94 - 1941

The WW2 Podcast

Angus Wallace

Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

The usual narrative for WWII is that turning points of the war are in 1942 with the battles of Midway, El Alamein and Stalingrad. While these are unquestionably major victories that signalled the 'end of the beginning', as Churchill would put it. Friend of the podcast Andrew Nagorski has suggested that actually 1941 was the pivotal year of the war.

Andrew contends that the decisions made in 1941, by the major nations, would make an allied victory not just possible but inevitable. It's a compelling idea.

As we've had Andrew on the podcast previously (in episode 18, when discussed Nazi war crimes), I thought it would be good to get him back for a catch up and to outline his thesis laid out in his new book '1941: The Year Germany Lost The War'.

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0:31.1	Hello and welcome to another episode of the World War II podcast I'm Angus Wallace.
0:37.0	The usual narrative for the Second World War is that the turning points of the war are in 1942 with the battles of Midway, El Alameen and Stalingrad.
0:47.0	While these are unquestionably major victories that signaled the end end of the beginning as Churchill
0:54.4	put it friend of the podcast Andrew Nagorsky has suggested that actually
0:59.4	1941 was the pivotal year of the war. He contends that the decisions made in
1:06.2	1941 by the major nations will make an Allied victory not just possible but inevitable. It's a compelling idea as we've had
1:15.8	Andrew on before back in episode 18. I thought it would be good to get him back for
1:21.0	a catch-up and to outline his thesis laid out in his new book
1:24.3	1941 the year Germany lost the war. Now if you enjoy the podcast I wonder if you
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