Listener Questions Pt. 2

History of the Second World War

Wesley Livesay

Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.5 • 626 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Because so many questions were sent in for the first Questions episode, I had to make another. If you have First or Second World War Questions send them to historyofthesecondworldwar@outlook.com. Contact advertising@airwavemedia.com to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.7	I'm Micah Sargent, co-host of iOS Today alongside Rosemary Orchard, and we hope you get more from your iPhone, from your iPad, from your Apple Watch, from your Apple TV, all of it.
0:15.0	Apps, tips, clever tricks, and the updates you should know about.
0:18.6	It's informative.
0:19.7	It's fun.
0:20.5	It's full of things you'll want to try
0:22.4	right after the show and have a few laughs about as well. Check it out at twit.tv slash iOS.
0:28.7	That's twit.tv slash iOS. Hello everyone and welcome to another history of the Second World War
0:45.1	listener question episode.
0:46.8	As a reminder, if you want your questions answered, send them in.
0:50.7	My policy for Q&A episodes is that I am always down to do one, but I do have to have
0:56.1	questions. You can send them in via email at History of the Second World War at outlook.com,
1:01.6	or on Blue Sky, where I am at History of the Second World War.com, or on Discord, or on Patreon.
1:09.4	I think that's about it. We will start off with a trio of questions
1:13.4	from listener Nick, all three of which are on completely different topics. The first one is,
1:19.2	how do you deal with the sources that over-focus on blaming Hitler or Guring for a particular
1:24.6	failure? Especially as with both of them dead, it was very convenient
1:28.9	and profitable in the post-war for many of the German generals to shift blame of various
1:33.9	decisions onto Hitler. The Western Allies seemed willing to overlook this for the political
1:39.0	situation and to get information on fighting the Soviets. This is a great question, and one that is absolutely influenced by the role that the German
1:49.1	generals played in shaping the history of the war in the years immediately following
1:53.3	1945.
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