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It is nearly the end of the year, a time that naturally lends itself to reflection. I rarely talk about the podcast itself—the medium is supposed to be the vehicle, not the subject—but after 13 years, I feel it is important to discuss what Explaining History is, and perhaps more importantly, what it is not. When I started this project, I was a history teacher in Wales. It began as a “flipped learning” experiment—a way for students to absorb knowledge at home so we could focus on analysis in class. I never expected it to grow into a platform where…
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The Battle of the Atlantic was a key conflict during World War II, lasting from 1939 to 1945. It was a struggle for control of the Atlantic Ocean between the Allied powers (primarily the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada) and the Axis powers (led by Germany).