History of the Second World War

The Great Depression was a worldwide phenomenon, but in this episode we focus on just two states: France and Britain. Website Patreon Twitter Facebook Discord Email: [email protected] Sources China During the Great Depression: Market, State, and the World Economy, 1929-1937 by Tomoko Shiroyama Germany and the Great Depression by Dieter Petzina The Global Impact of the Great Depression: 1929-1939 by Dietmar Rothermund Japan and World Depression: Then and Now Edited By Ronald Dore and Radha Sinha The Failure of Economic Diplomacy: Britain, Germany, France and the United States 1931-36 by Patricia Clavin The Forgotten Man by Amity Shales The Great Crash of 1929 by John Kenneth Galbraith The Great Depression in Europe, 1929-1939 by Patricia Clavin The Politics of Depression in France 1923-1936 by Julian Jackson The Slump: Britain and the Great Depression by John Stevenson and Chris Cook The World in Depression 1929-1939 by Charles Kindleberger Unemployment and the Great Depression in Weimar Germany Edited By Peter D. Stachura The Gold Standard and the Great Depression by Barry Eichengreen and Peter Temin Life Expectancy during the Great Depression in Eleven European Countries by Tim A. Bruckner, Andrew Noymer, and Ralph A. Catalano The Origins and Nature of the Great Slump Revisited by Barry Eichengreen Socialism and Wages in the Recovery from the Great Depression in the United States and Germany by Peter Temin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the early 1930s the depression would spread around the globe. Website Patreon Twitter Facebook Discord Email: [email protected] Sources China During the Great Depression: Market, State, and the World Economy, 1929-1937 by Tomoko Shiroyama Germany and the Great Depression by Dieter Petzina The Global Impact of the Great Depression: 1929-1939 by Dietmar Rothermund Japan and World Depression: Then and Now Edited By Ronald Dore and Radha Sinha The Failure of Economic Diplomacy: Britain, Germany, France and the United States 1931-36 by Patricia Clavin The Forgotten Man by Amity Shales The Great Crash of 1929 by John Kenneth Galbraith The Great Depression in Europe, 1929-1939 by Patricia Clavin The Politics of Depression in France 1923-1936 by Julian Jackson The Slump: Britain and the Great Depression by John Stevenson and Chris Cook The World in Depression 1929-1939 by Charles Kindleberger Unemployment and the Great Depression in Weimar Germany Edited By Peter D. Stachura The Gold Standard and the Great Depression by Barry Eichengreen and Peter Temin Life Expectancy during the Great Depression in Eleven European Countries by Tim A. Bruckner, Andrew Noymer, and Ralph A. Catalano The Origins and Nature of the Great Slump Revisited by Barry Eichengreen Socialism and Wages in the Recovery from the Great Depression in the United States and Germany by Peter Temin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Great Depression would have many causes, this episode discusses two of them. Website Patreon Twitter Facebook Discord Email: [email protected] Sources China During the Great Depression: Market, State, and the World Economy, 1929-1937 by Tomoko Shiroyama Germany and the Great Depression by Dieter Petzina The Global Impact of the Great Depression: 1929-1939 by Dietmar Rothermund Japan and World Depression: Then and Now Edited By Ronald Dore and Radha Sinha The Failure of Economic Diplomacy: Britain, Germany, France and the United States 1931-36 by Patricia Clavin The Forgotten Man by Amity Shales The Great Crash of 1929 by John Kenneth Galbraith The Great Depression in Europe, 1929-1939 by Patricia Clavin The Politics of Depression in France 1923-1936 by Julian Jackson The Slump: Britain and the Great Depression by John Stevenson and Chris Cook The World in Depression 1929-1939 by Charles Kindleberger Unemployment and the Great Depression in Weimar Germany Edited By Peter D. Stachura The Gold Standard and the Great Depression by Barry Eichengreen and Peter Temin Life Expectancy during the Great Depression in Eleven European Countries by Tim A. Bruckner, Andrew Noymer, and Ralph A. Catalano The Origins and Nature of the Great Slump Revisited by Barry Eichengreen Socialism and Wages in the Recovery from the Great Depression in the United States and Germany by Peter Temin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Italy represented the first nation to come under the control of a Fascist government, and they would do everything in their power to keep it that way. Website Patreon Twitter Facebook Discord Email: [email protected] Sources Fascism in Italian Historiography: In Search of an Individual Historical Identity by Emilio Gentile Fascism, Industrialism, and Socialism: The Case of Italy by Albert Szymanski The Fascist Revolution in Italy: A Brief History in Documents by Marla Stone The Fiftieth year of the "March on Rome": Recent Interpretations of Fascism by Charles Keserich Italian Intellectuals Under Fascism by Emiliana P. Noether The Meaning of Fascism in Italy: Fifty Years After the Fall by Philip V. Cannestraro, Claudio G. Segre, Alexander De Grand, and Furo Columbo Mussolini's Italy by R.J.B. Bosworth The Force of Destiny: A History of Italy Since 1796 by Christopher Duggan The Seizure of Power: Fascism in Italy 1919-1929 by Adrian Lyttelton Austro-Marxist Interpretation of Fascism by Gerhard Botz The British Labour Press and Italian Fascism, 1922-25 by Charles Keserich Communist Theories of Fascism, 1920-1935 by John M. Cammett Fascinating Fascism by Jeffrey T. Schnapp Fascism and the French Revolution by George L. Mosse Fascism from below? A Comparative Perspective on the Japanese Right, 1931-1936 by Gregory J. Kasza Fascism, National Socialism and Conservatives in Europe, 1914-1945: Issues for Comparativists by Carl Levy Fascist Ideology: Territory and expansionism in Italy and Germany, 1922-1945 by Aristotle A. Kallis Fascists by Michael Mann The Five Stages of Fascism by Robert O. Paxton The Foreign Office and Fascism 1924-1929 by P.G. Edwards Introduction: The Genesis of Fascism by George L. Mosse How Not to Think about Fascism and Ideology, Intellectual Antecedents and Historical Meaning by David D. Roberts Interpretations of the Origins of Fascism by Roberto Vivarelli Italian Fascism: Whatever Happened to Dictatorship? by Paul Corner National Socialism: Totalitarianism or Fascism? by Wolfgang Sauer The Nature of Fascism by Roger Griffin The Origins and Nature of Fascism and Nazism in Europe by John Horne Pacifism, Feminism, and Fascism in Inter-War France by Sandi E. Cooper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After the March on Rome Mussolini would be made Prime Minister. Website Patreon Twitter Facebook Discord Email: [email protected] Sources Fascism in Italian Historiography: In Search of an Individual Historical Identity by Emilio Gentile Fascism, Industrialism, and Socialism: The Case of Italy by Albert Szymanski The Fascist Revolution in Italy: A Brief History in Documents by Marla Stone The Fiftieth year of the "March on Rome": Recent Interpretations of Fascism by Charles Keserich Italian Intellectuals Under Fascism by Emiliana P. Noether The Meaning of Fascism in Italy: Fifty Years After the Fall by Philip V. Cannestraro, Claudio G. Segre, Alexander De Grand, and Furo Columbo Mussolini's Italy by R.J.B. Bosworth The Force of Destiny: A History of Italy Since 1796 by Christopher Duggan The Seizure of Power: Fascism in Italy 1919-1929 by Adrian Lyttelton Austro-Marxist Interpretation of Fascism by Gerhard Botz The British Labour Press and Italian Fascism, 1922-25 by Charles Keserich Communist Theories of Fascism, 1920-1935 by John M. Cammett Fascinating Fascism by Jeffrey T. Schnapp Fascism and the French Revolution by George L. Mosse Fascism from below? A Comparative Perspective on the Japanese Right, 1931-1936 by Gregory J. Kasza Fascism, National Socialism and Conservatives in Europe, 1914-1945: Issues for Comparativists by Carl Levy Fascist Ideology: Territory and expansionism in Italy and Germany, 1922-1945 by Aristotle A. Kallis Fascists by Michael Mann The Five Stages of Fascism by Robert O. Paxton The Foreign Office and Fascism 1924-1929 by P.G. Edwards Introduction: The Genesis of Fascism by George L. Mosse How Not to Think about Fascism and Ideology, Intellectual Antecedents and Historical Meaning by David D. Roberts Interpretations of the Origins of Fascism by Roberto Vivarelli Italian Fascism: Whatever Happened to Dictatorship? by Paul Corner National Socialism: Totalitarianism or Fascism? by Wolfgang Sauer The Nature of Fascism by Roger Griffin The Origins and Nature of Fascism and Nazism in Europe by John Horne Pacifism, Feminism, and Fascism in Inter-War France by Sandi E. Cooper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In October 1922 the Fascists would take an important step, and they would stage a March on Rome. The results were as good as they could have possibly imagined. Website Patreon Twitter Facebook Discord Email: [email protected] Sources Fascism in Italian Historiography: In Search of an Individual Historical Identity by Emilio Gentile Fascism, Industrialism, and Socialism: The Case of Italy by Albert Szymanski The Fascist Revolution in Italy: A Brief History in Documents by Marla Stone The Fiftieth year of the "March on Rome": Recent Interpretations of Fascism by Charles Keserich Italian Intellectuals Under Fascism by Emiliana P. Noether The Meaning of Fascism in Italy: Fifty Years After the Fall by Philip V. Cannestraro, Claudio G. Segre, Alexander De Grand, and Furo Columbo Mussolini's Italy by R.J.B. Bosworth The Force of Destiny: A History of Italy Since 1796 by Christopher Duggan The Seizure of Power: Fascism in Italy 1919-1929 by Adrian Lyttelton Austro-Marxist Interpretation of Fascism by Gerhard Botz The British Labour Press and Italian Fascism, 1922-25 by Charles Keserich Communist Theories of Fascism, 1920-1935 by John M. Cammett Fascinating Fascism by Jeffrey T. Schnapp Fascism and the French Revolution by George L. Mosse Fascism from below? A Comparative Perspective on the Japanese Right, 1931-1936 by Gregory J. Kasza Fascism, National Socialism and Conservatives in Europe, 1914-1945: Issues for Comparativists by Carl Levy Fascist Ideology: Territory and expansionism in Italy and Germany, 1922-1945 by Aristotle A. Kallis Fascists by Michael Mann The Five Stages of Fascism by Robert O. Paxton The Foreign Office and Fascism 1924-1929 by P.G. Edwards Introduction: The Genesis of Fascism by George L. Mosse How Not to Think about Fascism and Ideology, Intellectual Antecedents and Historical Meaning by David D. Roberts Interpretations of the Origins of Fascism by Roberto Vivarelli Italian Fascism: Whatever Happened to Dictatorship? by Paul Corner National Socialism: Totalitarianism or Fascism? by Wolfgang Sauer The Nature of Fascism by Roger Griffin The Origins and Nature of Fascism and Nazism in Europe by John Horne Pacifism, Feminism, and Fascism in Inter-War France by Sandi E. Cooper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The rise of Fascism throughout Europe, beginning in Italy, would be an important catalyst for future events. Website Patreon Twitter Facebook Discord Email: [email protected] Sources Fascism in Italian Historiography: In Search of an Individual Historical Identity by Emilio Gentile Fascism, Industrialism, and Socialism: The Case of Italy by Albert Szymanski The Fascist Revolution in Italy: A Brief History in Documents by Marla Stone The Fiftieth year of the "March on Rome": Recent Interpretations of Fascism by Charles Keserich Italian Intellectuals Under Fascism by Emiliana P. Noether The Meaning of Fascism in Italy: Fifty Years After the Fall by Philip V. Cannestraro, Claudio G. Segre, Alexander De Grand, and Furo Columbo Mussolini's Italy by R.J.B. Bosworth The Force of Destiny: A History of Italy Since 1796 by Christopher Duggan The Seizure of Power: Fascism in Italy 1919-1929 by Adrian Lyttelton Austro-Marxist Interpretation of Fascism by Gerhard Botz The British Labour Press and Italian Fascism, 1922-25 by Charles Keserich Communist Theories of Fascism, 1920-1935 by John M. Cammett Fascinating Fascism by Jeffrey T. Schnapp Fascism and the French Revolution by George L. Mosse Fascism from below? A Comparative Perspective on the Japanese Right, 1931-1936 by Gregory J. Kasza Fascism, National Socialism and Conservatives in Europe, 1914-1945: Issues for Comparativists by Carl Levy Fascist Ideology: Territory and expansionism in Italy and Germany, 1922-1945 by Aristotle A. Kallis Fascists by Michael Mann The Five Stages of Fascism by Robert O. Paxton The Foreign Office and Fascism 1924-1929 by P.G. Edwards Introduction: The Genesis of Fascism by George L. Mosse How Not to Think about Fascism and Ideology, Intellectual Antecedents and Historical Meaning by David D. Roberts Interpretations of the Origins of Fascism by Roberto Vivarelli Italian Fascism: Whatever Happened to Dictatorship? by Paul Corner National Socialism: Totalitarianism or Fascism? by Wolfgang Sauer The Nature of Fascism by Roger Griffin The Origins and Nature of Fascism and Nazism in Europe by John Horne Pacifism, Feminism, and Fascism in Inter-War France by Sandi E. Cooper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During the 1920s and 1930s the League of Nations would have many issues when attempting to execute on one of its most important goals, disarmament. It would not be the only challenge that the League would face in the 1930s. Website Patreon Twitter Facebook Discord Email: [email protected] Sources: Global Community: The Role of International Organizations in the Making of the Contemporary World by Akira Iriye A History of the League of Nations by F.P Walters The Guardians: The League of Nations and the Crisis of Empire by Susan Pedersen In Pursuit of Equality and Respect: China's Diplomacy and the League of Nations by Alison Adcock Kaufman Collective Security as Political Myth: Liberal Internationalism and the League of Nations in Politics and History by George W. Egerton Transnationalism and the League of Nations: Understanding the Work of Its Economic and Financial Organization by Patrician Clavin and Jens-Wilhelm Wessels Getting Out of Iraq-in 1932: The League of Nations and the Road to Normative Statehood by Susan Pedersen A "Great Experiment" of the League of Nations Era: International Nongovernmental Organizations, Global Governance, and Democracy Beyond the State by Thomas Richard Davies The League of Nations Health Organisation and the Evolution of Transnational Public Health by Patricia Anne Sealey The League of Nations, International Terrorism, and British Foreign Policy, 1934-1938 by Michael D. Callahan Japan and the League of Nations: An Asian Power Encounters the "European Club" by Thomas W. Burkman Exporting Development: The League of Nations and Republican China by Margherita Zanasi The League of Nations and the Great Powers, 1936-1940 by Peter J. Beck The League of Nations and the Minorities Question by Carole Fink Imperialism and Sovereignty: The League of Nations' Drive to Control Global Arms Trade by David R. Stone The League of Nations, Public Ritual and National Identity in Britain, c. 1919-56 by Helen McCarthy The Legacies of Woodrow Wilson and the League of Nations in Russia by Alexander S. Khodnev Mapping the UN - League of Nations Analogy: Are There Still Lessons to be Learned from the League by Alexandru Grigorescu Minorities and the League of Nations in Interwar Europe by Mark Mazower The League of Nations and the Settlement of Disputes by Lorna Lloyd The Transnational Dream: Politicians, Diplomats and Soldiers in the League of Nations' Pursuit of International Disarmament, 1920-1939 by Andrew Webster Turkey's Entrance into the League of Nations by Yucel Guclu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Among its many goals the League of Nations hoped to oversee a new way for European colonialism to manifest around the world. Website Patreon Twitter Facebook Discord Email: [email protected] Sources: Global Community: The Role of International Organizations in the Making of the Contemporary World by Akira Iriye A History of the League of Nations by F.P Walters The Guardians: The League of Nations and the Crisis of Empire by Susan Pedersen In Pursuit of Equality and Respect: China's Diplomacy and the League of Nations by Alison Adcock Kaufman Collective Security as Political Myth: Liberal Internationalism and the League of Nations in Politics and History by George W. Egerton Transnationalism and the League of Nations: Understanding the Work of Its Economic and Financial Organization by Patrician Clavin and Jens-Wilhelm Wessels Getting Out of Iraq-in 1932: The League of Nations and the Road to Normative Statehood by Susan Pedersen A "Great Experiment" of the League of Nations Era: International Nongovernmental Organizations, Global Governance, and Democracy Beyond the State by Thomas Richard Davies The League of Nations Health Organisation and the Evolution of Transnational Public Health by Patricia Anne Sealey The League of Nations, International Terrorism, and British Foreign Policy, 1934-1938 by Michael D. Callahan Japan and the League of Nations: An Asian Power Encounters the "European Club" by Thomas W. Burkman Exporting Development: The League of Nations and Republican China by Margherita Zanasi The League of Nations and the Great Powers, 1936-1940 by Peter J. Beck The League of Nations and the Minorities Question by Carole Fink Imperialism and Sovereignty: The League of Nations' Drive to Control Global Arms Trade by David R. Stone The League of Nations, Public Ritual and National Identity in Britain, c. 1919-56 by Helen McCarthy The Legacies of Woodrow Wilson and the League of Nations in Russia by Alexander S. Khodnev Mapping the UN - League of Nations Analogy: Are There Still Lessons to be Learned from the League by Alexandru Grigorescu Minorities and the League of Nations in Interwar Europe by Mark Mazower The League of Nations and the Settlement of Disputes by Lorna Lloyd The Transnational Dream: Politicians, Diplomats and Soldiers in the League of Nations' Pursuit of International Disarmament, 1920-1939 by Andrew Webster Turkey's Entrance into the League of Nations by Yucel Guclu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Paris Peace Conference would result in the creation of the League of Nations, designed to foster communication and cooperation between all nations. Website Patreon Twitter Facebook Discord Email: [email protected] Sources: Global Community: The Role of International Organizations in the Making of the Contemporary World by Akira Iriye A History of the League of Nations by F.P Walters The Guardians: The League of Nations and the Crisis of Empire by Susan Pedersen In Pursuit of Equality and Respect: China's Diplomacy and the League of Nations by Alison Adcock Kaufman Collective Security as Political Myth: Liberal Internationalism and the League of Nations in Politics and History by George W. Egerton Transnationalism and the League of Nations: Understanding the Work of Its Economic and Financial Organization by Patrician Clavin and Jens-Wilhelm Wessels Getting Out of Iraq-in 1932: The League of Nations and the Road to Normative Statehood by Susan Pedersen A "Great Experiment" of the League of Nations Era: International Nongovernmental Organizations, Global Governance, and Democracy Beyond the State by Thomas Richard Davies The League of Nations Health Organisation and the Evolution of Transnational Public Health by Patricia Anne Sealey The League of Nations, International Terrorism, and British Foreign Policy, 1934-1938 by Michael D. Callahan Japan and the League of Nations: An Asian Power Encounters the "European Club" by Thomas W. Burkman Exporting Development: The League of Nations and Republican China by Margherita Zanasi The League of Nations and the Great Powers, 1936-1940 by Peter J. Beck The League of Nations and the Minorities Question by Carole Fink Imperialism and Sovereignty: The League of Nations' Drive to Control Global Arms Trade by David R. Stone The League of Nations, Public Ritual and National Identity in Britain, c. 1919-56 by Helen McCarthy The Legacies of Woodrow Wilson and the League of Nations in Russia by Alexander S. Khodnev Mapping the UN - League of Nations Analogy: Are There Still Lessons to be Learned from the League by Alexandru Grigorescu Minorities and the League of Nations in Interwar Europe by Mark Mazower The League of Nations and the Settlement of Disputes by Lorna Lloyd The Transnational Dream: Politicians, Diplomats and Soldiers in the League of Nations' Pursuit of International Disarmament, 1920-1939 by Andrew Webster Turkey's Entrance into the League of Nations by Yucel Guclu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After the First World War was over, the leaders of the victorious nations convened a Conference in Paris to determine what terms would be presented to their defeated enemies. Website Patreon Twitter Facebook Discord Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The First World War would cast a shadow over the next two decades, altering the course of nations. In this episode we discuss, in the briefest way I know how, the History of the Great War. Website Patreon Twitter Facebook Discord Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Season 1 of the podcast will be all about the much neglected interwar years. During this period there were many changes that are critical to understanding the start and course of the Second World War.WebsitePatreonTwitterFacebookDiscordEmail: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

History of the Second World War is a (mostly) weekly podcast that will cover the events of the Second World War in (rough) chronological order.WebsitePatreonTwitterFacebookDiscordEmail: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices