Three classic The History Guy episodes about bootleggers of the American Midwest. A half hour of the History Guy
00:00 Prohibition and The Quad Cities Vice Lord, John Looney
09:31 The Charlie Birger Gang and Little Egypt
22:11 The "King of the Bootleggers" and a loophole in the Volstead Act
This episode will be released on YouTube June 21.
By September of 1944, the Western Allies had broken out of the Normandy beachehead, and suddenly and quickly moved across northern France . By September 7th, the 90th division was stretched across the northern sector on Patton’s Third Army’s left, advancing slowly northeast. As they did so the German defenders made a risky attack in an effort to spoil the allied advance, cutting through Allied lines in a surprise action at the small town of Mairy-Mannville.