20th Century Facts & Events

Its effect was little in the rest of the world. Vietnam was the larger story at the time, and the horror of the Cambodian Killing Fields a sidenote in coverage.

This is part 2 of the two part series on the Korean War. Thanks for listening.

If you have listened before, you know how this goes. This episode looks at the history of the Korean peninsula and what happened leading up to the Korean War in 1950.

We're following the trajectory of the Cold War; after the end of the very hot World War II, the beginning of the Cold War was playing out in countries and regions around the world, seemingly all at the same time. As usual, I found that I knew very little about happened in Greece during the late 1940s. Thanks for listening.

This is episode 2 talking about post-war Europe and the early days of the Cold War in Germany and specifically Berlin. Listen to the first episode for greater context and come back for more!