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When Russia left the First World War in 1918, the generals and politicians of the Central Powers were convinced that victory was in sight. Germany’s determination to end the war quickly resulted in the Ludendorff Spring Offensives that failed disastrously and within months the final cost of the war led to collapse not of Britain and France but of Germany and its allies.Explaining History is funded through advertising and donations. For more content, journalism and ideas, visit the Explaining His
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Rising living standards, new scientific innovation and a faith in progress were prevalent in America in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. However, social progress was segregated and enjoyed mainly by white Americans, creating the conditions of future conflict in the 1950s and 1960s.Explaining History is funded through advertising and donations. For more content, journalism and ideas, visit the Explaining History Patreon page here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=763386 Explaining H
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When President of the Reichbank and Economics Minister Hjalmar Schacht suggested slowing the pace of rearmament to Hitler in the mid 1930s, he was replaced by the ineffectual but loyal Herman Goering. A new policy to rearm Germany, the Four Year Plan was Hitler’s subsequent attempt to finally address the seemingly intractable problems of Germany’s war industries and economy.Explaining History is funded through advertising and donations. For more content, journalism and ideas, visit the Explainin
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The journey made by Vladimir Lenin in 1917 from Zurich to Petrograd was part of a German strategy to undermine its enemies from within. Previous attempts at subversion in the British Empire, specifically in Ireland had failed, and there was no way of knowing if Lenin would succeed. Creating chaos in Russia was as much as Germany could realistically hope for, but Russia’s withdrawal from the war was the ultimate result.Explaining History is funded through advertising and donations. For more conte
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At the start of the Second World War, India had several overlapping defence concerns and Britain sought to place more cost and responsibility on the government of India. This podcast explores the strategic crisis facing India at the commencement of the war.Explaining History is funded through advertising and donations. For more content, journalism and ideas, visit the Explaining History Patreon page here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=763386 Explaining History helps you understand the 20th Cent
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While the German Army prepared to seize Moscow, the longest siege of the war began at Leningrad on the Gulf of Finland. It would result in the deaths of over a million citizens and see the city completely cut off from Stalin’s control for much of the war. Explaining History helps you understand the 20th Century through critical conversations and expert interviews. We connect the past to the present. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe and share.▸ Support the Show & Get Exclusive ContentBecom
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An interventionist state, the capture of global markets and the destruction of economic opponents (Germany and Japan) and the loss of Britain’s economic world power saw America emerge as the wealthiest nation in world history from 1945 onwards. This prosperity would shape the hopes and ambitions of an entire generation.Explaining History is funded through advertising and donations. For more content, journalism and ideas, visit the Explaining History Patreon page here: https://www.patreon.com/use
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After a summer and autumn of devastating defeats at the hands of the Wehrmacht, the Red Army was finally able to inflict a major setback on Hitler’s forces just nine miles from Moscow itself. A combination of the Russian winter, Germany’s poor preparations and hardened Siberian divisions saw the first major German retreat of the war in December 1941.Explaining History is funded through advertising and donations. For more content, journalism and ideas, visit the Explaining History Patreon page he
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Following the unilateral declaration of war by the Viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow, in 1939 without consulting any of India’s political parties, longstanding political divisions deepened. The Indian Congress Party and the Muslim League began to agitate for their visions of the future.Explaining History is funded through advertising and donations. For more content, journalism and ideas, visit the Explaining History Patreon page here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=763386 Explaining History help
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In the half decade after the Second World War, the fortunes of America’s trade union movement declined and communist led trade unions were ostracised by the AFL and CIO. This was consistent with the broader shift towards the political right happening in America in the late 1940s.Explaining History is funded through advertising and donations. For more content, journalism and ideas, visit the Explaining History Patreon page here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=763386 Explaining History helps you u