History of the Second World War
By Wesley Livesay
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Dec 29, 2021
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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, through the war years, and then into the post war aftermath.
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Summary 2: Germany Prepares for War
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Summary 1: The Third Republic
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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176: The Invasion of Norway - The End and Beginning of Norwegian Resistance
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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175: The Invasion of Norway - The Recapture of Narvik
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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174: The Invasion of Norway - The Snows of Narvik
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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173: The Invasion of Norway - "Your troops haven't been defeated!"
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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172: The Invasion of Norway - Allied Reactions
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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171: The Invasion of Norway - The Naval Battles of Narvik
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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170: The Invasion of Norway Pt. 8 - Narvik
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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169: The Invasion of Norway Pt. 7 - Fight We Shall
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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American History Tellers: The Underground Railroad
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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168: The Invasion of Norway Pt. 6 - The Battle for Oslofjord
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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167: The Invasion of Norway Pt. 5 - Denmark, Kristiansand, Sola, and Trondheim
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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166: The Invasion of Norway Pt. 4 - The Gallant Glowworm
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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165: The Invasion of Norway Pt. 3 - Operation Weserübung
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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164: The Invasion of Norway Pt. 2 - British and French Invasion Plans
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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163: The Invasion of Norway Pt. 1 - The Altmark Incident
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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162: The Early War at Sea Pt. 12 - The 1940 Sea Change
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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161: The Early War at Sea Pt. 11 - Never Enough Boats
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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160: The Early War at Sea Pt. 10 - Opening U-Boat Moves
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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159: The Early War at Sea Pt. 9 - Finding U-Boats
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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158: The Early War at Sea Pt. 8 - The End of the Admiral Graf Spee
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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157: The Early War at Sea Pt. 7 - Admiral Graf Spee on a Rampage
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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156: The Early War at Sea Pt. 6 - Panzerschiffe
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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155: The Early War at Sea Pt. 5 - Danger Above and Below
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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154: The Early War at Sea Pt. 4 - Opening Moves
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Introducing AUSA’s Army Matters podcast
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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153: The Early War at Sea Pt. 3 - The Kriegsmarine
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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152: The Early War at Sea Pt. 2 - Building Big British Battleships
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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151: The Early War at Sea Pt. 1 - All Around the World
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Preview 12: Treaty Cruisers
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Preview 11: The Washington Naval Treaty
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Interview 29: Leyte Gulf: A New History of the World's Largest Sea Battle with Mark Stille
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Preview 10: The Imperial Japanese Navy
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Preview 9: The Victorious Royal Navy
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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150: The Winter War Pt. 8 - The End
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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149: The Winter War Pt. 7 - The Isthmus Grind
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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148: The Winter War Pt. 6 - The War in the North
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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147: The Winter War Pt. 5 - Suomussalmi
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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146: The Winter War Pt. 4 - Tolvajärvi
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Member Preview 8: Shattered Sword
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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145: The Winter War Pt. 3 - The Attack Begins
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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144: The Winter War Pt. 2 - Plans
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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143: The Winter War Pt. 1 - Nordic Defiance
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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142: The Baltic Takeover
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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141: The Soviet Union Pt. 11 - By Air and By Sea
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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140: The Soviet Union Pt. 10 - The Red Army
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Jun 17, 2023 |
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139: The Soviet Union Pt. 9 - The Military Purges
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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138: The Soviet Union Pt. 8 - The Great Purges
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May 31, 2023 |
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137: The Soviet Union Pt. 7 - The Other Five Year Plans
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May 24, 2023 |
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136: The Soviet Union Pt. 6 - Holodomor
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May 17, 2023 |
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135: The Soviet Union Pt. 5 - Collectivization in Action
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May 10, 2023 |
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134: The Soviet Union Pt. 4 - Collectivization
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May 03, 2023 |
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133: The Soviet Union Pt. 3 - The First Five Year Plan
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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132: The Soviet Union Pt. 2 - Stalin Comes to Power
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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131: The Soviet Union Pt. 1 - The Man from Saqartvelo
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Member Preview 7: Reichswehr Pt. 3
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Member Preview 6: Reichswehr Pt. 2
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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Member Preview 5: Reichswehr Pt. 1
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Member Preview 4: Polish-German Documents
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Member Preview 3: German-Soviet Relations
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Member Preview 2: The British Blue Book
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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Member Preview 1: The French Yellow Book
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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130: The September Campaign Pt. 22 - The Long War Ahead
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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129: The September Campaign Pt. 21 - The End
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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128: The September Campaign Pt. 20 - The Last Surrenders
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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127: The September Campaign Pt. 19 - The Fall of Warsaw
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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126: The September Campaign Pt. 18 - Mopping Up
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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125: The September Campaign Pt. 17 - A War on Two Fronts
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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124: The September Campaign Pt. 16 - The Advance on Warsaw
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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123: The September Campaign Pt. 15 - Battle of the Bzura
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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122: The September Campaign Pt. 14 - Collapse
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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121: The September Campaign Pt. 13 - A Disappointing Start
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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120: The September Campaign Pt. 12 - Poland's Allies
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Nov 27, 2022 |
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119: The September Campaign Pt. 11 - The Southern Front
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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118: The September Campaign Pt. 10 - The Central Front
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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117: The September Campaign Pt. 9 - Army Pomorze
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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116: The September Campaign Pt. 8 - Danzig and Army Modlin
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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115: The September Campaign Pt. 7 - September 1, 1939
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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114: The September Campaign Pt. 6 - The Last Days of Peace
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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113: The September Campaign Pt. 5 - Panzers
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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112: The September Campaign Pt. 4 - Fall Weiss
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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111: The September Campaign Pt. 3 - Justifiable Bad Choices
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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110: The September Campaign Pt. 2 - Polish Rearmament
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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109: The September Campaign Pt. 1 - Poland
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Sep 04, 2022 |
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108: Interwar Reflections
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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107: Highway to the Danger Zone Pt. 5 - Gonna Take It Right Into the Danger Zone
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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106: Highway to the Danger Zone Pt. 4 - The Hotter the Intensity
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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105: Highway to the Danger Zone Pt. 3 - The Further on the Edge
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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104: Highway to the Danger Zone Pt. 2 - Always Where I Burn to Be
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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103: Highway to the Danger Zone Pt. 1 - Out Along the Edges
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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102: Nomonhan Pt. 4 - Disaster on the Holsten
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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101: Nomonhan Pt. 3 - July Attacks
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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28: Close Air Support with Dr. Matthew Powell
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Jun 26, 2022 |
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100: Nomonhan Pt. 2 - Opening Phases
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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99: Nomonhan Pt. 1 - Changkufeng
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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98: Hungary Pt. 2 - Expansion
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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97: Hungary Pt. 1 - Eastern European Outcast
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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27: First World War Bombing Raids with Dr. Brett Holman
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May 29, 2022 |
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96: Interwar Airpower Pt. 5 - Schemes and Dreams
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May 25, 2022 |
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95: Interwar Airpower Pt. 4 - Axis of Airpower
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May 18, 2022 |
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Presenting - History Daily
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May 15, 2022 |
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94: Interwar Airpower Pt. 3 - National Overviews
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May 11, 2022 |
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93: Interwar Airpower Pt. 2 - Where do you expect us to go when the bombs fall?
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May 04, 2022 |
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92: Interwar Airpower Pt. 1 - So Close Yet So Far
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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91: The British Empire Pt. 6 - The Approach of War
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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90: The British Empire Pt. 5 - Army of Empire
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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89: The British Empire Pt. 4 - Rearmament
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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26: 1930s Britain with Dr. Alan Allport
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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88: The British Empire Pt. 3 - Mare Nostrum
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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87: The British Empire Pt. 2 - The Other Side of the World
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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86: The British Empire Pt. 1 - Domestic Politics
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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25: The Vickers MG Collection & Research Association with Rich Fisher
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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85: The Night of Broken Glass
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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84: Germany Prepares for War Pt. 7 - Influences and Decisions
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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83: Germany Prepared for War Pt. 6 - The Luftwaffe
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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24: Hindenburg, Ludendorff, and Hitler with Alex Clifford
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Feb 06, 2022 |
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82: Germany Prepares for War Pt. 5 - More Boats
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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81: Germany Prepares for War Pt. 4 - All About Them Boats
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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80: Germany Prepares for War Pt. 3 - Running on Fumes
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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79: Germany Prepares for War Pt. 2 - The Plan
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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78: Germany Prepares for War Pt. 1 - Overview
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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77: The Munich Agreement Pt. 9 - Aftermath
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Dec 29, 2021 |
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76: The Munich Agreement Pt. 8 - The Munich Agreement
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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75: The Munich Agreement Pt. 7 - To the Brink
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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74: The Munich Agreement Pt. 6 - I Am Altering the Deal
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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73: The Munich Agreement Pt. 5 - We had no other choice....
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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72: The Munich Agreement Pt. 4 - Plan Z
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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71: The Munich Agreement Pt. 3 - The Summer of 1938
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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70: The Munich Agreement Pt. 2 - The May Crisis
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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69: The Munich Agreement Pt. 1 - Background
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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68: The Third Republic Pt. 8 - The French Army
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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67: The Third Republic Pt. 7 - Rearmament
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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23: A Naval Chat with Dr. Alexander Clarke
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Oct 10, 2021 |
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66: The Third Republic Pt. 6 - Political Cleanup
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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22: The Politics of Veteran's Benefits with Dr. Crotty, Dr. Diamant, and Dr. Edele
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Oct 03, 2021 |
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65: The Third Republic Pt. 5 - Popular Front in Power
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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64: The Third Republic Pt. 4 - Left Left Left Right Left
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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21: Fighter Pilot Nostalgia with Dr. Michael Hankins
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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63: The Third Republic Pt. 3 - France and Friends
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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62: The Third Republic Pt. 2 - The Shadow of Victory
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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61: The Third Republic Pt. 1 - The Maginot Line
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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20: Fascism in Interwar France with Dr. Chris Millington
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Aug 22, 2021 |
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60: Anschluss Pt. 4 - Operation Otto
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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59: Anschluss Pt. 3 - The February 1938 Meeting
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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58: Anschluss Pt. 2 - Hossbach Memorandum
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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57: Anschluss Pt. 1 - The Dreams of Greater Germany
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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Season 2 Introduction
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Jul 18, 2021 |
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56: Second Sino-Japanese War Pt. 7 - Sinking Deeper
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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55: Second Sino-Japanese War Pt. 6 - Death and Suffering in Nanking
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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54: Second Sino-Japanese War Pt. 5 - Failure and Retreat
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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53: Second Sino-Japanese War Pt. 4 - Battle for Shanghai
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May 26, 2021 |
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52: Second Sino-Japanese War Pt. 3 - Shanghai
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May 19, 2021 |
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51: Second Sino-Japanese War Pt. 2 - Moving South
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May 05, 2021 |
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50: Second Sino-Japanese War Pt. 1 - Background
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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49: The Spanish Civil War Pt. 14 - Legacy
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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48: Spanish Civil War Pt. 13 - The End of the Spanish Republic
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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47: The Spanish Civil War Pt. 12 - Disaster on the Ebro
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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46: The Spanish Civil War Pt. 11 - The Battle of Teruel
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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Spanish Civil War Interview Series 18: Memory and the Civil War with Tom Wardle
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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Spanish Civil War Interview Series 17: Antiauthoritarian Counterculture in Francoist Spain with Dr. Louie Dean Valencia
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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Spanish Civil War Interview Series 16: Civil War Veterans with Dr. Stephanie Wright
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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Intelligent Speech 2021
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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45: The Spanish Civil War Pt. 10 - The Battle of Brunete
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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Spanish Civil War Interview Series 15: British Foreign Office and the War with Stephen Rainbird
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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44: The Spanish Civil War Pt. 9 - Struggles for Power
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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Spanish Civil War Interview Series 14: Scotland and the Civil War with Fraser Raeburn
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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Spanish Civil War Interview Series 13: Military History with Dr. Charles Esdaile
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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43: The Spanish Civil War Pt. 8 - The War in the North
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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Spanish Civil War Interview Series 12: Prisoners in Francoist Spain with Jessica Thorne
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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Spanish Civil War Interview Series 11: Gender Violence in the Spanish Civil War with Charlotte Walmsley
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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42: The Spanish Civil War Pt. 7 - Jarama and Guadalajara
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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Spanish Civil War Interview Series 10: Milicianas with Jessica McIvor
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Jan 31, 2021 |
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Spanish Civil War Interview Series 9: Stalin's Niños with Dr. Karl Qualls
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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41: The Spanish Civil War Pt. 6 - International Involvement
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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Spanish Civil War Interview Series 8: Basque Children with Dr. Ed Packard
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Jan 24, 2021 |
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40: The Spanish Civil War Pt. 5 - Madrid
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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Spanish Civil War Interview Series 7: International Brigades with Alexander Clifford
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Jan 17, 2021 |
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Spanish Civil War Interview Series 6: British Public and the Civil War with Harry Taylor
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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39: The Spanish Civil War Pt. 4 - Disagreements
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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Spanish Civil War Interview Series 5: Cuban Antifascism with Dr. Ariel Lambe
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Jan 10, 2021 |
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38: The Spanish Civil War Pt. 3 - Violence
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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Spanish Civil War Interview Series 4: Transnational Anarchism with Dr. Morris Brodie
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Jan 03, 2021 |
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Spanish Civil War Interview Series 3: Spanish Anarchism during the Civil War with Dr. Danny Evans
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Dec 20, 2020 |
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37: The Spanish Civil War Pt. 2 - The Coup of July 1936
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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Spanish Civil War Interview Series 2: Asturian Revolution with Dr. Matthew Kerry
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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Spanish Civil War Interview Series 1: Spanish Anarchism with Dr. James Yeoman
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Dec 13, 2020 |
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Spanish Civil War Interview Series 0: Introduction
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Dec 13, 2020 |
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HMS Warspite with Iain Ballantyne
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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36: Spanish Civil War Pt. 1 - The Second Republic
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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35: The Second Italo-Ethiopian War Pt. 2 - Resolution
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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Special 1: HMS Warspite
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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34: The Second Italo-Ethiopian War Pt. 1 - Invasion
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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33: The Third Reich Pt. 19 - The Rhineland
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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32: The Third Reich Pt. 18 - Rearmament
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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31: The Third Reich Pt. 17 - Nuremberg Laws and the Saar
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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30: The Third Reich Pt. 16 - We Live in a Society
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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29: The Third Reich Pt. 15 - Control
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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28: The Third Reich Pt. 14 - Work Work Work
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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27: The Third Reich Pt. 13 - Show Me the Money
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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26: The Third Reich Pt. 12 - Night of the Long Knives
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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25: The Third Reich Pt. 11 - Changes
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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24: The Third Reich Pt. 10 - The Enabling Act
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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23: The Third Reich Pt. 9 - The Reichstag Fire
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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22: The Third Reich Pt. 8 - January 1933
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Aug 26, 2020 |
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21: The Third Reich Pt. 7 - "We Will Win Ourselves to Death"
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Aug 19, 2020 |
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20: The Third Reich Pt. 6 - The 1932 Presidential Election
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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19: The Third Reich Pt. 5 - The Election that Broke Germany
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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18: The Third Reich Pt. 4 - The Republic
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Jul 29, 2020 |
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17: The Third Reich Pt. 3 - The New Nazi Party
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Jul 22, 2020 |
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16: The Third Reich Pt. 2 - The Munich Years
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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15: The Third Reich Pt. 1 - The Austrian
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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14: The Great Depression Pt. 4 - Unemployment in Germany
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Jun 24, 2020 |
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13: The Great Depression Pt. 3 - London and Paris
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Jun 17, 2020 |
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12: The Great Depression Pt. 2 - The Depression
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Jun 10, 2020 |
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11: The Great Depression Pt. 1 - The Crash
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Jun 03, 2020 |
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10: Rise of Mussolini Pt. 4 - The Italian Fascist State
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May 27, 2020 |
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9: Rise of Mussolini Pt. 3 - Prime Minister Mussolini
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May 13, 2020 |
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8: Rise of Mussolini Pt. 2 - March on Rome
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May 06, 2020 |
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7: Rise of Mussolini Pt. 1 - Fascism
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Apr 29, 2020 |
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6: League of Nations Pt. 3 - Failure
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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5: League of Nations Pt. 2 - Around the World
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Apr 16, 2020 |
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4: League of Nations Pt. 1 - Foundations
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Apr 13, 2020 |
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3: The Paris Peace Conference
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Apr 12, 2020 |
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2: The War to End All Wars
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Apr 11, 2020 |
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1: Season 1 - Introduction
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Apr 06, 2020 |
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0: Introduction
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Apr 05, 2020 |