And political impulses caused americans to consider americans a larger role in the world for their nation. Professor smith details the actions they took such as pursuing missionary work, arguing for the expansion of the navy and searching for new economic markets. This is just over an hour and 10 minutes. What were going to do today is start something very new and very distinct in the evolution of the story were telling. The 1890s becomes a distinct beginning of the way america thinks of itself in the world. In a very different way. If you want to understand the 20th century, if you want to understand the role that the United States assumes for itself and plays in the 20th century, the 1890s is the place to start. Because the transformation, listen, the transformation that you see among the people and their attitudes in the 1890s is little short of kind of amazing. Remember this. Remember that as far as you want to go in American History, okay, the idea has been that the United States
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We talk about tapestry in just a bit, welcome to the closing bell everybody im kelly evans and, well weve given you the hint to the story that well talk tapestry later this hour. Im bill griffith, spoiler alert, the ceo of box is looking to become a leader in Artificial Intelligence with its latest Product Announcement aaron levy will be back with this exclusive interview from box works to discuss the latest move, coming up. Also we have underarmor shares under pressure today after a new report says teens are more or less over the brand. Companies down about 1. 5 on the session. Well tell you what teens are buying these days. Man, that was a great album the hit after hit after hit. We have breaking news from last hour, President Trump wrapping up his meeting with canadian Prime Minister trudeau. Eamon has the latest on that reporter yeah, hi fwil, youre right, that meeting wrapped up Justin Trudeau is getting ready to roll out of the white house you might see him roll right behind us h
Within steel and concrete emplacements, the germans have amassed every known weapon of defense, whether those weapons are enough to face the allied onslaught will be proven in the struggle that waits ahead. Here is the other side of the channel, britain, and armed camp bristling with guns and tanks. Here is the fruition of four years of planning and production or if you are the claims of england as the allied armies awaited dday. Locomotives built to run on continental railways, freight cars and tank cars to replace Rolling Stock destroyed by the germans. All this and more is included in the gigantic preparation or invasion. For invasion here is something of the gigantic naval armada, assembled to transfer the allied armies across the english channel. Here is something of the ingenuity of allied engineers, assault boats and invasion barges launched directly from the decks of the ships that brought them to england. The fleet grew in numbers, steel ships of every description, ships expre
Information on our schedule and keep up with the latest history news. Each week, American History tv features archival films for it is by the u. S. Government, industry and Educational Institution is taking on a vivid journey into the american past. In england, general dwight d. Eisenhower and his deputy commanders chart the liberation of the lost continent. They plan when and where the the mighty armies of the United Nations will strike. Northern france is that battleground. To the building of their defense system, the socalled west wall, the nazis poured the slave labor up conquered nations, pictures made by the germans himself to impress their satellites with the strength and invincibility of their fortifications. Within steel and concrete emplacements for years in the making the germans have amassed , every known weapon of defense, but whether those weapons are enough to face the allied onslaught will be proven in the struggle that lies ahead. Here is the other side of the channel.