Resistance Movements

Key Battles of American History

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🗓️ 18 October 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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In every nation that the Germans occupied, resistance movements emerged. In this episode, Sean and James discuss anti-German guerilla movements, focusing primarily on the resistance efforts in four nations: Norway, France, Yugoslavia, and the Soviet...

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0:00.0	War has played a key role in the history of the United States, from the nation's founding
0:10.8	right down to the present. War made the U.S. independent, kept it together, increased its
0:16.5	size, and established it as a global superpower. Understanding America's wars is essential for understanding American history.
0:24.0	Welcome to Key Battles of American History,
0:26.8	a podcast in which we discuss American history through the lens of the most important battles of America's wars.
0:32.8	Here is your host, James Early.
0:43.6	Thank you. your host, James Early. Hello and welcome to another episode of Key Battles of World War II in Europe, our 10,000-foot
0:48.6	survey of the Second World War in Europe and the areas around it. I'm your host, James
0:53.0	Early, as always. And my co your host, James Early, as always.
0:55.0	And my co-host, of course, as always, is Sean McIver.
0:58.8	Well, we're in a series of topical episodes.
1:01.0	These are all kind of one-offs that could go in pretty much any order.
1:05.2	Last time we talked about the American soldier, sailor, and airmen.
1:10.3	And now we're going to talk about something totally different, and that is resistance movements.
1:15.9	This is a topic that I find fascinating, and as is always the case, we are going to just
1:22.1	scratch the surface, hit the highlights, just give you enough information to hopefully
1:27.0	wed your appetite
1:27.8	and motivate you to perhaps do some more reading and learn some more on your own. So this is kind of
1:33.4	our overview of resistance movements. So shall we crack on, Sean? You ready? I think he's ready.
1:40.3	Sean's always ready. So here we go. He's on me. I'm sorry. You were probably muted and I caught you off guard. But let's start with some general notes about resistance. So the citizens of each German occupied nation had a choice to make. To collaborate with the occupiers? To try and simply keep one's head down and wait it out, or to resist.
2:01.7	Those on the far right tended to collaborate with the Nazis, while left-wing groups,
2:06.7	including communists and Democrats with a small D, meaning people that wanted a Democratic government,
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