In September 1939, enabled by a secret pact between Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin, Germany invades Poland with its lightning style of tank warfare, plunging Europe back into war. Adolf Hitler can now pursue his longed-for racial war, as the world watches in horror, and the stage is set for global conflict.
This episode features interviews with (in order of appearance):
- Dan Carlin, podcaster, Hardcore History
- Alexandra Richie, professor, Collegium Civitas
- Robert Citino, senior historian, National WWII Museum
- Cameron Zinsou, associate professor, Command and General Staff College
- Geoffrey Wawro, professor, University of North Texas
- Jadwiga Biskupska, associate professor, Sam Houston State University
- Simon Sebag Montefiore, historian and author
- Roger Moorhouse, historian and author
- Leah Wright Rigueur, associate professor, Johns Hopkins University
- James Bulgin, Imperial War Museum
- General Wesley Clark, US Army, Ret.
- Sean McMeekin, professor, Bard College