Lyndsay and Will discuss the content NOT included in Road to World War II, their episode about the death of European democracies, the global origins of WWII, and America’s reluctant journey to war.
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Lyndsay and Will discuss the content NOT included in The Great Depression & Dust Bowl their episode about how American greed destroyed both the economy and the land.

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Lyndsay and Will discuss the content NOT included in American Beer--the episode about the Progressive Era and the decades-long fight to make alcohol illegal.
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Lyndsay and Will discuss the content NOT included in American Empire--the episode about American imperialism at the turn of the century and the ideas which shaped the process.
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Lyndsay and Will discuss the content NOT included in Class Violence in the Gilded Age--the episode about the Industrial Revolution and class warfare on the streets of America.

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Lyndsay and Will discuss the content NOT included in Music & Race in the Old West--the episode about racial oppression, resistance, and peace in the West, told through music.

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Lyndsay and Will discuss the content NOT included in Reconstruction--the episode about the struggle to put the national back together after the Civil War.

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The shadow of the First World War hung over the world. The victors were exhausted and the vanquished wanted revenge. We discuss the death of European democracies, the global origins of WWII, and America’s reluctant journey to war.

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https://www.americanhistoryremix.com/episodeguide/road-to-war

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In this episode we cover….

• Introduction [0:00-02:41]
• World War I [02:41-07:04]
• US Returns to Isolationism [07:04-09:15]
• Italy & the Rise of Mussolini [09:15-11:19]
• The Philosophy of Fascism [11:19-13:30]
• Germany’s Defeat [13:30-15:29]
• The Nazi Party [15:29-18:00]
• The Weimar Republic [18:00-19:51]
• Failed Nazi Coup [19:51-21:49]
• Manchuria [21:49-26:40]
• Nazi Breakthrough [26:40-30:25]
• Ethiopia [30:25-31:55]
• American Neutrality [31:55-33:10]
• The Spanish Civil War & Neutrality [33:10-37:04]
• Japanese in China [37:04-39:45]
• German Rearmament & the Rhineland [39:45-41:35]
• Austria & Czechoslovakia [41:35-45:27]
• Nazi-Soviet Pact [45:27-46:59]
• American Response to War [46:59-48:24]
• Germany Takes Europe [48:24-51:39]
• Jewish Refugees [51:39-55:19]
• US Aid to Britain [55:19-57:33]
• Roosevelt & Third Term [57:33-59:54]
• Battle of Britain & Destroyer Deal [59:54-01:02:52]
• America Initiates Draft [01:02:52-01:04:19]
• Lend-Lease & Atlantic Charter [01:04:19-01:06:40]
• Germany Invades Soviet Union [01:06:40-01:09:30]
• Conflict in the Pacific [01:09:30-01:12:31]
• Roosevelt & Japan [01:12:31-01:15:01]
• Pearl Harbor [01:15:01-01:16:47]
• Conclusion [01:16:47-01:19:11]

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To dive deeper into these topics (affiliate links):

Jane Caplan, ed. Nazi Germany.
https://tinyurl.com/Caplan-Nazi-Germany

Justus D. Doenecke and John Edward Wilz, From Isolation to War, 1931-1941.
https://tinyurl.com/Doenecke-and-Wilz

Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin.
https://tinyurl.com/Snyder-Bloodlands

David M. Kennedy, Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945.
https://tinyurl.com/Kennedy-Freedom-from-Fear

John Merriman, A History of Modern Europe: From the Renaissance to the Present.
https://tinyurl.com/Merriman-A-History

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