History of the Second World War

Stalin rises to complete power in the Soviet Union, and the Red Army goes through major changes during the 1920s. Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Season 3 begins with the story of a young man from Georgia, Joseph Stalin. Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Even though the September Campaign was over, for the people of Poland the war had just begun. https://surveymonkey.com/r/airwave Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The September Campaign was over, this episode evaluates the performance of some of its participants. Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the last days of September and early October the final organized resistance in Poland ended. Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the final days of September the Capital of Poland would finally surrender to German troops. Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After the invasion by the Soviet Union, for the remaining pockets of resistance all over Poland it was only a matter of time. Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just when it looked like things could not get worse for Poland the Soviets would invade. Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

By the end of the second week of the invasion the Germans were closing in on Warsaw. Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the Polish defense collapsing throughout Poland, on September 9th the remnants of Army Poznan and Pomorze would launch Poland's largest counterattack of the campaign. Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While they now had allies in the war against Germany, things were not going well in Poland. Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the British and French now in the war they could come to the rescue of the Poles....maybe? British Cabinet Papers: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/cabinet-gov/cab65-second-world-war-conclusions.htm Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After the start of the German invasion, Poland would place their faith in their allies of Western Europe who would not immediately enter the war. Discussion of the change in the Membership Program: https://www.patreon.com/posts/time-for-change-74730428 Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Southern Poland the most important target of the German invasion was Krakow. Discussion of the change in the Membership Program: https://www.patreon.com/posts/time-for-change-74730428 Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The primary point of German focus would be an attack by Army Group South targeting the area between Army Poznan and Army Lodz. Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the Polish Corridor Army Pomorze had the unenviable task of defending not just an attack by one, but two, German armies. Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We begin our story of the defense of Poland by starting in the north with the hopeless defense of Danzig and the Baltic sea coast before moving further east to Army Modlin north of Warsaw. Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 1, 1939. Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On August 31st Europe was just hours away from the Second German Invasion of Poland. Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A brief look at some of the equipment and organization of the German Army that would move into Poland in September 1939. Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have talked quite a bit about Poland the last few episodes, time to check in on the Germans. Sources mentioned in the last few minutes of the episode: Unsigned Memorandum: https://archive.org/details/documentsongerma0007unse/page/200/mode/2up 170th Day of Trial of German Major War Criminals: http://nizkor.com/hweb/imt/tgmwc/tgmwc-18/tgmwc-18-170-03.shtml Colonel General Halder Notes: https://archive.org/details/documentsongerma0007unse/page/556/mode/2up?view=theater Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Due to the reality of Poland's position in 1939, there were no great options, and the actions of others would force them into an even worse position. Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Throughout the 1930s Poland would prepare for war. Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On September 1, 1939 the German Wehrmacht would begin their invasion of Poland. But before we get there, we need to look at Interwar Poland. During this episode we will look at developments in Polish internal politics and foreign relations. Sources: - Case White: The Invasion of Poland 1939 by Rober Forczyk - Poland 1939: The Outbreak of World War II by Roger Moorhouse - Appeasement: Chamberlain, Hitler, Churchill and the Road to War by Tim Bouverie - The Origins of the Second World War: An International Perspective Edited by Frank McDonough - The Polish Campaign 1939 by Steven Zaloga and Victor Madej - The Foreign Policy of Jozef Pilsudski and Jozef Beck, 1926-1939: Misconceptions and Interpretations by Anna M. Cienciala - The French Government and the Danzig Crisis: The Italian Dimension by P.R. Stafford - Reflections from Rumania and Beyond: Marshal Smigly-Rydz in Exile by Stanley S. Seidner - Macht Arbeit Frei? Chapter: The War against Poland and the Beginning of German Economic Policy in the Occupied Territory by Witold Wojciech Medykowski - Poland Between the Wars, 1918-1939 Edited by Peter D. Stachura - Poland's Preparation for World War Two by Michael Alfred Peszke - The Rebirth and Progress of the Polish Military During the Interwar Years by Jacek Czarnecki - The Eastern Pact, 1933-1935: A Last Attempt at European Co-operation by Lisanne Radice (1977) - The Lights that Failed: European International History 1919-1933 by Zara Steiner - Agreement of Mutual Assistance between the United Kingdom and Poland, August 25, 1939. - Blitzkrieg Unleashed by Richard Hargreaves - The Great Powers and Poland: From Versailles to Yalta by Jan Karski - The History of the Panzerwaffe Volume 1: 1939-42 by Thomas Anderson - September Storm: The German Invasion of Poland by Gordon Rottman & Stephen Andrew - Britain and Poland, 1939-1943: The Betrayed Ally by Anita J. Prazmowska - March 1939: The British Guarantee to Poland - A Study in the Continuity of British Foreign Policy by Simon Newman (1976) - Poland 1939: The birth of Blitzkrieg by Steven J. Zaloga - The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer - Various Documents from the British Cabinet Papers, particularly CAB 55/19/15, CAB 65/1, CAB 65/3, and CAB 66/1 - Documents on German Foreign Policy 1918-1945 - Reflections from Rumania and Beyond: Marshal Smigly-Rydz in Exile by Stanley S. Seidner - The British War Blue Book: Documents Concerning German-Polish Relations and the Outbreak of Hostilities Between Great Britain and Germany on September 3, 1939 - The French Yellow Book: Diplomatic Documents (1938-1939) Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It has been 107 episodes, so for one episode I will take a step back and try and summarize some of the themes and events of all of the Interwar episodes before we jump into the fighting in Europe in September 1939. Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On August 23rd an important step would be taken that would completely shift the balance of power in Europe: Germany and the Soviet Union had signed a nonaggression pact. Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There was always the option of getting the band back together, the three amigos joining forces once again to fighter Germany. Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Everybody was preparing for war in their own way Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the years before the war Italy would bring itself closer and closer into the German orbit, but then as the war began it would back away. Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All around Europe smaller nations would be stuck in a rough spot. Also, at sea replenishment? Amphibious operations? Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In August 1939, the Red Army would unleash an offensive that the Japanese did not expect, and would be incapable of defending against. Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With both sides deciding to bring in more resources to defend their definition of the border, the Japanese decide to launch an attack in early July, 1939. Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Matthew Powell joins the podcast to discuss tactical air power during the interwar years. Author of: The Development of British Tactical Air Power, 1940-1943: A History of Army Co-operation Command https://twitter.com/tac_air_power Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The summer of 1939, near the Mongolian village of Nomonhan, would see the largest clash between the Soviet Union and Japan of the interwar years, and it would have important ramifications for relations between the two nations as the world was rapidly descending into war. Sources: Anti-Russian and Anti-Soviet Subversion: The Caucasian-Japanese Nexus, 1904-1945 by Hiroaki Kuromiya and Georges Mamoulia Japanese Geopolitics and the Mongol Lands, 1915-1945 by Li Narangoa Khalkin-Gol: The Forgotten War by Amnon Sella The Lake Khasan Affair of 1938: Overview and Lessons by Alvin D. Coox (1973) Soviet-Japanese Confrontation in Outer Mongolia: The Battle of Nomonhan-Khalkin Gol by Larry W. Moses (1967 Nomonhan: Japan Against Russia, 1939 by Alvin D. Coox Nomonhan, 1939: The Red Army's Victory That Shaped World War II by Stuart D. Goldman Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During 1938 the border tensions between the Soviet Union and Japan would explode on the hill of Changkufeng near Lake Khasan. Sources: Anti-Russian and Anti-Soviet Subversion: The Caucasian-Japanese Nexus, 1904-1945 by Hiroaki Kuromiya and Georges Mamoulia Japanese Geopolitics and the Mongol Lands, 1915-1945 by Li Narangoa Khalkin-Gol: The Forgotten War by Amnon Sella The Lake Khasan Affair of 1938: Overview and Lessons by Alvin D. Coox (1973) Soviet-Japanese Confrontation in Outer Mongolia: The Battle of Nomonhan-Khalkin Gol by Larry W. Moses (1967 Nomonhan: Japan Against Russia, 1939 by Alvin D. Coox Nomonhan, 1939: The Red Army's Victory That Shaped World War II by Stuart D. Goldman Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As tensions in Europe continued to increase, Hungary would be provided with opportunities to settle its own scores. Remember, Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/WW2HISTORY to take ownership over your health and pick up the ultimate daily nutritional insurance! Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During this episode we dive into the story of one of the smaller players in European politics during the interwar years, Hungary. Be sure to check out World War II On Topic from the National World War II Museum: World War II On Topic | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans (nationalww2museum.org) Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author of The Next War in the Air Britains Fear of the Bomber 1908-1941 Also the author of an upcoming book _Home Fires Burning: Emotion, Spectacle, and Britain’s First War from the Air_ Find more of Dr. Holman's work at Airminded Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During the 1930s the RAF would spend a lot of time and effort trying to make its dreams a reality. Remember, Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/WW2HISTORY to take ownership over your health and pick up the ultimate daily nutritional insurance! Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Italian and German air forces enter the war at very different points of their interwar evolution. One of was fading from power, the other was at its zenith. Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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In which we look at the development of air power theory and capabilities in several nations that will be very important to the future course of events. Remember, Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/WW2HISTORY to take ownership over your health and pick up the ultimate daily nutritional insurance! Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A major topic of conversation during the interwar years was the ideas, power, and future of strategic bombing. Contact [email protected] to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices