Hitler’s War on Poland: Countdown to Armageddon (TRIH ep 530, part 1)
1939 · Resource
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace the late-1930s escalation from Nazi foreign successes to open conquest. They open with Hermann Göring's New Year 1939 address and discuss why Hitler remained popular despite repression. The hosts explain the economic pressures driving Nazi expansion, Hitler’s ideological urgency, and his dissatisfaction after Munich.
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Around 1939
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- Battle of Stalingrad (1942)
- Great Depression (1929)
- Battle of Britain (1940)
- The Holocaust (1933)
- Apartheid (1948)
- Chinese Civil War (resumed) (1945)
- Manhattan Project (1942)
- World War II (1939)
- Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany (1933)