Sky here with a couple of short announcements. First of all, I'm excited to share that we have a new

show on the Parthenon Podcast Network, History of North America hosted by Mark V. Net. This show

explores the compelling, wonderful, and tragic stories of the North American continent, its inhabitants,

heroes, villains, leaders, and geography. Mark has over a hundred episodes about the US, Canada,

and Mexico available to stream right now. You can just search for the History of North America

on your favorite podcast app to start listening. Second, if you've listened to History on Plug for

any length of time, you've probably come across the multi-episode series I did with James

Early, like Key Battles of the Civil War, Key Battles of World War I, Key Battles of the

Revolutionary War, and Presidential Fight Club. James has his own great show called Key Battles of

American History, and I am very excited to announce that he is launching a massive new series on the

Second World War in Europe. In this preview episode, you're going to hear about the roots of the

Second World War. He goes back to the 1919 Treaty of Versailles and how this unresolved piece,

combined with a great depression, the rise of fascism in Europe and many other factors,

ultimately led to the Second World War. To continue listening to Key Battles of American History,

you can check it out on the podcast player of your choice. Welcome to Key Battles of World War 2 in

Europe, our 10,000-foot survey of the Second World War in Europe in the areas around it. I'm your

host, James Early, as always, and my co-host once again is Sean McIver. Now the European Theater of

the Second World War is an incredibly complex topic. The root causes of the war go all the way back

to the First World War if not earlier. And in order to fully understand the war, we can't just

start with the German invasion of Poland on September 1st 1939. We have to go further back than that.

So in the first few episodes, Sean and I will narrate the key events in Europe between the World

Wars. We will begin with the very end of World War I. All right, Sean, we're embarking on a major

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