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That's the Explorers Podcast. Hello everyone and welcome to history of the Second World War, episode 108 Interwar Reflections.

As this is something of a transitional episode, I would like to take the

opportunity to thank everybody who has supported the podcast over the years, even if that

support is just by listening every week. You listening right now. Thank you. Next episode begins

our series on the German invasion of Poland, which will be titled the September campaign, which is how it is referred to in Poland.

But it's been 107 episodes over the course of over two years, and I thought it would be a

good moment to take a step back and look at some of the important themes and events from

those episodes before we jump into the traditional start of the

Second World War story with the Panzers rolling into Poland on September 1st, 1939.

First up on our list of themes is the fear of communism. In 1917, the first and then the second

Russian revolution would occur, and that would

be followed by the Russian Civil War, which saw the communist government in Russia solidify itself

into power. If you want to learn more about those events, I did cover them in history of the

Great War, or you can just go listen to revolutions by Mike Duncan, who covered them better

than I could

ever hope to.

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