonus) "The Darkest Hour" Phrase
October 07, 2022 05:30 - 291 KB application/pdf(Bonus) "The Darkest Hour" is a phrase used to refer to an early period of World War II, from approximately mid-1940 to mid-1941. While widely attributed to Winston Churchill, the phrase's origins are unclear.
(Bonus) Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II
October 07, 2022 05:30 - 837 KB application/pdf(Bonus) The evacuation of civilians in Britain during the Second World War was designed to protect people, especially children, from the risks associated with aerial bombing of cities by moving them to areas thought to be less at risk.
(Bonus) Operation Banquet
October 07, 2022 05:30 - 303 KB application/pdf(Bonus) Operation Banquet was a British Second World War plan to use every available aircraft against a German invasion in 1940 or 1941. After the Fall of France in June 1940, the British Government made urgent anti-invasion preparations as the Royal Air Force (RAF) engaged the German Luftwaffe in a struggle for air superiority in the Battle of Britain. In May 1940, the Air Ministry had realized that beyond the normal reserves of the RAF, it may be necessary to throw every serviceable aircra...