How can we understand the war in Ukraine in the light of European history over the past century? Is Putin a '20th-century Hitler' as some have called him? What are his aims, and how do they compare with those of the Nazis during the Second World War? Why are the Ukrainians resisting the Russian invasion so fiercely?

This lecture attempts to explain the nature of the current conflict by setting it in its historical and geopolitical context.

A lecture by Professor Sir Richard Evans

The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:
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