Dan Carlin of Hardcore History on Why the German Military Was Better in WW1 Than WW2

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Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 13 September 2017

⏱️ 10 minutes

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I was honored on this episode to interview Dan Carlin, whose podcast Hardcore History is the biggest history podcast in existence. It regularly features shows of 5-6 hours in length covering everything from the Mongol invasions to doomsday prophets of the Reformation. I met up with Dan at the Podcast Movement conference in August 2017. Since he had a six-part series on World War 1 (Blueprint for Armageddon), I wanted to ask Dan about a comment he made in the podcast, that Germany's army in World War 1 was superior to its army in World War 2. He elaborated in this episode, and as always, brings the goods. TO HELP OUT THE SHOW Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher

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0:00.0	The History of North America podcast is a sweeping historical saga of the United States,
0:09.4	Canada, and Mexico from their deep origins to our present epoch.
0:13.9	Join me, Mark Vinet, on this exciting, fascinating epic journey through time, focusing on the compelling,
0:20.7	wonderful, and tragic stories of North America's inhabitants, heroes, villains, leaders,
0:27.1	environment, and geography.
0:29.5	I invite you to come along for the ride!
0:59.5	Welcome to the History Unplugged Podcast, the unscripted show that celebrates unsung heroes,
1:14.6	Mythbust's historical lies, and rediscover the forgotten stories that changed our world.
1:21.3	I'm your host, Scott Rank.
1:29.1	Hi everyone, I am super excited to bring you this in-between usode, the short episodes
1:33.3	between our longer interviews, because this in-between usode is actually an interview
1:38.0	with a very special guest.
1:40.1	That guest is Dan Carlin, who's host of the Hardcore History Podcast, probably the best
1:44.9	known podcast out there.
1:46.5	That's because Dan dives into a subject and he'll spend 4 or 5, 6 hours on an episode
1:52.5	to tell you about the Romans in Ireland, about World War I, about the dangers of nuclear
1:58.8	war, about whether Alexander or Hitler would have bended the other in combat in the field.
2:04.7	Dan has a 20-hour series called Blueprint for Armageddon all about World War I, and
2:09.7	I managed to meet up with Dan at a conference called Podcast Movement that happened recently,
2:14.2	and I just wanted to ask Dan a follow-up question on something that he mentions in the series.
2:19.3	As a throwaway line, he mentions that he thought the military in World War I was better than
2:23.7	World War II, which I thought was a fascinating comment.
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