A detailed account of the origins of the Second World War.

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0:00 Intro
2:17 Wilson's New World
21:09 The Spread of Extremism
29:39 Fascism in Italy
36:53 Hitler Takes Germany
1:00:49 Japan Takes Manchuria
1:10:20 Italy Takes Ethiopia
1:19:47 Germany Breaks the Treaty
1:26:07 The Symbolism of the Spanish Civil War
1:29:17 Japanese Militarism Spreads
1:31:43 Last Steps Before War
1:48:57 Conclusion

Sources:

Paris 1919 Margaret MacMillan
A History of Political Theory George Sabine
The Dark Valley Piers Brendon
The Road to War Richard Overy
Appeasement Tim Bouverie
The Third Reich in Power Richard Evans
Blood and Power John Foot
The Rising Sun John Toland
Adolf Hitler John Toland
The Coming of the Third Reich Richard Evans
The Spectre of War Jonathan Haslam
The Moralist Patricia O'Toole
The Age of Extremes Eric Hobsbawm
The Deluge Adam Tooze
Japan Prepares for Total War Michael Banhart
Oxford's Fascism Reader Ed. Roger Griffin
The Origins of the First and Second World Wars Frank McDonough
The Origins of the Second World War Reconsidered Ed. Gordon Martel
Europe Norman Davies
Mein Kampf Adolf Hitler
Hitler's Second Book Adolf Hitler
Documents on Nazism ed. Jeremy Noakes & Geoffrey Pridham
A History of the Twentieth Century Martin Gilbert