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History of the Second World War

15: The Third Reich Pt. 1 - The Austrian

History of the Second World War

Wesley Livesay

Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.5626 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Germany would play a critical role in driving events during the interwar period, and within Germany political volatility would cause drastic changes. Roadmap and full text of 25 points can be found here: http://historyofthesecondworldwar.com/episodes/the-third-reich-supplements/ Website Patreon Twitter Facebook Discord Email: historyofthesecondworldwar@outlook.com Sources The Coming of the Third Reich by Richard J. Evans Germany and the Second World War Volume 1: The Build-Up of German Aggression by Wilhelm Deist, Manfred Messerschmidt, Hans-Erich Volkmann, and Wolfram Wette Hitler: A Biography by Ian Kershaw The Third Reich by Thomas Childers The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy by Adam Tooze The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer France and the Remilitarization of the Rhineland, 1936 by Stephen A. Schuker The First Capitulation: France and the Rhineland Crisis of 1936 by R.A.C. Parker (1956) France, Germany, and the Saar by A.J.P. Taylor (1952) The Franco-Polish Alliance and the Remilitarization of the Rhineland by George Sakwa French Intelligence and Hitler's Rise to Power by Peter Jackson Great Britain and the Saar Plebiscite of 13 January 1935 by C.J. Hill Hitler, Intelligence and the Decision to Remilitarize the Rhine by Zach Shore Hitler's Thirty Days to Power: January 1933 by Henry Ashby Turner Jr. Prologue to Peacekeeping: Ireland and the Saar, 1934-35 by Michael Kennedy Fantasy and Reality in Nazi Work-Creation Programs, 1933-1936 by Dan P. Silverman Franz von Papen, the German Center Party, and the Failure of Catholic Conservatism in the Weimar Republic by Larry Eugene Jones Causes and Consequences of the Plebiscite in the Saar by E.W (1955) The Purge of the SA Reconsidered: "An Old Putschist Trick"? by Eleanor Hancock The Remilitarization of the Rhineland and its Impact on the French-Polish Alliance by Roman D. Bicki (1969) Rohm and Hitler: The Continuity of Political-Military Discord by David Jablonsky The German Roman Catholic Hierarchy and the Saar Plebiscite of 1935 by Guenter Lewy (1964) Saar Coal After Two World Wars by O.R. Reischer Schacht's Regulation of Money and the Capital Markets by Arthur Schweitzer (1948) The Myth of Chancellor Von Schleicher's Querfront Strategy by Henry Ashby Turner Jr. The Struggle for Control of the German Economy by Amos E. Simpson The Nazi State and German Society: A Brief History with Documents by Robert G. Moeller Franz von Papen, Catholic Conservatives, and the Establishment of the Third Reich, 1933-1934 by Larry Eugene Jones Franz von Papen, the German Center Party, and the Failure of Catholic Conservatism in the Weimar Republic by Larry Eugene Jones British Establishment Perspectives on France, 1936-1940 by Michael Dockrill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Music Hello everyone and welcome to History of the Second World War episode 15, The Third Reich, part one, the Austrian.

0:51.3

While researching this series of episodes, I began to wonder how many pages have been written

0:55.7

about the events in Germany in 1933, the participants in those events, and the immediate

1:01.2

consequences of what would happen.

1:04.0

Hundreds of thousands?

1:05.0

Millions?

1:06.0

I wonder where it would fall on the list of events based on the number of books written

1:09.8

about it.

1:11.1

Over the better part of the next four months spanning roughly 16 episodes, I will add

1:15.0

to that number.

1:16.4

We will be discussing the creation and rise of the National Socialist Party, through its

1:20.5

failures of the early 1920s, to its resurgence in the latter half of that decade, then

1:25.4

to its meteoric rise in the early 1930s. In 1933,

1:29.2

it would be able to place itself in control of Germany, first as part of a coalition of political

1:34.3

leaders on the right, and then on its own. Our episodes will then continue through the

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