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THE PLAN TO CONQUER CAPITALISM AND EUROPE: 5/8: Stalin's War: A New History of World War II, Sean McMeekin, with Kevin Stillwell as narrator. Published by Basic Books. Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

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🗓️ 13 August 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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THE PLAN TO CONQUER CAPITALISM AND EUROPE: 5/8: Stalin's War: A New History of World War II, Sean McMeekin, with Kevin Stillwell as narrator. Published by Basic Books. Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

https://www.amazon.com/Stalins-War-New-History-World/dp/B08XW52WNY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=15RCHF0X357CE&keywords=mcmeekin+stalins+war&qid=1644188471&s=books&sprefix=mcmeekin+stalins+war%2Cstripbooks%2C67&sr=1-1


World War II endures in the popular imagination as a heroic struggle between good and evil, with villainous Hitler driving its events. But Hitler was not in power when the conflict erupted in Asia—and he was certainly dead before it ended. His armies did not fight in multiple theaters, his empire did not span the Eurasian continent, and he did not inherit any of the spoils of war. That central role belonged to Joseph Stalin.

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Speaking with Professor Sean McMacon of Bard College, the author of the new book, Stalin's War, a new history of War War 2,

0:48.0

from the point of view of Joseph Stalin, who inherits from Vladimir Lennon.

0:53.0

The thinking, the theory set the imperialist capitalist states against each other.

0:58.0

Do not enter the war until the end and gobble up territory.

1:02.0

Recover the Russian Empire and more. Create the power of the earth by watching the monster nations of France and Germany.

1:13.0

Those in England, those were the three shots that Stalin had in mind.

1:18.0

A battle each other just as they did in the Great War.

1:22.0

The US, of course, was a new consideration for Stalin.

1:26.0

And now comes a mystery that Sean presents to us in his book.

1:30.0

I said the Battle of Moscow turns on a couple of details, the frozen ground, followed by the muddy ground,

1:38.0

exhausted German invasion, the exhausted Russian defenders.

1:42.0

However, six months earlier, my name Harry Hopkins, representing the President of the United States,

1:49.0

lands in what Sean gives us the detail an American Douglas transport craft.

1:53.0

After a four-hour flight, he lands at Moscow.

1:57.0

Sean, what is the mission to Moscow for Harry Hopkins?

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