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Program 5 - The Imperial Wars
In the fifth program we look at the years 1868 to 1918. With the Civil War over, the call of Manifest Destiny turned Americans westward once more, and very quickly the United States became engaged in its longest running war, The Plains Indians War, from 1868 to 1890. We also see America's brief flirtation with Imperialism, as the U.S. for the first time took its growing military might onto the world stage in the Spanish-American War and then again in World War One.
1750 Native American Horse Cultures Dominate the Great Plains
1876 Battle at the Little Big Horn
1890 Battle at Wounded Knee
1898 Sinking of the Maine
1914 - 1917 America Prepares for World War I
1917 America Enters World War I
Program 6 - The Global Wars
After World War I, the 19th century's old balance of power vanished. Once more world domination through military conquest loomed as an actual possibility. In the sixth program, the global wars, we look at the years 1939 to 1953 as America spread it’s military across half the planet and took command of the fight against totalitarianism in World War II and communism in the Korean War.
1941 Japanese Bomb Pearl Harbor
1944 D-Day “Operation Overlord”
1945 The Air Force Drops an Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima
1950 President Truman Sends American Troops to the Aid of South Korea
1950 - 1953 The Korean War
Each DVD contains 2 Programs with running times of 28:00 minutes each |
