A history podcast dedicated to examining the global history of the 1920s and 30s in order to explain the causes of World War II, both large and small. As you might imagine, there’s a lot of ground to cover just to contextualize how the conflict got so out of control. If you love historical deep-dives and play-by-plays of nations in way over their collective heads, this is the show for you. Best niche history podcast out there! PROTIP: If you’re a new listener and are hopelessly confused by me bouncing from topic to topic, the scope of this show has kinda gotten away from me over the years. I have included an index of miniseries in the description of Episode 1 to provide a guide for what I’ve covered so far.
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Sunday Mar 28, 2021
Sunday Mar 28, 2021
With revolution gripping Germany, the nation's establishment turned desperate. They unleashed the Freikorps, paramilitary units composed of angry and embittered veterans returning home, all across Germany. What resulted was a nightmare of retribution as the soldiers not only fought to prevent Socialism from taking root, but also took out their frustrations from losing WWI on their own people.
Bibliography for this episode:
- Evans, Richard The Coming of the Third Reich Penguin Books, 2003
- Peukert, Detlev The Weimar Republic Suhrkamp Verlag am Main, 1987
- Harman, Chris The Lost Revolution, Germany 1918 to 1923 Haymarket Books 2017
- Weitz, Eric Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy Princeton University Press 2007
- Jones, Nigel The Birth of the Nazis Constable & Robinson Ltd 2004
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