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Hitler’s War on Poland: Countdown to Armageddon (Part 1)

Hitler’s War on Poland: Countdown to Armageddon (Part 1)

Released Monday, 13th January 2025
 2 people rated this episode
Hitler’s War on Poland: Countdown to Armageddon (Part 1)

Hitler’s War on Poland: Countdown to Armageddon (Part 1)

Hitler’s War on Poland: Countdown to Armageddon (Part 1)

Hitler’s War on Poland: Countdown to Armageddon (Part 1)

Monday, 13th January 2025
 2 people rated this episode
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Following the Munich agreement of September 1938, Nazi troops marched into Czechoslovakia and ruthlessly claimed it as a German protectorate. Still, even following his annexation of Czechoslovakia, Hitler’s determination to make Germany the greatest power in Europe was far from sated. Thus, hungry for war and keenly conscious of Germany’s fast imploding economic situation, his mind had turned by the beginning of 1939 to his next unfortunate target: Poland. And it was not only defeat that he envisaged this time, but Polish liquidation. But, with both the Poles and British becoming increasingly wary of Germany's growing assertiveness and militarism, in March 1939 they and France forged a military alliance. Enraged by this, Hitler finalised his plans for the conquest of Poland. In an unexpected turn of events, he also went in search of an unlikely ally of his own to counter the new alliance from which he was smarting: Russia’s Joseph Stalin, the Nazis’ ideological antagonist…Join Tom and Dominic for the appalling story of the build up to Hitler’s genocidal war on Poland. Was it possible that even at this inflamed juncture, war could still have been prevented?_______Twitter:@TheRestHistory@holland_tom@dcsandbrookProducer: Theo Young-SmithAssistant Producer: Tabby Syrett + Aaliyah AkudeEditor: Jack MeekExecutive Producers: Jack Davenport + Tony PastorLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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