From Here to History
History is a story we tell ourselves about the past. We all know that story often shapes our present world but, just as often, our present world shapes how we tell that story. In this show, Chris and Jason discuss events and people of the past with as much openness, understanding, and fairness as we can muster. Our only agenda is to inform in an entertaining and engaging way.
We teach high school, after all, and that's a tough audience. Our hope is that if we can keep teenagers interested we may be able to pull off a worthwhile podcast, too.
Episodes are topical rather than chronological and we try to release one episode every month. But we're teachers with busy young families in addition to being podcasters. So if we go a little longer than that between episodes, bear with us!
From Here to History
The Battle of Kursk, Pt 1
DISCLAIMER! If you're listening to this episode, first, thank you! But second, this is an early episode. It was recorded and edited when we really didn't know what we were doing and our sound quality was very lacking. We've gotten a lot better at both since then so, please, bear with us! We're so glad to have you along.
When Germany and the USSR fought for Kursk in July 1943, they were facing off in the largest battle of the Second World War. The largest battle in human history, in fact. Chris and Jason team up to tell the story of this epic confrontation.
In the first of 4 episodes covering the battle, we back up to discuss the origins of the Eastern Front. We delve a little into Germany's rationale for invading the USSR, how they planned for it and envisioned it playing out, and the state of the Soviet Union on the eve of Operation Barbarossa.
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Thanks as always to our editor, Grant Weaver
Music credit: Ancient Mystery Waltz by Kevin MacLeod.