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The Ben Shapiro Show

Who Was The Bad Guy In WWII? | Niall Ferguson

The Ben Shapiro Show

The Daily Wire

News, News Commentary

4.4152.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Recently, a narrative was introduced to the public conversation that Adolf Hitler wasn’t really interested in continuing WWII, that he offered peace to Britain and France, and that Winston Churchill, driven by some mysterious personal vendetta, refused and kept the war going for his own perverse purposes. This is a gross misreading of history, and conveniently omits key facts about Hitler’s true intentions; anyone suggesting otherwise is engaging in dangerous revisionism. On this episode of the Sunday Special, Niall Ferguson leads us through these untruths. Ferguson is a Scottish historian who is best known for his in-depth analysis of economic history, empire, and global conflicts like WWI and WWII. He doesn’t just recite history—he tells you why it happened, what could have been different, and how the war reshaped our global order.   ---     Today's Sponsor:     Tax Network USA - Seize control of your financial future! Call 1 (800) 958-1000 or visit https://www.TNUSA.com/Shapiro      Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

But it's a fact that Britain has become a multi-ethnic and multiracial society as the United States is today.

0:08.4

And London is a cosmopolitan city the way New York is.

0:12.0

These are realities.

0:13.7

If your response to these cities is, I wish Hitler had won World War II, then it seems to me really don't have a place in a serious discourse

0:22.5

about these issues. You've exposed yourself as somebody who would like to be aligned with

0:28.9

the genocidal killers of the 1930s and 1940s. When we talk about World War II, there's no

0:35.3

getting around Adolf Hitler and his vile evil plan for the planet.

0:39.0

This is why World War II wasn't just a battle of armies. It was a battle for humanity itself.

0:43.4

There's a narrative introduced recently that Adolf Hitler wasn't really interested in continuing

0:47.3

World War II that he offered peace to Britain and France, but that Winston Churchill, driven by some mysterious personal vendetta,

0:55.3

refused and kept the war going for his own perverse purposes. This is, of course, a gross misreading of history.

1:00.2

It conveniently omits key facts about Hitler's true intentions, like all of the facts. The truth

1:05.0

is, Adolf Hitler, of course, did not want peace. He wanted control. Anyone suggesting

1:09.1

otherwise is engaging in dangerous revisionism

1:11.2

that undermines the reality of the atrocities committed by Adolf Hitler during the war.

1:15.5

To assist us in weeding through these untruths is the one and only Neil Ferguson.

1:20.0

Ferguson is a Scottish historian who's made waves in both academic and popular circles.

1:23.7

He's known for his in-depth analysis of economic history, empire, and of course

1:27.7

the big picture stuff, global conflicts like World War I and World War II. He doesn't just

1:32.3

tell you what happened. He tells you why it happened, what could have been different, and how

1:35.8

the war reshaped the entire global order. His analysis goes beyond the battlefield, digging

1:40.2

into the economic and geopolitical forces that fueled the conflict. Neil doesn't just recite history.

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