#25 Enemy: The Germans' War, ep. 1 - We Are The War

The Martyr Made Podcast

Darryl Cooper

History, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 248 minutes

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Summary

The First World War shattered a generation of Europeans. Killing took place on a monumental scale, as whole societies gave their all for their countries. German men who spent their young adulthood in the murderous trenches of the Great War, only to be crushed under the weight of a hostile world, would be senior officers in Hitler’s Wehrmacht, while their sons prepared for a rematch as young soldiers, sailors, and airmen. The harrowing experience of the First World War forged the men who fought the Second World War, so our story starts with that experience.The Martyr Made Podcast is a 100% listener-supported operation. Without you, none of this is possible. Please consider supporting the show by subscribing to The Martyr Made Substack (https://subscribe.martyrmade.com/) for just $5 p/month, or $50 p/year. In addition to the history show, you will have access to lots of subscribers-only content, including essays (with audio versions on a podcast feed), interviews, and exclusive podcast episodes. Thank you!

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0:00.0	Hey there, everybody.
0:07.5	This is Daryl Cooper, back at long last with a new episode of the Martyr Made podcast.
0:14.6	And I know, I know.
0:17.4	It's been a long time.
0:20.0	And all I can say for now is that it's just been a tough year.
0:24.8	I'll tell my subscribers more about it another time, but it's just been a long year.
0:31.3	On top of some personal trials, one of the things I've realized over this last year is that I've just really
0:40.1	truly had enough of politics. I mean, I'm still going to vote and I'm sure people
0:46.6	will ask me my opinion on something and I'll bloviate about it, but I just spent way
0:50.9	too much time this year accepting interview requests to talk about the
0:54.5	day's news in Gaza or Ukraine or Washington, D.C.
0:58.3	And all it's done is exhaust me and distract me from the only thing that I'm actually good at.
1:05.3	And from the only people I actually work for, which is you.
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