History of the Second World War

By Wesley Livesay

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, ... more

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January 05, 202278: 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.

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The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy by Adam Tooze
War and Economy in the Third Reich by R.J. Overy
The Wehrmacht and German Rearmament by Wilhelm Deist
The Third Reich and Yugoslavia: An Economcy of Fear, 1933-1941 by Perica Hadzi-Jovancic
Hitler A Biography
Hitler's Eagles by Chris McNab
Quest for Decisive Victory: From Stalemate to Blitzkrieg in Europe, 1899-1940 by Robert M. Citino
The Blitzkrieg Myth by John Mosier
The Path to Blitzkrieg: Doctrine and Training in the German Army, 1920-1939 by Robert M. Citino
1930s German Doctrine: A Manifestation of Operational Art by Tal Tovy
The Blitzkrieg Myth: How Hitler and the Allies Misread the Strategic Realities of World War II by John Mosier
The Origin of the Term "Blitzkrieg": Another View by William J. Fanning Jr.
Storm of Steel: The Development of Armor Doctrine in Germany and the Soviet Unition 1919-1939 by Mary R. Habeck
Hitler's Eagles by Chris McNab
Military Innovation in the Interwar Period Edited By Williamson Murray and Allan R. Millett
Ship-of-the-Line or Atlantic Raider? Battleship Bismarck Between Design Limitations and Naval Strategy by Timothy P. Mulligan
Strategy for Defeat the Luftwaffe 1933-1945 by Williamson Murray
Battleship Bismarck: A Design and Operational History by William H. Garzke Jr., Robert O. Dulin Jr., and William Jurens

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December 29, 2021 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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31min
December 22, 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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28min
December 15, 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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22min
December 13, 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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28min
December 02, 2021 73: The Munich Agreement Pt. 5 - We had no other choice....
...because we were left alone.

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25min
November 24, 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 these conversations originated in London during conversations that would occur in late August

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November 22, 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 for the first time in 20 years they had been pushed to what felt like the brink of a European wide war.

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26min
November 10, 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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24min
October 27, 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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