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December 5, 2019

Conrad Loses His Job – Nivelle’s Coup I THE GREAT WAR Week 136

Over the past few months we’ve seen political shakeups and changes in the High Commands of pretty much all of the warring nations. Hirings, firings, and devious machinations. And another big one came this week, when the French tried to take control of the British Army. I’m Indy Neidell; welcome to the Great War. Last week the British attacked Ottoman...

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December 5, 2019

The End of Polish Democracy – Pilsudski and the Sanacja Regime | BETWEEN 2 WARS | 1935 Part 2 of 4

Hitler will call it “a so-called state lacking every national, historical, historical, cultural and moral foundation.” Molotov will call it “the monstrous bastard of the Peace of Versailles”. Keynes will call it “an economic impossibility whose only industry is Jew-baiting”. Others will call it “a farce” or “pathological” or “a historical failure”. The country these people are all talking about...

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December 5, 2019

Australia’s Darkest Hour – The Battle of Fromelles I THE GREAT WAR – Week 104

You have plans. Specific plans for a limited specific battle, and you’re prepared for it. But the big day draws near and as it does, you expand those plans, and expand them again until they are now the realm of fantasy. Careful, because once you begin planning fantasies in wartime, you can only be disappointed. I’m Indy Neidell; welcome to...

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December 3, 2019

TYT CNN Protest Update – What To Bring?

arsenal guess repurposed gonna of c_n_n_ headquarters new york uh… atlanta or comment for you okay now that we started this yesterday and we said we want to get uh… you know some people out there and let uh… the news media now on what the country on what our politicians now that weren’t pero public option uh… that is...

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November 30, 2019

In Dire Straits – Russia on Austro-Hungary’s Doorstep I THE GREAT WAR Week 24

A few months ago we saw the devastation that followed when the war in both the east and the west became bogged down in the muds of the autumn, and this week, as the new year gets going, we see the new challenges and above all the new horrors that modern war brings when it becomes a war in the...

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November 30, 2019

The Russian October Revolution 1917 I THE GREAT WAR Week 172

Each episode of this show begins with a hook; something that hasn’t happened so far in the war, but not today. This week’s episode begins with a hook that has happened before, in fact, it happened only eight months ago – revolution in Russia. I’m Indy Neidell; welcome to the Great War. Last week, the Central Powers breakthrough on the...

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November 30, 2019

YouTube Star Sponsors The Fastest Rising Football Club in England

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November 27, 2019

The True Story of 6 Remarkable Sisters

This video is supported by The Great Courses Plus. [DAVID] “I’m normal, my wife is normal, but my daughters are which more foolish than the other. Nancy writes lies about me, Diana’s the most hated woman in the country, Jessica’s missing off the face of the earth, and Unity is in the arms of… Hitler!” The Mitfords were you’re perfectly...

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November 27, 2019

Cadorna Snatches Defeat From The Jaws of Victory I THE GREAT WAR Week 108

In war, you can often thank your commander for his skill, when you win a battle. But don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched, because that commander can often snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. I’m Indy Neidell; welcome to the Great War. Last week, the Italian Front came alive and the Italians broke through the Austro-Hungarian forces to...

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November 27, 2019

Most Germans Reject Hitler – Politics in Weimar Germany | BETWEEN 2 WARS I 1932 Part 2 of 4

as the Germans go to the polling booths in July 1932 little did they know that they were about to take the first step towards abolishing their own democracy for even large parts of the majority that are not going to vote for Adolphe Hitler and his Nazi Party are still about to vote in to power a parliament that...

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