History of the Second World War
History of the Second World War is a weekly podcast which will cover World War 2, beginning with the tumultuous years after the First World War, continuing into the descent into war during the 1930s, through the war years, and then into the post war aftermath.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 307
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
79: Germany Prepares for War Pt. 2 - The Plan
Preparing for war is a delicate balance of short and long term preparations, but not everybody in Germany agreed about what those should be.
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00:28:33 |
Wed 12 Jan 2022
78: Germany Prepares for War Pt. 1 - Overview
In 1936 Germany began to seriously prepare for a future conflict, and almost immediately began to run into some economic problems.
Sources:
The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the …
00:32:20 |
Wed 05 Jan 2022
77: The Munich Agreement Pt. 9 - Aftermath
The Munich Agreement had been signed, the territory transfers had started, it was time for the whole area to calm down....right?
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00:30:11 |
Wed 29 Dec 2021
76: The Munich Agreement Pt. 8 - The Munich Agreement
On September 30th, just before 2AM, the Munich Agreement was signed. Territory transfers were scheduled to begin less than 24 hours later.
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00:27:57 |
Wed 22 Dec 2021
75: The Munich Agreement Pt. 7 - To the Brink
It seemed clear that nobody wanted to force the government in Prague to accept the Godesberg Memorandum and its demands, and war loomed on the horizon.
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00:21:45 |
Wed 15 Dec 2021
74: The Munich Agreement Pt. 6 - I Am Altering the Deal
Chamberlain would triumphantly arrive at Bad Godesberg with the agreements from Prague in hand, the Munich Crisis was now over....and then it absolutely was not.
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00:27:31 |
Mon 13 Dec 2021
73: The Munich Agreement Pt. 5 - We had no other choice....
...because we were left alone.
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00:24:20 |
Thu 02 Dec 2021
72: The Munich Agreement Pt. 4 - Plan Z
One of the major events leading up to the Munich agreement was a series of two personal conversations between the British Prime Minister Nivelle Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler. The original idea for th…
00:24:01 |
Wed 24 Nov 2021
71: The Munich Agreement Pt. 3 - The Summer of 1938
After the events of May and the phantom invasion and Czechoslovakian mobilization, the overall vibe in the area was tense. It also had a real effect on many governmental ministers all over Europe as …
00:25:27 |
Mon 22 Nov 2021
70: The Munich Agreement Pt. 2 - The May Crisis
In May 1938 a rumor would begin circulating, based on intelligence gathered by Czechoslovak and British sources, that Germany was about to launch an invasion.
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00:23:38 |
Wed 10 Nov 2021
69: The Munich Agreement Pt. 1 - Background
On September 30, 1938 one of the more controversial events of the interwar period would occur. But first, some background.
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00:24:05 |
Wed 27 Oct 2021
68: The Third Republic Pt. 8 - The French Army
We have talked about the Maginot Line and rearmament, now it is time to look at what the French army was planning to do.
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00:27:32 |
Wed 20 Oct 2021
67: The Third Republic Pt. 7 - Rearmament
If France wanted to compete militarily with the growing power of Germany, it was going to have to start a serious effort to rearm itself.
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00:26:35 |
Wed 13 Oct 2021
23: A Naval Chat with Dr. Alexander Clarke
Usually these interviews start with a topic and go from there, but in this case I was joined by Dr. Alexander Clarke for a wide ranging discussion on naval history. We talked about the Royal Navy, th…
00:59:02 |
Sun 10 Oct 2021
66: The Third Republic Pt. 6 - Political Cleanup
In the last years before the war there were many different concerns in Paris, honestly too many to cover in one episode, but this episode discusses a few of them.
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00:26:47 |
Wed 06 Oct 2021
22: The Politics of Veteran's Benefits with Dr. Crotty, Dr. Diamant, and Dr. Edele
After the wars were over, there were millions of veterans and each nation and each group of veterans found themselves in different positions. In this interview I was joined by Dr. Martin Crotty, Dr. …
01:00:00 |
Sun 03 Oct 2021
65: The Third Republic Pt. 5 - Popular Front in Power
With the victory of the Popular Front it was time to completely transform French society, to fix all of the problems they had identified in the previous years....right? RIGHT?!
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00:27:13 |
Thu 30 Sep 2021
64: The Third Republic Pt. 4 - Left Left Left Right Left
The events of February 6th 1934 would result in a new unity on the French Left, enter the Popular Front.
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00:21:25 |
Wed 22 Sep 2021
21: Fighter Pilot Nostalgia with Dr. Michael Hankins
Release Note: I was unable to record this week, so pulling forward this interview that was going to release later this year. In this interview I was joined by Dr. Michael Hankins to discuss Fighter P…
00:35:59 |
Wed 15 Sep 2021
63: The Third Republic Pt. 3 - France and Friends
Among the most important projects by France during the 1930s would be relations with other nations.
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00:24:20 |
Wed 08 Sep 2021
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