The History of WWII Podcast
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Episode 31-Paris falls.
Paris falls. June 5th – 13th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 30-The End of Dunkirk.
Rescue operations come to a close as the Germans advance on the Allied perimeter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 29-June 2nd. Massed ships.
British civilians help rescue troops from Dunkirk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 28-The Miracle.
The “Miracle” part of Dunkirk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 27-29th May.
The clouds and smoke roll away and Dunkirk is exposed to the Luftwaffe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 26-Dunkirk, Part 2.
The anxious British troops wait on the beaches and the Mole to be rescued. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 25-Dunkirk, Part 1.
The British, seemingly pushed into the sea, organize to save their troops to fight another day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 24-The panzers reach the coast.
Allied forces in Belgium are cut off as the German panzers reach the coast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 23-The French 9th Army is destroyed.
Rommel crosses the Meuse north of Sedan and helps destroy the French 9th Army. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 22-German panzers attack through the Ardennes.
German panzers attack through the Ardennes, head for the Meuse River and the town of Sedan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 21-The fall of France, Part 2.
The invasion of Holland and Belgium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 20-China 1937 to 1940.
China 1937-40 and Mao Biography. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 19-The Long March w/ Laszlo
The Long March, 1934-1935. Mao and the Chinese Communist Party are saved by running through the mountains and jungles, fleeing from Chiang Kai-shek and his Nationalist troops. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 18-The fall of France, Part 1.
The Phony War has undermined what eagerness there was to fight Germany. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 17-The fall of Denmark and Norway.
Landlocked Denmark surrenders, but Norway resists. The British try to help but are not organized or equipped properly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 16-The Phony War and Finland’s defeat.
The Allies wait for Hitler and Stalin uses the war to attack Finland. But the Soviet Army is far from ready. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 15-The fall of Poland.
Hitler’s bluffing to gain an empire is over. He will have to fight from now on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 14-The last days of peace.
Diplomatic wrangling rages over Europe during the summer of 1939. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 13-The line is drawn.
Britain and France are finished giving in to Hitler. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 12-Appeasement.
Hitler’s sabre rattling earns him Austria and the Munich Agreement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 11-Europe 1933 to 1937.
Europe 1933-1937: Ethiopia, Rhineland, Spanish Civil War. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 10-The Nazification of Germany.
The Nazi Party implements Hitler’s vision as written in Mein Kampf. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 9-Hitler takes on the World.
Hitler, now in power, removes his enemies and defies the international community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 8-Japan’s China policy?
Japan struggles to define its policy on China, but events take the decision out the military’s hands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 7-Japan expands into China.
Japan continues to expand their operations into China and find themselves facing Chairman Mao, backed by the Soviet Union and Chiang Kai Shek. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 6-Japan, 1853-1936.
Japan is opened up to western ways, but the government loses control of the military. Covers from 1853 to 1936. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 5-Il Duce (The Leader)
Episode covers the first 10 years of Mussolini as Dictator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 4-Mussolini 1918 to 1922.
Episode covers Mussolini from the end of WWI to his being elevated to power. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 3-Early life of Mussolini.
Episode covers the early life of Mussolini. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 2-Nazi Politics, 1929-1933
Episode covers German politics and the rise of the Nazi Party from the Great Depression until Hitler comes to power in January 1933. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 1-Rise of the Nazi Party
This episode covers Germany from the end of World War I to the advent of The Great Depression. REFERENCES: The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William ShirerDelivered From Evil by Robert LeckieThe Rising Sun by John TolandMussolini by R.J.B. Bosworth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices