The National WWII Museum Podcast

Listen and subscribe to the Museum's podcasts, Service on Celluloid and "To the Best of My Ability." Coming soon: "World War II on Topic"

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#Onthisday in 1944, Truman was nominated to be FDR’s running mate at the Democratic National Convention. 11 weeks into FDR's term, he would die. Catch up on the @WWIImuseum's #podcast Season 1 examining what happens in the wake of his death. https://t.co/iI6IkZueIt

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Learn more about the 1946 strikes in Episode 5 of the @WWIImuseum's newest podcast @TrumanPodcast. Check it out below. https://t.co/9XXtSnJsZC

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The Season 2 finale delves into Executive Order 9066 in 1942 after the attack on Pearl Harbor. This event forced the #AAPI population into camps and echoed for decades afterwards in courts, politics, and the minds of the wrongfully incarcerated. #WW2 https://t.co/MzScZSYi75

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In Feb 1946, remedial schools for Mexican students was challenged. One landmark case became a cause célèbre, and would later be used to justify the ruling of Brown v. Board of Education.

Ep. 8 "The Temper of the Courts" available now. #segregation #ww2 https://t.co/jFUSusMI0p

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On February 12, 1946, Sgt. Isaac Woodard, decorated veteran of the Pacific theater, was attacked. This week's episode explores the attacks on Woodard and other veterans through the lens of influential radio personality Orson Welles. https://t.co/VfzqQi0KgX

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The Tokyo Trial quickly encountered discord, as several of the 11 judges selected to oversee the proceedings pointed out a glaring absence among the accused: Emperor #Hirohito.

Episode 2.6 "No Specific and Tangible Evidence" available now. #TokyoTrials https://t.co/B36l9IN3tf

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With the end of the wartime no-strike pledge, workers expressed their frustration through a series of #strikes that came to involve over 5 million Americans from the end of 1945 and into 1946.

Episode 2.5 "Strike Wave" available now —>
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In January 1946, #Truman said “I’m sick of babying the Soviets.” Enough was enough. Americans lived with the prospect that another war might begin. This war came with a new, fearful weapon: the atomic bomb.

Episode 2.4 "Duck and Cover" available now.#WW2 https://t.co/IKNKj7xsVn

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Ezra Pound, prolific poet and..Nazi sympathizer? At the end of #WW2, Ezra Pound was charged with 19 counts of treason against the US for his actions, and his fanatical leanings didn't end with the war.

Episode 2.3 "Ezra Weston Loomis Pound" available now.
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On December 14, 1945, the ship Hannah Senesh, carrying 252 Jewish refugees, evaded British patrols and beached itself at Nahariya in Palestine. Passengers came ashore via a rope bridge and evaded capture.

Listen to Episode 2:2 "Aliyah Bet" to learn more.
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Season 2 Episode 1: "Doomed Men on Gallows Hang" is available on all major streaming platforms. You can find show notes, transcripts, guest bios, and more on the @WWIImuseum's dedicated podcast page: https://t.co/JPgoxZLtb5… #Nuremberg75 #NurembergTrials

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On November 20, 1945, the IMT of the victorious Allies began a series of war crimes trials in Nuremberg, Germany, designed to bring prominent Nazis to justice.

Season 2 Episode 1 - "Doomed Men on Gallows Hang" available now below. #Nuremberg75 #WW2
https://t.co/YYluN57Hbr

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"To the Best of My Ability" Season 2: The Threshold of the New World coming November 20. Watch the trailer now: https://t.co/e284qRxzJX

#Podcast #History #WW2

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On Election Day, it's hard not to see similarities in the challenges candidates face today compared to Truman in 1945.

Season 2 "The Postwar Years" coming soon. Have you listened to the first season yet? Explore below and don't forget to #VOTE today.
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Happy #InternationalPodcastDay! Head over to the @WWIImuseum's page to see every episode of "To the Best of My Ability" featured today along with "Behind the Voice" features of our historians that made this podcast possible. Be sure to give us a review.
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Demobilization, reshaping the economy, social unrest, growing racial tensions at home, & the looming threat of the nation’s burgeoning rivalry w/ the Soviet Union...the end of #WW2 was just the beginning.

Ep. 9 - "The Pool of Armed Might" available now.
https://t.co/qROXfQhJHJ

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“This is the day we have been waiting for since Pearl Harbor,” said President Truman. “This is the day when Fascism finally dies.”

Episode 8 - "Sign Surrender" available now at the link below. #Victory75 #Podcast #History #WW2
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No other event is as inextricably linked to Truman’s legacy as his decision to use the atomic bombs. There is still debate among historians over whether it was truly the best option left to end WWII.

Episode 7 - “A City Vanished” available now. https://t.co/Oa4ohehKiu

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Three hundred men went down with USS #Indianapolis—for the other sailors in the water, clinging desperately to their life rafts, the ordeal had just begun.

Episode 6: “883 Killed” available now. Learn more below.
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On June 26, 1945 the UN charter was signed in San Francisco. Would it succeed where previous international organizations had failed and keep the world at peace?

Listen to Ep 4: Charter Into Deeds to learn more about what happened 75 years ago #onthisday.
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