The Explorers' Club, № CCCLI

Prelude to the Cold War: The Yalta Conference (code name: ARGONAUT), February 1945—The Roosevelt Plan & other proposals for the dismemberment of Germany, the partition of Poland, & the mirage of national self-determination.







Commentary: Cross reference with "The Explorers' Club" episodes LXXXII & LXXXIII, "The Berlin Blockade, Parts I & II."

The Rebel Black Dot Municipal Song of the Day
The Glenn Miller Orchestra, "I've Got a Girl in Kalamazoo" from Glenn Miller's 50 Finest (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: One could argue that "I've Got a Girl in Kalamazoo" is more about the girl than about Kalamazoo, & one would be right, but I would still contend that memories of times past in Kalamazoo, the girl's social standing in Kalamazoo, & the narrator's literal journey to Kalamazoo are more than sufficient for inclusion in the R.B.D.S.O.T.D.'s celebration of America's great cities. Also, Kalamazoo is a fun word to type. Kalamazoo.

"Everything's O.K-A-L-A-M-A-Z-O-Oh, what a girl!"