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Leader of Germany from 1934 to 1945

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    Witness History
    The founding of USAID

    Witness History

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2025 10:39


    On 3 November 1961, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was founded, bringing all existing aid work under one single agency. A key proponent of it was Barbara Ward, a pioneering British economist and journalist who had the ear of presidents and prime ministers across the world. Later known as Baroness Jackson, she spoke to the John F Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Oral History Program in 1964 about how the newly independent West African nation of Ghana was one of the first countries to benefit with funds to construct the Volta River Project. Surya Elango listens back to those archive interviews.Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups, scientific discoveries, cultural moments and much more. Recent episodes explore everything from the death of Adolf Hitler, the first spacewalk and the making of the movie Jaws, to celebrity tortoise Lonesome George, the Kobe earthquake and the invention of superglue. We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: Eva Peron – Argentina's Evita; President Ronald Reagan and his famous ‘tear down this wall' speech; Thomas Keneally on why he wrote Schindler's List; and Jacques Derrida, France's ‘rock star' philosopher. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the civil rights swimming protest; the disastrous D-Day rehearsal; and the death of one of the world's oldest languages.(Photo: Barbara Ward. Credit: Getty Images)

    In Bed With The Right
    Episode 93 -- Project 1933, Part VI: August 1 - August 31

    In Bed With The Right

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2025 74:08


    For this episode of In Bed with the Right, Adrian and Moira return to the year 1933. They continue the story of how Hitler seized power, what it did to society, what it felt like to live through it, and -- as always -- what role gender and sexuality played in events. Reminder: We're going month by month for these episodes. This sixth installment covers August 1 to August 31, 1933. Meaning: This is a summer episode. It finds many of the institutions the Nazis have subjugated on summer break, the ongoing processes of synchronization and Nazification either already completed or about to kick into high gear. So this is an episode about the little stuff, the summer things: what our bodies do as the institutions betray us, how external pressures create coalitions, but also open up fissures, how old identities disappear without anything quite ready to take their place. And of course: what happens to our sense of time at times of peril. It's an episode full of small, interpersonal dramas, nervousness, regret and fear for the future -- punctuated by sudden outbursts of state-sanctioned violence and political cruelty. It is, in other words, a perfect episode for the summer of 2025.

    Witness History
    Discovering the Titanic

    Witness History

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 10:08


    In September 1985, the wreck of the Titanic was discovered around 400 nautical miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, during a joint American-French expedition.It had remained undisturbed, 13,000 feet underwater in the North Atlantic Ocean, since it sank during its maiden voyage in 1912.The team spotted a boiler using a remotely controlled deep-sea vehicle, called Argo, and a robot named Jason, which led them to the site of the wreck.In 2010, Louise Hidalgo spoke to some of the explorers and listened to archive recordings. Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups, scientific discoveries, cultural moments and much more. Recent episodes explore everything from the death of Adolf Hitler, the first spacewalk and the making of the movie Jaws, to celebrity tortoise Lonesome George, the Kobe earthquake and the invention of superglue. We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: Eva Peron – Argentina's Evita; President Ronald Reagan and his famous ‘tear down this wall' speech; Thomas Keneally on why he wrote Schindler's List; and Jacques Derrida, France's ‘rock star' philosopher. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the civil rights swimming protest; the disastrous D-Day rehearsal; and the death of one of the world's oldest languages.(Photo: Titantic bow. Credit: Getty Images)

    The Influence Continuum with Dr. Steven Hassan
    Red Orchestra: The Story of the Berlin Underground and the Circle of Friends Who Resisted Hitler with Anne Nelson

    The Influence Continuum with Dr. Steven Hassan

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 65:55


    Anne began our discussion by dispelling the myth that everyone in Nazi Germany simply went along with Hitler's plans. She examined these resisters in her book Red Orchestra: The Story of the Berlin Underground and the Circle of Friends Who Resisted Hitler. When I read the book, it didn't become clear to me how vitally important it was that there was a vast resistance movement. One I had never heard about. She hopes that the past might give us clues for potential future playbooks.“I think one thing they did well was create a broad coalition. So, what they did was find people who opposed the Nazi regime, and some of them were monarchists, some of them were communists. They had Lutherans, Catholics, Jews, Atheists, you name it. And they agreed to put their differences aside until the end of the regime, and then they could start infighting again. But, over that period, they worked together.” Anne said, “That's why I'm so adamant about people getting involved now and getting involved in a practical sense, not just the, you know, the street demonstrations, which are fine, but studying what needs to be done in terms of our government.” She hopes that this would help us figure out how to save our democracy while we still may have time. If you wish to be part of the hope of defeating the authoritarian Cult of Trump, roll up your sleeves and be part of heroic resistance! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Trance Formation of America with Cathy O'Brien
    Overcoming Victim Mentality

    Trance Formation of America with Cathy O'Brien

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 12:17


    Real-eyes you are waking up from your traumatic past to a world of deliberately socially engineered ignorance. It is up to you, and within you, to heal yourself.We have all been blessed with resiliency of body mind and spirit. Our brains have been made perfect, so why do we only use 10% as we are taught?Because we have been taught wrong! Deliberately. When Project Paperclip imported Nazi and Fascist scientists into the US in the wake of WWII, with them came the formula for mind control in order to perpetuate what Hitler, Bush, Biden, and self appointed self anointed global leaders term New World Order. A compliant society was needed, and mind control became the invisible menace for implementing it.Since knowledge is our defense against mind control, birthright information on mind brain function was immediately suppressed under the 1947 National Security Act. Mark Phillips found this birthright information while working the highest levels of intelligence mind sciences to preserve the sanctity of free thought.  He was appalled to see knowledge that is our defense against mind control, along with innate capabilities for healing from physical and mental trauma, had been withheld for generations from education, mental health, and medical communities and ultimately society as a whole. Mark was bound by laws of sedition, as were many others in positions of intelligence who shared his outrage at the sanctioned usurping of human evolution.  When Mark lifted my daughter and me out of the Washington DC swamp of MK Ultra human trafficking, he handed me keys to my own mind. Since this is birthright information buried within us all, these methods are easy to self apply and result in abSOULute healing.Mark did not deprogram me. He empowered me to deprogram myself. In turn, I am sharing this information to all who have eyes to see, ears to hear, and soul to know truth. Since I am not bound by laws of sedition, and it was my experience to heal, you, too, can be empowered to heal from within your self free of misdirected, misinformed, intrusive outside input simply by quietly and privately applying PTSD: Time to Heal.Trauma activates our brain's defense mechanism of shutting down neuron pathways to compartmentalize and repress memory. Deep in the subconscious, trauma undermines our thinking process, intrudes on our present, and  even manifests in ill health, unless it is dealt with through conscious awareness. Trauma shuts down neuron pathways. Awareness opens neuron pathways. It is within you to reclaim self control and inner peace just as I did.Our brains were made perfect by divine design, complete with defense mechanisms and capacity to deactivate those mechanisms with awareness. Yet this birthright knowledge was censored for generations while humanity was conditioned to look outside themselves to Big Government, Big Pharma, Big Tech, and Big Cult/occult religion to tell them how to live their lives. This gave control of life's purpose to a handful of self appointed self anointed  puppetmasters hellbent on implementing their global slave society agenda.With information on the resiliency of body mind and spirit withheld for generations, Drs forgot that the subconscious never sleeps, even during surgery. This simple key would empower assurance of full healing rather than undermine the recovery process through adverse discussions in the operating room. After generations removed from birthright resiliency, humanity forgot how perfect our bodies have been made. Instead, people bought into Big Pharma's illusion that babies need over 79 vaccines in their first year in order to survive.Read the full article on Cathy's website here!

    Histoire Vivante - La 1ere
    Dénazifier, défasciser?: comment bien gagner une guerre (1/5)?: Dénazifier pour quoi faire??

    Histoire Vivante - La 1ere

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 29:30


    Comment bien gagner une guerre et s'assurer que ce sera la dernière?? Le 2 septembre 1945, Hitler et ses alliés sont vaincus, la guerre est terminée. Mais si la partie militaire du conflit prend fin, comment extraire le poison du nazisme et du fascisme dans ces Etats qui ont mené une guerre totale avec 50 à 80 millions de morts?? Les forces d'occupation alliées victorieuses entreprennent de dénazifier la société allemande et d'établir une société démocratique au Japon. Mettre les vaincus à genoux comme l'avait fait le traité de Versailles en 1919 n'a pas fonctionné - la punition avait même nourri le ressentiment - on tente une autre stratégie. Si «?dénazifier?» est un mot que l'on pensait relégué dans les caves de l'histoire, c'était sans compter sur les capacités de recyclage de l'histoire de nos contemporains. Ce mot est réapparu dans la bouche de Vladimir Poutine, qui lançait sa guerre en Ukraine le 24 février 2022. Avec Emmanuel Droit, directeur de Sciences Po Strasbourg, spécialiste de l'histoire de l'Allemagne, qui a récemment publié : La Dénazification, posthistoire du IIIe Reich (Presses universitaires de France, 2024).

    All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories
    Look! Up in the Sky! Laurel Hill Pilots, part 1

    All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 180:51


    Thaddeus Lowe is not buried at Laurel Hill, but has many connections there. He was an balloon aeronaut during the Civil War, thus father of the United States Air Force.  Grover Cleveland Bergdoll's family is in a huge mausoleum at Laurel Hill West. An early student of the Wright brothers, he became a poster child for privilege when he dodged the draft during the Great War. Hobey Baker's athletic gifts made him a natural pilot, but he crashed and died on the day he was scheduled to return stateside. Benjamin Lee II eagerly awaited his opportunity for a dogfight, but he was killed during a training accident. Holger "Hold Your Horses" Hoiriis was a Danish American flyer who made history when he flew across the Atlantic with a paying customer. Jacques Louis Francine was an All-American boy who used his flying skills to explore wilderness regions of northern Canada. His wartime service was very impressive. Edgar Loftus was commanding officer at a European Air Base in the final days of the war when Hitler's Iron Eagle made a surprise landing at his base, but then perversely refused to surrender.  Fold up your tray table, fasten your seatbelt, and get ready as we take off into the world of pilots at Laurel Hill. 

    StridentConservative
    Trump using Hitler's playbook when dealing with 'undesirable' immigrants - 090225

    StridentConservative

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 1:59


    Donald Trump's cruel treatment of 'undesirable' immigrants is a page right out of Adolf Hitler's playbook.

    Deutschland 33/45
    #35.8 Düpierte Diplomaten

    Deutschland 33/45

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 29:58


    Die Wiedereinführung der Wehrpflicht war ein riskantes Manöver der Nazi-Außenpolitik. Hitler wusste seinen engsten Kreis hinter sich. Auch die Reichswehr hatte sich dem Willen des Führers gefügt. Nur an einem Ort im Dritten Reich herrschte 1935 Unzufriedenheit, in der Wilhelmstraße, wo das Auswärtige Amt seinen Sitz hatte. Erwähnte Folgen: / Ausgewählte Literatur: Eckart Conze u.a., Das Amt und die Vergangenheit. Deutsche Diplomaten im Dritten Reich und in der Bundesrepublik, München 2012. Intro-Musik arrangiert und vertont von Max, Auszüge aus Reden von Hermann Goering – Verkündung der Nürnberger Gesetze und Adolf Hitler – Reichstagsrede – Einführung der allgemeinen Wehrpflicht, via www.archive.org Outro: Hans Albers: Flieger grüß mir die Sonne (aus dem UFA-Film "F.P.1 antwortet nicht", 1932) Episodenbild: Gebäude des Auswärtigen Amtes, Wilhelmstr. 75/76, mit Fahnen um 1935, Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1983-028-08 / CC-BY-SA 3.0 Tags: #Neuere_und_neueste_Geschichte #Deutschland

    OBS
    Medierevolutioner: Det finns ingen frihet i den digitala ensamheten

    OBS

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 10:00


    Boktryckarkonst, radio, tv och internet nya medier förändrar världen. Joel Halldorf funderar över hur de både banar vägen för frihet och förtryck. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna.På 1100-talet skedde en av historiens lite bortglömda medierevolutioner. Det började med att kinesiskt papper nådde Europa via den muslimska världen. Det tillverkades av lump och tyg, vilket gjorde det betydligt billigare än det pergament man dittills använt. När priset på papper sjönk, sköt bokproduktionen i höjden.Samtidigt förändrades bokens form. Innehållsförteckningar och register infördes, och det blev lättare att hitta i böckerna. Det här efterfrågades av de framväxande universiteten, där man organiserade kunskapen i växande bibliotek.Men den nya tekniken användes inte bara av forskare, utan också av en annan institution: Inkvisitionen – de kyrkliga domstolar som vakade över trons renhet. Tack vare billigt papper och förbättrad layout kunde inkvisitionens män föra protokoll och bygga upp arkiv. Det drabbade bonden Guillaume Bonet, som inkvisitionen hämtade in för förhör i juli 1246. Han fick frågan om han haft kontakt med katharerna, en förbjuden grupp i trakten, och svarade att han stött på dem, men aldrig deltagit i deras samlingar.Oturligt nog kunde förhörsledaren då visa upp ett trettio år gammalt protokoll, där Bonet medgav att han hört till katharerna. Konfronterad med sina egna ord tvingades han bekänna.Detta låter självklart för oss, men att makten kunde samla in och arkivera material om enskilda medborgare var en senmedeltida nymodighet.Vi tänker oftast att utveckling är något positivt, inte minst för att större frihet följer i dess spår. Men historien är mer mångtydig. Visst underlättar informationstekniska språng kommunikation – men de stärker också maktens möjlighet att kontrollera oss. Det här är ett historiskt mönster.Med hjälp av informationsteknologi kan centralmakten göra två saker: samla in information om sina medborgare, och sända ut budskap för att påverka oss. Tryckpressen gav 1500-talets furstar möjlighet att sprida propaganda och massproducera lagar. Tack vare en effektivare byråkrati kunde staten ta ut mer skatt och skriva ut fler soldater.Nästa stora mediatekniska revolution var radion, som blev ett massmedium på 1920-talet. BBC började sända 1922, och tre år senare var det Sveriges Radios tur: den 1 januari 1925 annonserade Sven Jerring högmässan från Sankt Jacobs kyrka i Stockholm till 40 000 potentiella lyssnare.I dag förknippas radion knappast med kontroll, men annat var det vid 1900-talets början. En regim som effektivt använde sig av den här tekniken var nazisterna. Radion var, menade Joseph Goebbels, för 1900-talet vad tidningarna varit för 1800-talet. Därför tog han fram en Folkmottagare (Volksempfänger) – en radio så billig att de flesta hade råd med den. År 1941 fanns den i två tredjedelar av de tyska hushållen.Det gav Hitler en direktkanal till folket. Han var närmare sina medborgare än vad någon härskare dittills kunnat drömma om. Mediet passade nazisterna väl, eftersom radion förmedlade stämningarna från deras massmöten – retoriken, entusiasmen och de rytmiska slagorden – rakt in i tyska vardagsrum. Det var nästan omöjligt att värja sig.Det senaste stora tekniksprånget lever vi mitt uppe i: digitaliseringen. När internet slog upp sina portar förkunnade teknikapostlarna att denna teknologi skulle förena mänskligheten. Demokratin skulle stärkas och friheten växa.Men i stället har vi sett ett hur ett bekant mönster upprepas: tekniken har ökat maktens förmåga att sända ut och samla in information.Förmågan att sända blev tydlig 2016, när påverkanskampanjer via sociala medier användes under flera demokratiska val. Konsultfirman Cambridge Analytica köpte information om Facebooks användare, skapade psykologiska profiler av dem och kalibrerade kampanjerna därefter.Även informationsinsamlingen har effektiviserats, inte minst genom AI. 1900-talets auktoritära stater kunde avlyssna individer, men för att övervaka alla medborgare hade de behövt ha en spion för varje hushåll. Det var naturligtvis inte möjligt – men i dag kan det skötas av AI-botar som samlar in, sorterar och analyserar vår digitala kommunikation.Denna digital auktoritarism praktiseras redan. Under den arabiska våren 2009 hoppades många att Twitter skulle skapa en folklig resning i Iran. Men regimen svarade med teknik och slog snart ner upproret.Vad entusiasterna missade är att informationsteknologi är ett tveeggat svärd, som också kan svingas av repressiva regimer.Men inte bara av dem. Påverkan kan också ske mer subtilt i öppna demokratier. Nätjättarna har skördat vår data och kan förutse våra preferenser. Därför skräddarsyr de påverkanskampanjer och skickar budskap till oss när vi är som mest mottagliga. Reklam för nya kläder dyker upp i våra flöden precis när vi ska gå och lägga oss, eftersom företagen vet att vi lätt lockas till impulsköp när vi är trötta.Tanken var att tekniken skulle befria oss – men vad betyder frihet när alla kan utsättas för personligt utformad propaganda? Som individer är det svårt, för att inte säga omöjligt, att stå emot ett tryck som kanaliseras via algoritmer rakt in i våra privata skärmar.I väst har vi betraktat frihet som rätten att få följa sin egen vilja och längtan utan några hinder. Men om det finns krafter som, nästan utan att jag märker det, formar min längtan – vad är då en sådan frihet värd?Enligt en mer klassisk syn är frihet något mer än att kunna göra vad som faller en in. Frihet, menade de gamla filosoferna, är att veta vad som är gott och ha förmågan att göra det. En alkoholist med pengar på fickan framför ett öppet systembolag är inte fri, utan fångad av sitt beroende. Det räcker alltså inte att vara fri från yttre begränsningar, om vi inte har förmågan använda den friheten till att göra val som berikar våra liv.Vi har satt vår tillit till tekniken som befriare, men kanske handlar frihet mer om kultur än teknik? Individer kan inte göra motstånd mot system, utan det kräver kulturer – och sådana bygger vi tillsammans. Isolerade är vi chanslösa, men tillsammans med andra kan vi hålla distans till det digitala bruset och hjälpa varandra att se klarare. Det enda som kan motverka manipulativa algoritmer är en stark frihetskulturFrihet vinner vi alltså inte genom oberoende, utan i gemenskap. Vi tänker i ibland på friheten som en ensamseglats, där vi styr skutan dit vi själva vill. Men i dagens digitala värld fångas ensamseglare snart av vindar som de inte kan kontrollera.Oberoende leder inte till frihet, utan till att vi styrs av osynliga krafter. I stället är det bättre att tänka på friheten som att uppföra en symfoni eller spela en fotbollsmatch. Inte frihet från gemenskap, utan frihet genom gemenskap. Goda gemenskaper ger oss stöd, skydd och riktning – men också utrymme för personlig kreativitet.Tillsammans med andra blir vi då fria att skapa ett liv som är större och vackrare än något vi skulle kunna åstadkomma på egen hand.Joel Halldorfkyrkohistoriker, författare och skribent

    Past Present Future
    Politics on Trial: Hitler vs Weimar

    Past Present Future

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2025 65:08


    Today's epic political trial is the one that should have been the end of Adolf Hitler but ended up being the making of him: his treason trial in 1924 for the so-called Beer Hall Putsch. How close did Hitler's attempted coup come to succeeding? Why was he allowed to turn the court that tried him into a platform for his poisonous politics? What were the missed opportunities to silence him once and for all? Out now on PPF+: Part 2 of David's conversation with Fintan O'Toole about the Easter Rising trials of 1916 – here they explore the treason trial of Sir Roger Casement and the question of what makes a traitor. To get this and all our bonus episodes plus ad-free listening sign up now to PPF+ https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus Tickets are still available for the first screening in our autumn Films of Ideas season at the Regent Street Cinema in London on 5th September: Alfred Hitchcock's Rope followed by a live recording of PPF with special guests Nicci Gerrard and Sean French, aka the best-selling husband-and-wife crime-writing due Nicci French. Get your tickets here https://bit.ly/4fOp2xx Next Up: Lea Ypi on Dignity Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Crossway Christian Church
    The Nature of Justice

    Crossway Christian Church

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2025 44:48


    As Allied troops surrounded and pressured the city of Berlin, WWII was all but over. Cowardly, Hitler took his life in his protected bunker. In shooting that bullet in his brain, he escaped the justice the world was due. There would be no trial, no answers, no humbling for the great boasts he has made. The rest of the world was denied a true sense of justice. We thirst for justice. But it is not all we need; a fact the gospel reminds us of continually. Today, as we look at the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, let us hear the truth about the nature of God’s true and lasting justice. 1. True justice punishes sin 2. True justice pursues sin 3. True justice cannot placate sin 4. True justice cannot prevent sin

    Conspirituality
    Brief: Antifascist Christianity: Bonhoeffer (Pt 1)

    Conspirituality

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2025 37:39


    Matthew recounts the story of a young, hoity-toity soft-nationalist German theologian named Dietrich Bonhoeffer who discovered the radical soul of antifascism by hanging out in a Black Baptist church in Harlem in 1930. He came to the US believing in the white Jesus of European empire, but left enthralled by the Black Jesus of the oppressed. Back in Germany, he played 78s of spirituals and gospel tunes for the students of his illegal seminaries as he and other members of the Confessing Church issued some of the earliest formal rebukes to the Reich. And then he joined a plot to assassinate Hitler.  Show Notes UCLA Fires Beloved Professor Over 2024 Encampment Arrest – Poppy Press  NY Mayoral Candidates Address Sanctuary, Trump and Religious Hatred at Interfaith Forum  Religion and Socialism Working Group - Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)   Undersold and Oversold: Reinhold Neibuhr and Economic Justice  Swing Low Sweet Chariot - Fisk Jubilee Singers (1909)  St. James Missionary Baptist Church of Canton: Wade In the Water (1978)  Evangelische Kirche Halle Westfalen Bethge, Eberhard. Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Biography. Translated by Eric Mosbacher, Peter and Betty Ross, Frank Clarke, and William Glen-Doepel. Revised and edited by Victoria J. Barnett. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2000. Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. The Cost of Discipleship. Translated by R. H. Fuller, revised by Irmgard Booth. New York: Touchstone, 2018. Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. Letters and Papers from Prison. Edited by Eberhard Bethge. Translated by Reginald Fuller, Frank Clark, and John Bowden. New York: Touchstone, 1997. Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. The Bonhoeffer Reader. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2013. Marsh, Charles. Strange Glory. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. Martin, Eric. The Writing on the Wall: Signs of Faith Against Fascism. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2022. McNeil, Genna Rae, Houston Bryan Roberson, Quinton Hosford Dixie, and Kevin McGruder. Witness: Two Hundred Years of African-American Faith and Practice at the Abyssinian Baptist Church of Harlem, New York. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2014. Tietz, Christiane. Theologian of Resistance: The Life and Thought of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Translated by Victoria J. Barnett. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2016. Weil, Simone. The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties towards Mankind. Translated by Arthur Wills. With a preface by T. S. Eliot. New York: Routledge, 2002. Williams, Reggie L. Bonhoeffer's Black Jesus: Harlem Renaissance Theology and an Ethic of Resistance. Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 2014. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Witness History
    John Lennon's final headline concerts

    Witness History

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2025 9:03


    In 1972, after leaving The Beatles, John Lennon and Yoko Ono performed in the United States at the One to One benefit concerts at Madison Square Garden, New York. They were helping to raise money for children with disabilities from Willowbrook State School, after a television exposé by journalist Geraldo Rivera showed the conditions and failings. It was watched by millions of people and led to a public outcry.Sean Allsop speaks with Geraldo Rivera about breaking the story and organising the concerts. A TBone production.Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups, scientific discoveries, cultural moments and much more. Recent episodes explore everything from the death of Adolf Hitler, the first spacewalk and the making of the movie Jaws, to celebrity tortoise Lonesome George, the Kobe earthquake and the invention of superglue. We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: Eva Peron – Argentina's Evita; President Ronald Reagan and his famous ‘tear down this wall' speech; Thomas Keneally on why he wrote Schindler's List; and Jacques Derrida, France's ‘rock star' philosopher. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the civil rights swimming protest; the disastrous D-Day rehearsal; and the death of one of the world's oldest languages.(Photo: John Lennon performing at the One To One events. Credit: Ann Limongello/ABC)

    Les Grosses Têtes
    BLAGUE - Les 3 histoires drôles du vendredi 29 août 2025

    Les Grosses Têtes

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2025 2:29


    Un homme demande à son coiffeur de lui laisser une mèche sur le dessus et de raser sur les côtés, Une grand-mère mourante révèle à son mari l'emplacement d'un trésor et deux hommes ont un plan pour tuer Hitler... Découvrez 3 histoires drôles racontées par Karine Le Marchand, Cristina Cordula et Michel Boujenah. Tous les jours, en podcast, retrouvez une compilation des 3 meilleures blagues de vos Grosses Têtes préférées.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

    Miscelánea Supernova
    464 - It's worse than you think

    Miscelánea Supernova

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2025 57:45


    Episodio donde platicamos sobre la nueva película de War of the Worlds con Ice Cube, lo complicado de grabar películas durante el Covid, el nuevo juego sobre Halloween con singleplayer y multiplayer, pros y contra de microtransacciones, la letra de Pari es peor que la de los doctores, dudas sobre insectos y arácnidos haciendo el amor, anécdota de las preguntas incómodas del profesor de Pari, Wisto da información de más sobre sus 22 años, la nostalgia del NBA Jam, la pregunta extra que hizo que Pari aprobara su clase, y terminamos con el misterio de la Lanza del Destino en posesión de Hitler!! Escúchanos: Spotify / Apple Podcasts / YouTube Apóyanos: patreon.com/holamsupernova Síguenos: Instagram/ Twitter/ TikTok @holamsupernova Merch: holamsupernova.myshopify.com

    The Bunker
    Inside Hitler's inner circle – How his underlings served the Nazi tyrant

    The Bunker

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2025 34:23


    At the core of the most infamous regime in history is a paradox: a leader who somehow exercised total control while being personally lazy and issuing only vague instructions to his ministers. In Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich the renowned historian Richard J Evans investigates Hitler's central clique from Göring, Goebbels and Himmler to low-level followers and fellow travellers. He talks to Alex von Tunzelmann about the power dynamic at the centre of Third Reich and what it can tell us about how authoritarians rule today.  • Buy Hitler's People through our affiliate bookshop and you'll help fund The Bunker by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org's fees help support independent bookshops too. • Support us on Patreon for early episodes and more. • We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to Indeed.com/bunker to get your £100 sponsored credit. • Advertisers! Want to reach smart, engaged, influential people with money to spend? (Yes, they do exist). Some 3.5 MILLION people download and watch our podcasts every month – and they love our shows. Why not get YOUR brand in front of our influential listeners with podcast advertising? Contact ads@podmasters.co.uk to find out more Written and presented by Alex von Tunzelmann. Produced by Liam Tait. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Art by Jim Parrett. Managing Editor Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production www.podmasters.co.uk  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Aspects of History
    Operation Sea Lion with Alex Gerlis

    Aspects of History

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2025 38:58


    In the summer of 1940, Britain was on its knees. The British Expeditionary Force had fled from mainland Europe in humiliation, and Nazi Germany eyed the South East of England greedily. All that stood between Hitler and his SS marching up the Mall was a thin strip of English channel. My guest today is Alex Gerlis who has written The Second Traitor, a novel set in those dark days of the first year of the war. We talk about the Operation Sea Lion, its likelihood, and Nazi sympathisers in both Britain and Ireland. Alex Gerlis Links The Second Traitor Previous episode discussing Every Spy a Traitor Aspects of History Links Latest Issue out - Annual Subscription to Aspects of History Magazine only $9.99/£9.99 Ollie on X Aspects of History on Instagram Get in touch: history@aspectsofhistory.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Chronicles of the End Times
    When Evil Goes Beyond Human: Understanding Spiritual Forces

    Chronicles of the End Times

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2025 14:04


    Send us a textDarkness has many faces—some human, some decidedly not. What happens when evil transcends mere human capacity? When does hatred cross the line into demonic territory?Drawing parallels between historical atrocities like the My Lai Massacre, Hitler's Holocaust, and the Rwandan genocide, Certain evils simply cannot be explained away as human failings alone. "If you look at the My Lai Massacre and walk away saying that was just human beings messing up, you're out of touch with reality.”We journey into present-day Nigeria, where three million Christians face systematic extermination by Islamic terrorists crossing unprotected borders. Through harrowing firsthand accounts of survivors describing attackers shouting "Allahu Akbar" while slaughtering entire families, the spiritual dimension of this conflict becomes unmistakable. This isn't just political or ethnic tension—it's spiritual warfare manifesting in our physical world.The conversation takes a fascinating turn as we examine the tension between God's sovereignty and human free will. Using Biblical examples like Pharaoh and Judas. Yet this freedom comes with accountability—we remain responsible for our choices and will face judgment accordingly. This delicate balance between divine foreknowledge and human agency provides a framework for understanding both personal temptations and global evils.Whether you're battling your own spiritual struggles or seeking to understand the darker forces at work in our world, this episode offers both wisdom and warning. As C.S. Lewis cautioned, we can err by making too much of the devil—or dangerously underestimating him. Join us in this crucial conversation, and learn how to recognize, confront, and overcome the spiritual battles we all face. The darkness is real, but so is our authority in Christ to stand against it.Support the show

    Witness History
    The making of the Third Man: A film noir classic

    Witness History

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025 9:00


    In 1948, filming began on a post-war thriller that would become one of the greatest British movies of all time.Directed by Sir Carol Reed, the film captured the atmosphere of a divided, ruined Vienna. But much of its lasting power lies with Orson Welles, whose magnetic, menacing turn as Harry Lime stole the show - despite his limited screen time and reputation for being famously hard to pin down. Phil Jones speaks to production assistant Angela Allen about the film that became legend.Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups, scientific discoveries, cultural moments and much more. Recent episodes explore everything from the death of Adolf Hitler, the first spacewalk and the making of the movie Jaws, to celebrity tortoise Lonesome George, the Kobe earthquake and the invention of superglue. We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: Eva Peron – Argentina's Evita; President Ronald Reagan and his famous ‘tear down this wall' speech; Thomas Keneally on why he wrote Schindler's List; and Jacques Derrida, France's ‘rock star' philosopher. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the civil rights swimming protest; the disastrous D-Day rehearsal; and the death of one of the world's oldest languages.(Photo: Harry Lime, played by Orson Welles. Credit: John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

    Deeper Look At The Parsha
    WHAT HITLER KNEW - AND WE FORGOT

    Deeper Look At The Parsha

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025 9:46


    Adolf Hitler learned that ballots can be more powerful than bullets — and used that lesson to dismantle German democracy from within. Today, Islamist movements are following the same playbook, exploiting demographics and the ballot box to advance their agenda. Rabbi Dunner presents a lesson from Parshat Shoftim, which reminds us: unless we guard our gates, freedom itself is at risk.

    Un Jour dans l'Histoire
    L'art sous les régimes totalitaires

    Un Jour dans l'Histoire

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025 39:06


    Nous sommes le 26 mars 1923, à Milan. Dans un discours prononcé à l'occasion de l'inauguration d'une exposition de la galerie « Pesaro », qui présente des œuvres produites par le groupe du « Novecento », un mouvement qui prône le retour aux valeurs traditionnelles de l'esprit latin, Benito Mussolini exprime sa volonté de poursuivre son projet politique avec la contribution de l'art et des artistes. Il dit : « On ne peut gouverner en ignorant l'art et les artistes. L'art est une manifestation essentielle de l'esprit humain ; il est né en même temps que l'humanité et l'a accompagné jusqu'à aujourd'hui. Et dans un pays comme l'Italie, un gouvernement qui se désintéresserait de l'art et des artistes serait un gouvernement stupide. Je déclare que l'idée qui consisterait à encourager quelque chose qui pourrait ressembler à de l'art d'État m'est étrangère. L'art appartient au domaine de l'individu ». Ainsi, le leader fasciste distingue l'Italie des autres régimes totalitaires que seront l'Allemagne nazie, l'URSS ou la République populaire de Chine qui ont soumis l'art et les artistes à leur idéologie. Il n'en demeure pas moins qu'à Rome, Berlin, Moscou et Pékin, l'art est un témoin important, sinon essentiel, du système. Alors de Marinetti, fondateur du « Futurismo », à Albert Speer, l'architecte d'Hitler, en passant par le « réalisme socialiste », penchons-nous sur les rapports dangereux entre Art et régimes totalitaires. Avec nous : Anne Hustache, historienne de l'art. Sujets traités : Art, régime, totalitaire, Pesaro, Novecento, Benito Mussolini, nazie, Albert Speer Merci pour votre écoute Un Jour dans l'Histoire, c'est également en direct tous les jours de la semaine de 13h15 à 14h30 sur www.rtbf.be/lapremiere Retrouvez tous les épisodes d'Un Jour dans l'Histoire sur notre plateforme Auvio.be :https://auvio.rtbf.be/emission/5936 Intéressés par l'histoire ? Vous pourriez également aimer nos autres podcasts : L'Histoire Continue: https://audmns.com/kSbpELwL'heure H : https://audmns.com/YagLLiKEt sa version à écouter en famille : La Mini Heure H https://audmns.com/YagLLiKAinsi que nos séries historiques :Chili, le Pays de mes Histoires : https://audmns.com/XHbnevhD-Day : https://audmns.com/JWRdPYIJoséphine Baker : https://audmns.com/wCfhoEwLa folle histoire de l'aviation : https://audmns.com/xAWjyWCLes Jeux Olympiques, l'étonnant miroir de notre Histoire : https://audmns.com/ZEIihzZMarguerite, la Voix d'une Résistante : https://audmns.com/zFDehnENapoléon, le crépuscule de l'Aigle : https://audmns.com/DcdnIUnUn Jour dans le Sport : https://audmns.com/xXlkHMHSous le sable des Pyramides : https://audmns.com/rXfVppvN'oubliez pas de vous y abonner pour ne rien manquer.Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement. Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

    DET SIDSTE MÅLTID
    Kapitel 4: En fyr der står ved siden af Adolf Hitler - Bjarne Corydon

    DET SIDSTE MÅLTID

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025 20:09


    Dæmoniseringen af Bjarne Corydon tager ekstra fart efter det delvise salg af Dong til Goldman Sachs. I en musical er han placeret i Helvede side om side med Adolf Hitler. Det tager han ret roligt, for han er jo 'psykisk uafhængig'. Det er en god ting at være, når man er i politik. Han fortryder i øvrigt på ingen måde salget af Dong. Det var den helt rigtige beslutning. Til gengæld er han mindre stolt af Folkeskolereformen. Vært: Anne Sofie Kragh Klipper: Leo Peter Larsen Redaktør: Michelle Mølgaard AndersenSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Books That Speak
    ध्यान सिंह  'चंद'  : हॉकी के जादूगर (Dhyan Singh 'Chand': Hockey's Magician) | Hindi Stories for Kids #storyweaver #prathambooks #hockey #olympics

    Books That Speak

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025 15:56


    #booksthatspeak #DhyanSinghChand #hockey #sports #ध्यान सिंह  'चंद' #majordhyanchand #olympics #goldmedal #children #berlinolympic #practice #legend #inspiring #books #kids #reading #libraryThe man who came to be called the Wizard of Hockey, Dhyan Chand, started playing hockey with a branch of a palm tree. What did he like to eat as a child? How did he prove Hitler wrong? Here is the story of a man who might just inspire you to pick up a hockey stick and play.Thanks to Storyweaver for the story.https://storyweaver.org.in/en/stories/10219-dhyan-singh-chand-hockey-ke-jadugarOriginal story Dhyan Singh 'Chand': Hockey's Magician by Pratham BooksWritten by Dilip D'SouzaIllustrated by Mohit SunejaTranslated by Ashvini VyasNarrated by Asawari Doshiध्यान सिंह  'चंद'  : हॉकी के जादूगर (Hindi), translated by Ashvini Vyas , published by Pratham Books (© Pratham Books, 2014) based on the original story Dhyan Singh 'Chand': Hockey's Magician (English), written by Dilip D'Souza, illustrated by Mohit Suneja, published by Pratham Books (© Pratham Books, 2014) under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.inInstagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/booksthatspeak/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Story's Video: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtu.be/7OKTLLQaNhg⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To receive updates about Online and Offline storytelling events from Books That Speak, join the whatsapp group: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://chat.whatsapp.com/BuBaOlkD2UACckOdYk4FDg⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Listen to the podcast:iTunes : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/books-that-speak/id1287357479⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch Videos:YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/booksthatspeak⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.booksthatspeak.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠contact.booksthatspeak@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#booksthatspeak #stories #readaloud #hindistories #indianstories #kids #kidsstories #readbooks #books

    Příběh, který se opravdu stal
    321. Historie romského národa: Odkud pochází, jak vznikala jejich kultura a jak je Hitler nenáviděl

    Příběh, který se opravdu stal

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025 42:23


    Přemýšleli jste někdy, jak vlastně vznikla označení gypsy nebo cikán? A odkud vlastně romové pocházejí? A jak se vyvinul jejich jazyk a kdo tvrdí, že tábor Lety nebyl pracovní tábor?

    Talk Dat Sh_t Podcast
    WTF IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD?!

    Talk Dat Sh_t Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025 136:14


    Discussing the climate of what's going on in the world with cohosts Sensei Sage and Modei Moheem. WOTD: imminentTopics of conversation:​Is the revolution being televised via social media?​Senate Bill 5599​The F*** Bill Gates Campaign and his BS speech at the Global Summit (lost 30 Billion in funding and behind schedule on his nefarious plans for human kind)​Ibrahim Traiore & Assimi Goata reclaiming Africas resources as true leaders, not sell outs​Why the KKK has never gotten a RICO or been labeled a terrorist organization​New Satellites that can zoom in on the minorest details yet they can't find all these missing children​WEF should be investigated and imprisoned for crimes against humanity. Nita Farahany speaking on “planting false memories into the brain” and “instilling pain to coerce”​Going back to natural law and America being pu**y compared to other countries that protest in solidarity till they get results​Tik Tok being renewed to M2? And everything that comes along with that.​Did we have Hitler all wrong?

    On the Media
    The Journalist Who Saw WW2 Coming

    On the Media

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025 9:59


    For these last couple of weeks of August we've been airing a miniseries from our friends at Radio Diaries.The third and final part is about a woman named Dorothy Thompson. In 1939, Time Magazine called her a woman who “thinks, talks and sleeps world problems and scares strange men half to death.” They weren't wrong. Thompson was a foreign correspondent in Germany in the years leading up to World War 2…and she broadcast to millions of listeners around the world. She became known for her bold commentaries on the rise of Hitler — the Nazis even created a “Dorothy Thompson Emergency Squad” to monitor her work. She was an eloquent and opinionated advocate for the principles of democracy. But by the end of the war, those strong opinions put her career in jeopardy.  On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.

    New Discourses
    The Nazi Experiment, Vol. 4: Nazi Worldview, Nazi Organization

    New Discourses

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025 86:53


    The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Ep. 173 Beginning in 1920 and running until its catastrophic failure in 1945, the National Socialists under Adolf Hitler ran a grand societal experiment: the Nazi Experiment. While it is general knowledge that this experiment was a total failure and abjectly evil, what constitutes the experiment isn't well known. As a result, people (especially young right-wing people) are forgetting the Nazis were truly evil and sadly think they, somehow, can resurrect this experiment and make it work this time. To address this rising concern, host James Lindsay of the New Discourses podcast is publishing a winding series on the Nazi Experiment. In this episode, he reads through chapter 5 of the second volume of Hitler's Mein Kampf to show just how deeply the Nazi "racialist" worldview was embedded in everything the Nazis did. As usual, much of the content is horrifying for the sane but aware listener of today because so much of it is being repeated on social media, particularly by our young people. Join him to understand further why Never Again is now.

    Witness History
    Washington DC's Mount Pleasant riot

    Witness History

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025 9:29


    In May 1991, a female police officer shot and wounded a young immigrant from El Salvador in the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood in Washington DC in the United States. It sparked several days of disturbances in the largely Hispanic area, as the population vented its frustrations at years of feeling sidelined by city officials. Shops were burnt down, cars overturned, and dozens of people were arrested before the police took back control of the streets. But for the first time, it gave visibility to a community that had been largely ignored. Mike Lanchin hears from musician and former resident of Mount Pleasant, Victor ‘Lilo' Gonzalez. A CTVC production.Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups, scientific discoveries, cultural moments and much more. Recent episodes explore everything from the death of Adolf Hitler, the first spacewalk and the making of the movie Jaws, to celebrity tortoise Lonesome George, the Kobe earthquake and the invention of superglue. We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: Eva Peron – Argentina's Evita; President Ronald Reagan and his famous ‘tear down this wall' speech; Thomas Keneally on why he wrote Schindler's List; and Jacques Derrida, France's ‘rock star' philosopher. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the civil rights swimming protest; the disastrous D-Day rehearsal; and the death of one of the world's oldest languages.(Photo: Marchers fill the streets in Mount Pleasant in Washington DC in 1991. Credit: Reuters)

    History of the Second World War
    230: The Battle of Britain Pt. 5 - Shifting Focus

    History of the Second World War

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025 21:20


    In this pivotal episode of the Battle of Britain series, we explore the mounting pressures faced by both British and German forces as September 1940 unfolds. While the RAF continues its desperate defense against daily Luftwaffe raids, behind the scenes both nations are dealing with critical resource challenges and strategic dilemmas. The British struggle with pilot shortages and factory production disruptions caused by constant air raid warnings, leading to new policies that increase worker risk but maintain essential aircraft production. Meanwhile, German intelligence faces a mathematical crisis as their estimates of British fighter strength prove wildly inaccurate, with the RAF continuing to field strong resistance despite German claims of destroying over 1,100 fighters. As Hitler's September 10th deadline for Operation Sea Lion approaches, the Luftwaffe shifts focus from airfields to London itself, culminating in the massive September 7th bombing raid that marks the beginning of the London Blitz - a devastating new phase that would see the city bombed for 57 consecutive days and nights, forever changing the character of the Battle of Britain. Contact advertising@airwavemedia.com to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Goon Pod
    Adolf Hitler - My Part In His Downfall (film, 1973)

    Goon Pod

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025 82:31


    Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall is a 1973 British comedy film directed by Norman Cohen and starring Jim Dale, Arthur Lowe and Spike Milligan. It is based on Milligan's best-selling first volume of war memoir of the same name but differs markedly in several respects. It was adapted by Milligan, Cohen and Johnny Byrne; Byrne said of the film: “We want to get away from the idea that Milligan is a clown. He is a clown but first of all he is a human being. As this is a film about the early Milligan, Milligan was more of a human being than a clown at that time.”The casting of Jim Dale as young Spike was inspired, and he received a BAFTA nomination. While the film prioritises comedy, it occasionally crowbars in a clunky 'war is hell' narrative and it struggles to find the right tone. Nevertheless it is a serviceable 90 minute 70s British comedy with a host of familiar faces such as Bill Maynard, Tony Selby, Geoffrey Hughes, Pat Coombs and Windsor Davies.Joining Tyler this week to discuss the film is comedy writer Matt Owen who can be found at https://www.mathew-owen.co.uk/

    11KM: der tagesschau-Podcast
    Schatten der Vergangenheit: Hitlers Drehbuch zur Macht (11KM Classic)

    11KM: der tagesschau-Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025 30:08


    Mit Fackeln ziehen Anhänger der Nationalsozialisten am 30. Januar 1933 triumphierend durchs Brandenburger Tor. Wenige Stunden zuvor hat Reichspräsident Paul von Hindenburg den NSDAP-Vorsitzenden Adolf Hitler zum neuen Reichskanzler ernannt: Hitler ist an der Macht und die Weimarer Republik am Ende. In dieser 11KM-Folge erzählt BR-Politikjournalist Thies Marsen, wie Hitler und seine nationalsozialistische Bewegung auf den Tag der “Machtergreifung” über viele Jahre hingearbeitet haben. Wie konnten sie damals die junge deutsche Demokratie mit ihren eigenen Waffen schlagen? Wer waren Hitlers Helfer? Und: Wie kann sich die Bundesrepublik heute vor den Feinden der Demokratie schützen? 11KM ist in der Sommerpause. Am 15. September sind wir zurück mit einem neuen Thema in aller Tiefe. Bis dahin hört ihr 11KM Classics. Das sind Wiederholungen von Folgen, die wir euch nochmal ans Herz legen wollen. So wie diese Folge vom 17.03.2025. Hier geht's zur früheren 11KM-Folge „Undercover in der Hitler-Redaktion“: https://1.ard.de/11KM_Hitler_Redaktion Diese und viele weitere Folgen von 11KM findet ihr überall da, wo es Podcasts gibt, auch hier in der ARD Audiothek: https://www.ardaudiothek.de/sendung/11km-der-tagesschau-podcast/12200383/ An dieser Folge waren beteiligt: Folgenautor: Marc Hoffmann Mitarbeit: Hannah Heinzinger und Jasmin Brock Produktion: Christiane Gerheuser-Kamp und Lisa Krumme Redaktionsleitung: Fumiko Lipp und Lena Gürtler 11KM: der tagesschau-Podcast wird produziert von BR24 und NDR Info. Die redaktionelle Verantwortung für diese Episode liegt beim NDR.

    Witness History
    Creating CAPTCHA

    Witness History

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2025 10:07


    In 2000, as the internet expanded, websites faced a growing challenge to stop spam bots from flooding their systems.To separate humans from machines, researchers at the United States' Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, created the Completely Automated Public Turing test.From its early development to its evolution into reCAPTCHA it continues to block millions of automated attacks every day.Ashley Byrne speaks to computer scientist Andrei Broder, who played a key role in developing the concepts that helped shape this technology.A Made in Manchester production. Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups, scientific discoveries, cultural moments and much more. Recent episodes explore everything from the death of Adolf Hitler, the first spacewalk and the making of the movie Jaws, to celebrity tortoise Lonesome George, the Kobe earthquake and the invention of superglue. We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: Eva Peron – Argentina's Evita; President Ronald Reagan and his famous ‘tear down this wall' speech; Thomas Keneally on why he wrote Schindler's List; and Jacques Derrida, France's ‘rock star' philosopher. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the civil rights swimming protest; the disastrous D-Day rehearsal; and the death of one of the world's oldest languages.(Photo: I am not a robot. Credit: Stock image / Vector Illustration)

    The Secret Teachings
    Rise of the Second Japanese Reich (8/26/25)

    The Secret Teachings

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2025 122:01 Transcription Available


    The process of demoralization and destabilization, as it has been nearly completed in the United States, has not fully spread to other parts of the civilized world. Countries like Japan are protected by vast stretches of ocean, a very strong societal expectation of cultural values, and a historical conservatism of the strictest magnitude. Recently, politically right groups have been calling to reform the Japanese political landscape, as has the political left. Both appear to desire a change to the Japanese constitution, particularly the part about peace and war, and some even want nuclear weapons. After winning the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) against China and the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) against Russia, Japan received very little respect and some historians attribute this to the expansion of imperialism over the next few decades. Japan is in a similar situation today. In fact, the entire world is to some extent. The Japanese Constitution was, however, partly written by the Allies, but the concept of peace has been embodied by the local people since before the third century, when the Chinese called them the land and people of peace - WA. We know that Germany blamed the first world war and Treaty of Versailles for what led to World War II. The same unjust dumping of guilt was placed on the Japanese after the second world war through the war guilt program. Germany has been totally conquered and destroyed, but Japan remains stronger in many ways now than ever - despite birthrate and economic issues that are part of a larger global system. Now that more people are learning about this, and it's becoming obvious there is a plan to facilitate the destruction of Japanese society and eastern cultures in general, like in the west, Japan has begun to turn in the opposite direction, far faster than the United States attempted to do before it was too late. There is an international global conspiracy to destroy sovereign nations and enslave the world population under a communist and fascist order. Resistance to the sabotage of civilization will be met with aggressive violence, just as the resistance itself is aggressively violent. When human beings are placed at the core of a movement, its ideologies become naturally unstable. When the rule of law is abandoned to fight those who would burn the law, everybody loses. Even if victory could be achieved in some of the sense over the corruption, what replaces it? Human history shows us that it's an even worse tyranny. Since countries like Japan have not lost their cultural values to the same level the west has, or at all, and nationalistic calls of pride and honor are erupting, we just might see the rise of an imperial Japan once again. *The is the FREE archive, which includes advertisements. If you want an ad-free experience, you can subscribe below underneath the show description.FREE ARCHIVE (w. ads)SUBSCRIPTION ARCHIVEX / TWITTER FACEBOOKWEBSITECashApp: $rdgable EMAIL: rdgable@yahoo.com / TSTRadio@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-secret-teachings--5328407/support.

    Beyond the Crucible
    Big Screen, Big Crucibles VIII: The Monuments Men

    Beyond the Crucible

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2025 83:17


    Big Screen, Big Crucibles VIII: The Monuments MenIn this final episode of our summer series, BIG SCREEN, BIG CRUCIBLES, we discuss the crucibles and the overcoming of them in THE MONUMENTS MEN.That's the name given during WWII to the ragtag team of art historians and curators who form a unit to recover stolen art before Hitler destroys it. The mission becomes urgent, and their crucibles more difficult, when they learn of Hitler's order to destroy the artwork if the Third Reich falls and the Russians start looking to grab some of the spoils for themselves.Dive deeper into your personal narratives with our BIG SCREEN, BIG CRUCIBLES guided journal, meticulously crafted to enhance your experience with our podcast series exploring cinema's most transformative crucible stories. This journal serves as a dedicated space for introspection, inviting you to connect the profound journeys of on-screen characters with the pivotal moments that have shaped your own life.Download yours at https://mailchi.mp/09b58af7eebf/bigscreensbigcrucibles

    Online For Authors Podcast
    The Softie and the Survivor: A Holocaust Memoir Brought to Life with Author Martin Bodek

    Online For Authors Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2025 22:57


    My guest today on the Online for Authors podcast is Martin Bodek, author of the book Zaidy's War. Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, Martin currently lives in NJ with his wife and three children. He is an avid marathoner, Daf Yomi participant, Wordler, vexillologist, and halvah aficionado. He is a technologist by day, and a writer by night.   A freelance writer on Jewish interest topics for three decades, his work has been published in The Huffington Post, The Denver Post, The Washington Times, The Jewish Press, Country Yossi Magazine, Modern Magazine, The Jewish Link of NJ, The Jewish Book Council, scoogiespin, israelinsider, bangitout, jewcentral, Jew in the City, Aish, and Shepherd. His work was translated for Germany's only weekly Jewish newspaper, The Jüdische Allgemeine. Zaidy's War was translated into Yiddish and serialized in Der Yid. He is the co-creator of TheKnish.com, a popular Jewish news satire site, the beat reporter for JRunners, the surname columnist for jewishworldreview, the cufflink columnist for The Jewish Link of NJ, and is part of the Word Prompt rotation in The Jewish Press.   In my book review, I stated Zaidy's War by Martin Bodek is a Holocaust family memoir you won't want to miss. As Martin said in his preface, the stories his grandfather told him about his time during the war always sounded more like a super-hero adventure story. However, as he grew older, he realized that these stories were far more and needed preserving. Without a doubt, his grandfather would be so proud of the book and grateful that Martin found a way to keep the memories of the Jewish plight alive.   Zaidy is an amazing man who loved religious learning, his family, and freedom. Yet, due to Hitler and his desire for ethnic cleansing, Zaidy could have easily lost everything he loved. And when he made it through the other side of the war, he could have easily lost his humanity. And yet, what we find is a man who pushed forward, helped his community rebuild, fell in love, worked hard for his family, moved not once but twice in order to provide the stability his family needed, and continued to follow his religious principles throughout his life. It is no wonder Martin grew up thinking his grandfather was so amazing - it is because it was true.   In today's world, where antisemitism is strong and there are many who claim the Holocaust didn't happen, books such as Zaidy's War are beyond valuable. These stories could ultimately stop something like the extermination of entire Jewish communities from happening again. Buy this book. Read this book. And then determine what you can do to begin to right the wrongs you see happening in your own communities.   Subscribe to Online for Authors to learn about more great books! https://www.youtube.com/@onlineforauthors?sub_confirmation=1   Join the Novels N Latte Book Club community to discuss this and other books with like-minded readers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3576519880426290   You can follow Author Martin Bodek Website: https://martinbodekbooks.com/ FB: @ martinbodek X: @martinbodek IG: @martinbodek LinkedIn: @Martin Bodek   Purchase Zaidy's War on Amazon: Paperback: https://amzn.to/45LyVt1 Ebook: https://amzn.to/4nBssYb   Teri M Brown, Author and Podcast Host: https://www.terimbrown.com FB: @TeriMBrownAuthor IG: @terimbrown_author X: @terimbrown1   Want to be a guest on Online for Authors? Send Teri M Brown a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/member/onlineforauthors   #martinbodek #zaidyswar #memoir #holocaust #terimbrownauthor #authorpodcast #onlineforauthors #characterdriven #researchjunkie #awardwinningauthor #podcasthost #podcast #readerpodcast #bookpodcast #writerpodcast #author #books #goodreads #bookclub #fiction #writer #bookreview *As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

    Un Jour dans l'Histoire
    Léon Degrelle , fasciste jusqu'à son dernier souffle 2/2

    Un Jour dans l'Histoire

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2025 41:34


    Nous sommes le 20 février 1944, Léon Degrelle arrive, par avion, à Berlin. De là, il gagne le Wolfsschanze, la « Tanière du Loup », le quartier général de Adolphe Hitler, non loin de Rastenburg, en Prusse Orientale. Le Führer s'apprête à récompenser le combattant de la Légion Wallonie pour ses actes de bravoure, sur le front de l'Est. Quelques temps plus tard, Degrelle est, en effet, décoré de la Ritterkreuz, la croix de chevalier, troisième grade le plus élevé de la croix de fer. La remise de la distinction est filmée par les Actualités allemandes, mais on ne peut distinguer les paroles dans une scène saturée par la musique et la voix off du commentaire. À peine le Wallon a t il adressé ses premiers mots à Hitler qu'il se tourne rapidement vers le traducteur, hors champ. Il faut donc se fier au récit que le récipiendaire fera maintes fois de cet événement : « Les battants s'ouvrirent, rapportera-t-il, je n'eus le temps de rien voir, ni de penser à rien : le Führer s'était avancé vers moi, m'avait pris la main droite dans ses deux mains et l'étreignait avec affection. Moi, je ne voyais que les yeux d'Hitler ; je n'entendais que sa voix un peu rauque, qui m'accueillait et me répétait « Vous m'avez donné tant d'inquiétude ». Le fondateur du mouvement Rex n'hésite pas à user du registre de l'irrationnel : « Les fluides s'étaient réunis (…) J'étais pour lui, à ce moment-là, l'Européen non allemand qui représentait une chose immense. » Le 29 décembre 1944, Léon Degrelle est condamné à mort par le Conseil de guerre de Bruxelles. Au printemps suivant, il arrive en Espagne pour un exil dont il ne reviendra jamais. Avec nous : Frédéric Saenen de l'Université de Liège, romancier, critique littéraire et rédacteur en chef de la Revue Générale. « Léon Degrelle » aux édition Perrin. sujets traités : Léon Degrelle, Berlin, Wolfsschanze, Tanière du Loup, Adolphe Hitler, Légion Wallonie, Führer, Rex Merci pour votre écoute Un Jour dans l'Histoire, c'est également en direct tous les jours de la semaine de 13h15 à 14h30 sur www.rtbf.be/lapremiere Retrouvez tous les épisodes d'Un Jour dans l'Histoire sur notre plateforme Auvio.be :https://auvio.rtbf.be/emission/5936 Intéressés par l'histoire ? Vous pourriez également aimer nos autres podcasts : L'Histoire Continue: https://audmns.com/kSbpELwL'heure H : https://audmns.com/YagLLiKEt sa version à écouter en famille : La Mini Heure H https://audmns.com/YagLLiKAinsi que nos séries historiques :Chili, le Pays de mes Histoires : https://audmns.com/XHbnevhD-Day : https://audmns.com/JWRdPYIJoséphine Baker : https://audmns.com/wCfhoEwLa folle histoire de l'aviation : https://audmns.com/xAWjyWCLes Jeux Olympiques, l'étonnant miroir de notre Histoire : https://audmns.com/ZEIihzZMarguerite, la Voix d'une Résistante : https://audmns.com/zFDehnENapoléon, le crépuscule de l'Aigle : https://audmns.com/DcdnIUnUn Jour dans le Sport : https://audmns.com/xXlkHMHSous le sable des Pyramides : https://audmns.com/rXfVppvN'oubliez pas de vous y abonner pour ne rien manquer.Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement. Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

    AMK Morgon
    AMK Morgon 26 augusti

    AMK Morgon

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2025 65:41


    Gäster: Adrian Boberg, August Mether, Hjalmar Lind, Jack Moy, Sebastian Järpehag STORY HOTELAlla lyssnare får 30% rabatt på standard rate:Gå in på hyatt.com och välj destination, Stockholm eller Malmö.Ange ”Corporate or Group Code”: 165414(Giltig fram till 31 augusti 2025) Patrons får 40% rabatt med en kod som du hittar här:https://www.patreon.com/posts/story-hotel-50-94462700?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link För 90SEK/mån får du 5 avsnitt i veckan:4 Vanliga AMK MORGON + AMK FREDAG med Isak Wahlberg Se till att bli Patron via webben och inte direkt i iPhones Patreon-app för att undvika Apples extraavgifter:Öppna istället din browser och gå till www.patreon.com/amkmorgon Köp biljetter till Marcus Thapper på Scalateatern i STHLM den 30e Augustihttps://www.scalateatern.se/forestallning/10-ar-med-marcus-thapper/ Relevanta länkar:…ansiktsödemhttps://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/facial-swelling …Karakou på trädgårdenhttps://www.instagram.com/p/DNp_IrDiyAD/?img_index=2 …Dunderkryssningenhttps://www.instagram.com/dunderkryssningen/ …Stuck on Youhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338466/?ref_=mv_close …Skiphttps://www.skk.se/nyheter/2024/11/skip-ar-arets-narkotikasokhund-2024/ …Hitlers sloganhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Ein_Volk%2C_ein_Reich%2C_ein_F%C3%BChrer.jpg/660px-Ein_Volk%2C_ein_Reich%2C_ein_F%C3%BChrer.jpg?20200213104729 …A Quiet Placehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt6644200/…Emma-Lee Anderssons "manager"https://www.svt.se/kultur/larm-i-musikbranschen-kand-manager-anklagas-for-att-lura-artister Låtarna som spelades var:Kavaljeren ifrån Hagfors - TransferLåt oss rigga en skuta - Lasse Berghagen Alla låtar finns i AMK Morgons spellista här: https://open.spotify.com/user/amk.morgon/playlist/6V9bgWnHJMh9c4iVHncF9j?si=so0WKn7sSpyufjg3olHYmg

    The Editors
    Episode 802: A Pretextual Raid

    The Editors

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2025 78:36


    Rich, Charlie, Jim, and Noah discuss the raid on John Bolton's house, the prospect of the National Guard being deployed to Chicago, and Tucker Carlson's increasingly absurd WWII revisionism.

    The Catholic Talk Show
    The Pope & The Führer: The Secret Vatican Files with Michael Knowles

    The Catholic Talk Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2025 50:40


    In this episode of The Catholic Talk Show, Ryan & Ryan are joined by Michael Knowles from The Daily Wire to explore the truth about Pope Pius XII's actions during WWII and how he helped to save hundreds of thousands of Jewish lives. Episode 331: In this episode, we will discuss: • How Did Pius XII's get falsly accused of being "Hitler's Pope"? • How The KGB used propaganda against the Church during the Cold War • How many lives did Pius XII & The Church save during The Holocaust? • How Files in Vatican Secret Archives show the truth • and much more 00:00 Introduction to Pope Pius XII and His Legacy 02:34 The Historical Context of Pius XII's Papacy 05:26 Pius XII's Actions During World War II 08:05 The Myth of Pius XII as Hitler's Pope 10:56 The Role of Propaganda and Historical Revisionism 13:41 The Vatican's Diplomatic Challenges 16:40 The Impact of Modern Ideologies on the Church 19:22 The Search for Truth in Historical Narratives 22:16 Pius XII's Relationship with the Jewish Community 24:47 The Future of the Church and Its Traditions 27:41 Conclusion and Reflections on Pius XII's Legacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Witness History
    The creation of the International Criminal Court

    Witness History

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2025 10:23


    In 1998, at a conference organised by the United Nations, a blueprint was devised for what would be the world's first permanent International Criminal Court.Judge Phillipe Kirsch chaired the Rome conference that led to the formation of the court. He tells Gill Kearsley about the negotiations, which he describes as the most difficult professional thing he ever did.Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups, scientific discoveries, cultural moments and much more. Recent episodes explore everything from the death of Adolf Hitler, the first spacewalk and the making of the movie Jaws, to celebrity tortoise Lonesome George, the Kobe earthquake and the invention of superglue. We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: Eva Peron – Argentina's Evita; President Ronald Reagan and his famous ‘tear down this wall' speech; Thomas Keneally on why he wrote Schindler's List; and Jacques Derrida, France's ‘rock star' philosopher. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the civil rights swimming protest; the disastrous D-Day rehearsal; and the death of one of the world's oldest languages.(Photo: International Criminal Court. Credit: Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

    AMERICA OUT LOUD PODCAST NETWORK
    Evil Incarnate vs. New Democrats

    AMERICA OUT LOUD PODCAST NETWORK

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2025 57:00


    The Prism of America's Education with Host Karen Schoen – Although it is hard to swallow, it is important for us to understand. No matter what you say, or how many facts you provide, you are demonized because you are the enemy, a NAZI, following HITLER. You are a White Supremacist, even if they can't find one thing that you do that a minority can't do. It doesn't matter. You are evil incarnate because you believe in...

    Kings and Generals: History for our Future
    3.164 Fall and Rise of China: Battle of Lake Tai

    Kings and Generals: History for our Future

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2025 37:23


    Last time we spoke about the crossing of Nanjing's Rubicon. By November 1, Shanghai had become a lost cause, the Chinese were forced to retreat. In the wake of this turmoil, the Japanese set their sights on Nanjing, keenly aware that its fall would spell disaster for Chiang Kai-Shek's government. Despite the desperate situation, guerrilla fighters began fortifying the city as civilians rallied to support the defense, preparing for the inevitable assault that loomed. However, political divisions plagued the Chinese leadership, with some generals advocating for abandoning the city. After intense discussions, it was decided that Nanjing would be a hill worth dying on, driven largely by propaganda needs. As November 12 approached, Japanese troops rapidly advanced west, capturing towns along the way and inflicting unimaginable brutality. On November 19, Yanagawa, a commander, took the initiative, decreeing that pursuing the retreating Chinese forces toward Nanjing was paramount.    #164 The Battle of Lake Tai Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on history of asia and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War. As the Chinese troops fled westwards, at 7:00 am on November 19th, Yanagawa issued instructions to his troops in the field. “The enemy's command system is in disarray, and a mood of defeat has descended over their entire army. They have lost the will to fight. We must not miss the opportunity to pursue the enemy to Nanjing.” The order went out to the 10th Army, sending, the 6th, 18th, and 114th Divisions west along the southern shore of Lake Tai, passing through Huzhou before turning right towards Nanjing. The Kunisaki Detachment, trained for rapid movement by water and land, was ordered east along the Yangtze River near Wuhu city and, if possible, cross the river to cut off the Chinese Army's retreat from Nanjing. Yanagawa envisioned an operation unlike any other conducted by the Japanese Army in recent history. He believed this could not only end the war but also surpass previous victories, such as the defeat of tsarist Russia more than three decades earlier. Confident in a swift victory, he wrote in a follow-up message to his commanders, “The day is near when the banner of the Rising Sun will fly over Nanjing's city wall.” However, Yanagawa's order elicited panic in Tokyo once it became known. His superiors viewed it as an outrageous attempt to entirely change the war focus away from the north. They understood that taking Nanjing was primarily a political decision rather than a strategic one. There was still hopes of finding terms through the Germans to end the conflict, thus carving up more of China. The Japanese did not want to become bogged down in a real war. Major General Tada was particularly opposed to increasing efforts on the Shanghai front. He belonged to a faction that believed the best way to avoid a quagmire in China was to deliver a swift, decisive blow to the Chinese Army. This mindset had turned him into a major advocate for landing a strong force in Hangzhou Bay in early November. Nevertheless, he had initially resisted expanding operations to the Suzhou-Jiaxing line, only relenting on the condition that this line would not be crossed under any circumstances. Tada's immediate response was to halt the 10th Army's offensive. Shimomura Sadamu, Ishiwara Kanji's hardline successor as chief of operations, strongly disagreed, arguing that field commanders should have the authority to make significant decisions. Undeterred, Tada insisted on restraining the field commanders, and at 6:00 pm on November 20th, the Army General Staff sent a cable to the Central China Area Army reprimanding them for advancing beyond Order No. 600, which had established the Suzhou-Jiaxing line. The response from the Central China Area Army arrived two days later whereupon the field commanders argued that Nanjing needed to be captured to bring the war to an early conclusion. To do otherwise, they argued, would provide the enemy with an opportunity to regain the will to fight. Moreover, the officers claimed that delaying the decisive battle would not sit well with the Japanese public, potentially jeopardizing national unity. On the same day it responded to Tokyo, the Central China Area Army instructed the 10th Army to proceed cautiously: “The pursuit to Nanjing is to be halted, although you may still send an advance force towards Huzhou. Each division is to select four or five battalions to pursue the enemy rapidly”. The remainder of the troops were instructed to advance towards Huzhou and prepare to join the pursuit “at any time.” Meanwhile Chiang Kai-shek officially appointed Tang Shengzhi as the commandant of Nanjing's garrison. Born in 1889, Tang embodied the era of officers leading China into war with Japan. They straddled the line between old and new China. During their youth, they lived in a society that had seen little change for centuries, where young men immersed themselves in 2,000-year-old classics to prepare for life. Like their ancestors across countless generations, they were governed by an emperor residing in a distant capital. Following the 1911 revolution, they embraced the new republic and received modern military training, Tang, for instance, at the esteemed Baoding Academy in northern China. Yet, they struggled to fully relinquish their traditional mindsets. These traditional beliefs often included a significant distrust of foreigners. Before his appointment as garrison commander, Tang had led the garrison's operations section. During this time, Chiang Kai-shek suggested that he permit the German chief advisor, General Alexander von Falkenhausen, to attend staff meetings. Tang hesitated, expressing concern due to Falkenhausen's past as a military official in Japan and the current alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan. “That's not good, is it?” he asked. Chiang reassured him that Falkenhausen was an experienced officer who remembered earlier loyalties despite political shifts in Berlin. “It's all right,” Chiang insisted, “we can trust him.” Reluctantly, Tang acquiesced but never fully trusted the German officer. Tang also faced issues with morale. He was Hunanese, the majority of his troops were locals, many from Nanjing. Tang also suffered from many ongoing illnesses. While he put on a bravado face, its unlikely he expected to be able to defend the capital for very long. On November 19th, the IJA 16th division and Shigeto Detachment conquered Changshu, a crucial point along the Wufu defense line, spanning from Fushan on the Yangtze to Suzhou and then to Wujiang sitting on the shores of Lake Tai. The fight for Changshu had surprised the Japanese. As they approached they ran into a network of interlocking cement pillboxes that had to be taken individually, resulting in heavy casualties. Frequently, when the Japanese believed they had finally destroyed a position and advanced, they were dismayed to discover that some defenders remained alive, continuing to fire at their flanks. Another obstacle facing them was Chinese artillery. During the night's capture of the city, the Japanese makeshift camps were hit relentlessly by bombardment. That same day further south, the IJA 9th division captured Suzhou , reporting to the press they did so without firing a single shot. General Matsui wrote in his diary “The enemy troops near Suzhou have completely lost their morale. Some soldiers are discarding their equipment and surrendering, while others flee westward in utter chaos. Our forces have not encountered the resistance we anticipated. So far, the Shanghai Expeditionary Force has achieved all its objectives. I am thrilled by this.” In reality, this was mere propaganda. The IJA 9th Division actually had to overpower a series of Chinese pillboxes outside the city. Once they entered through the medieval walls, they faced the task of eliminating pockets of resistance one by one. According to Japanese sources, over 1,000 Chinese soldiers were killed during these clearing operations. The Japanese found a wealth of spoils in Suzhou. Among the booty were 100 artillery pieces and other military equipment. Historically known as one of China's wealthiest cities, Suzhou still contained an abundance of loot even after months of conflict. Many Japanese soldiers had their pockets filled with cigarettes after raiding a tobacco factory, while others transported barrels filled with coins after robbing a bank. Meanwhile the government had officially moved from Nanjing to Chongqing. Chongqing was an unusual choice for the new capital as it was historically something of a backwater, not very cosmopolitan such as the great coastal cities in the east. However it was distant enough to be out of reach from the Japanese land forces, but not so distant that it would make governing China impossible. Not all the governmental agencies moved to Chongqing at once. The foreign ministry first moved to Wuhan, as did most of the foreign diplomats. Yet out of some several hundred foreign nationals, 30 American and 19 British did stay behind in Nanjing. Tang Shengzhi met with the remaining foreign community and began promising them guarantees of their lives and property would be protected to the fullest. In turn the foreign community were thinking up ways to help defend the city's civilian population. They formed a special demilitarized district, akin to the one in Shanghai. They named it the Jacquinot Safety Zone after its founder, French Jesuit Robert Jacquinot de Besange. An international committee for establishing a neutral zone for noncombatants in Nanjing was formed on November 19th and famously John Rabe chaired it. The committee knew their neutral zone depended solely upon Japan respecting it, thus Rabe was an ideal pick for chairman. Meanwhile Chiang Kai-Shek was determined to stay for as long as possible in Nanjing, and remain in the public view to maintain morale. Song Meiling also went around touring the capital by automobile to raise public spirit. Preparations for battle were being dished out in haste. Du Yuming, the commander of Nanjing's armored regiment was called up to the headquarters of He Yingqin, then chief of staff. There Du was briefed on Chiang Kai-Shek's war plans and how his tiny armored force would fit in. He Yingqin said “It has been decided that Tang Shengzhi is to defend Nanjing. Chairman Chiang wants the German vehicles to stay in Nanjing and fight.” This was referring to their Leichter Panzerspahwagen or “sd KFZ 221” armored cars. These were recent purchases from Germany. Du questioned using them however “The German vehicles are the best armor we have at the moment, but they have no cannon, only machine guns, so their firepower is limited. We just have 15 of them. And they are not suited for the terrain around Nanjing, with all its rivers and lakes.” Du instead argued for using the British-made Vickers Carden Lloyd tanks. Of these China had recently purchased the amphibious variants. Du said “Those tanks both have machine guns and cannon, and they can float. They are much more useful for the Nanjing area.” He further suggested the tanks might even make it to the other side of the Yangtze once all hope was out. To this He replied “No, don't even think about crossing the Yangtze. The chairman wants the tank crews to fight to the death.” As far as war strategy was concerned, China had actually developed one against Japan decades prior. Ever since the nasty conflicts between the two nations had broken out back during the Great War days, China sought an answer to Japan's aggression. One man rose to the occasion, a young officer named Jiang Baili. In 1922 Jiang wrote “The only way to prevail over the enemy, will be to do the opposite of what he does in every respect. It will be to his advantage to seek a quick resolution; we should aim for protracted warfare. He will try to focus on a decisive blow at the front line; we should move to the second line of defense and rob him of the opportunity to concentrate his forces in one place.” Soon Jiang became the forefather in China for theories involving protracted war. One could also call it a war of attrition, and it was the type of war suited to China. In the words of Jiang “We should thank our ancestors. China is blessed with two major advantages, a vast land area and a huge population. Abstaining from fighting will be enough. And if we do fight, we should drag it out. We should force the front to move west, and turn our weakness into strength, while allowing the enemy to overstretch himself”. China's geography significantly influenced Jiang's military strategy. In his works titled Organization of Mechanized Forces, Jiang wrote “The flat North Chinese plain offers ideal conditions for a large mechanized army. In contrast, the agricultural regions further south, characterized by their mix of rice paddies and waterways, are far less suitable.” Faced with a technologically superior enemy, China had no option but to draw the opponent away from the north, where their armored units would dominate the battlefield, to the Yangtze River area, where their mobility would be severely restricted. Jiang served as the director of the prestigious military academy at Baoding, near Beijing, where he could instill his philosophies in the minds of upcoming leaders of the Chinese armed forces, including Tang Shengzhi. Tang was able to put Jiang's theories into practice. In the autumn of 1935, he played a crucial role in planning and executing the decade's largest military maneuver. Conducted south of the Yangtze, between Nanjing and Shanghai, this drill involved over 20,000 troops, allowing for a realistic simulation of battle conditions. Its primary objective was to test the strategy of "luring the enemy in deep." Upon concluding the maneuver, Tang described the location as exceptionally well chosen, a tank commander's nightmare. The area consisted of steep hills alongside rivers, with very few robust roads and virtually no bridges capable of supporting tanks. Countless small paddy fields were divided by dikes that rarely exceeded a few feet in width, perfectly suited for swift infantry movements but utterly inadequate for tracked vehicles. It appeared to be a graveyard for any mechanized army. As the war broke out with Japan, Jiang's ideas initially seemed validated. Chiang Kai-shek deliberately refrained from deploying his best troops to the northern Beijing area. Instead, he chose to instigate a significant battle in and around Shanghai, where the terrain presented the exact disadvantages for Japanese armor that Jiang had anticipated. Although the Japanese gradually introduced tactical innovations that allowed them to navigate the partly submerged paddy fields north and west of Shanghai, their tanks often found themselves forced along elevated roads, making them vulnerable targets for hidden Chinese infantry. For several weeks during September and October, the Shanghai area indeed resembled a quagmire, seemingly poised to ensnare the Japanese forces until they were utterly depleted. However, the successful Japanese landings in early November, first in Hangzhou Bay and then on the south bank of the Yangtze, dramatically changed things. The stalemate was broken, allowing the Japanese Army to advance despite the persistent challenges posed by the local geography. What would happen next would determine whether Jiang's theories from a decade earlier could work or if Japan's tanks would ultimately triumph even in the river terrain south of the Yangtze.  The Japanese field commanders' decision to shift their focus from defeating Chinese forces near Shanghai to pursuing them all the way to Nanjing, sent ripples throughout the ranks. Every unit had to reconsider their plans, but none felt the impact more acutely than the 6th Division. As one of the first contingents of the 10th Army to come ashore in Hangzhou Bay in early November, its soldiers had advanced with remarkable ease, cutting through the defenses like a knife through butter. Now, with orders to drive west towards Nanjing, they were required to make a huge U-turn and head south. Geography hurt them greatly, specifically the presence of Lake Tai. The original Shanghai Expeditionary Force, bolstered by the 16th Division and other newly arrived units, was set to advance north of the lake, while the 10th Army was tasked with operations to the south of it. This situation implied that the 6th Division had to hurry to catch up with the rest of the 10th Army.   Upon turning south, they reached Jiashan on November 21, only to face a brutal outbreak of cholera among their ranks, which delayed their advance by three days. Meanwhile the other elements of the 10th Army, including the Kunisaki Detachment and the 18th and 114th Divisions advanced  rapidly, entering Huzhou on November 23. To speed up their advance they had commandeered every vessel they could grab and tossed men in piece meal across the southern bank of Lake Tai to its western shore.  However the 10th army was unaware that they would soon face a brutal fight. As the Chinese government evacuated Nanjing, fresh troops from Sichuan province in southwest China were being unloaded at the city's docks and marched toward imminent danger. Starting to disembark on November 20, these soldiers formed the Chinese 23rd Group Army. They presented an exotic sight, sporting broad straw hats typical of southern China, often adorned with yellow and green camouflage patterns. While some appeared freshly uniformed, many were ill-prepared for the colder central Chinese winter, dressed in thin cotton better suited for subtropical climates. A number looked as ragged as the most destitute coolie. Nearly all wore straw shoes that required repairs every evening after a long day of marching. Their equipment was rudimentary and often quite primitive. The most common weapon among the newly arrived soldiers was a locally produced rifle from Sichuan, yet many had no firearms at all, carrying only “stout sticks and packs” into battle. Each division had a maximum of a dozen light machine guns, and radio communication was available only at the brigade level and above. The absence of any artillery or heavy equipment was quite alarming. It was as if they expected to be facing a warlord army of the 1920s. They were organized into five divisions and two brigades, supplied by Liu Xiang, a notable southern warlord. Remarkably, Liu Xiang had been one of Chiang Kai-shek's worst enemies less than a year prior. Now, Liu's troops fought alongside Chiang's against Japan, yet their loyalties remained fiercely provincial, listening to Liu Xiang rather than Chiang Kai-shek. China's warlord era never really ended. Chiang Kai-Shek was actually doing two things at once, meeting the enemy but also getting warlord troops away from their provincial powerbase. This in turn would reduce the influence of regional warlords. Now the Chinese recognized the had to stop the Japanese from reaching Wuhu, a Yangtze port city due south of Nanjing, basically the last escape route from the capital. If it was captured, those in Nanjing would be effectively stuck. General Gu Zhutong, who personally witnessed the chaotic evacuation of Suzhou, had already dispatched two divisions from Guangxi province to block the Japanese advance. However, they were quickly routed. Liu Xiang's troops were then sent to fill the gap on the battlefield. By the last week of November, the Japanese 10th Army and the newly arrived Sichuan divisions, were converging on the same area southwest of Lake Tai. Marching as quickly as possible, they were fated to clash in one of the bloodiest battles of the entire Nanjing campaign. As the Sichuanese troops reached the battlefield at the end of November, they  quickly realized just how ill-equipped they were to confront the modern Japanese Army. The Sichuan divisions hurried towards Lake Tai, primarily marching after sunset to avoid harassment from Japanese aircraft. A significant challenge for the soldiers was the condition of the roads, which were paved with gravel that wore down their straw shoes. Despite their best efforts to repair their footwear late at night, many soldiers found themselves entering battle barefoot. Along their route, they encountered numerous Chinese soldiers retreating. One particular column caught their attention; these troops were better uniformed and equipped, appearing as though they had not seen battle at all. They looked rested and well-nourished, as if they had just emerged from their barracks. This prompted unspoken doubts among the Sichuanese soldiers. Upon arriving in Guangde, the 145th Division quickly began fortifying its positions, particularly around a strategic airfield near the city and dispatched units towards the town of Sian. On November 25, skirmishes erupted throughout the day, and on the following day, the Chinese soldiers began facing the full force of the advancing enemy. Japanese planes bombed the Chinese positions near Sian, followed by rapid tank assaults from the 18th Japanese Division. Unaccustomed to combat against armored vehicles, they quickly routed. The Japanese forces rolled over the shattered Chinese defenses and advanced to capture Sian with minimal resistance. To make matters worse, amidst this critical moment when the Sichuan troops were engaged in their first battle against a foreign enemy, Liu Xiang, fell seriously ill. In his place, Chiang Kai-shek assigned one of his most trusted commanders, Chen Cheng. The Sichuanese soldiers were not happy with the new alien commander. Meanwhile, the Nine Power Treaty Conference in Brussels held its final session. The delegates concluded three weeks of fruitless discussions with a declaration that immediately struck observers as lacking any real substance. The decree stated “Force by itself can provide no just and lasting solution for disputes between nations,”. This was met with approval from all participants except Italy, one of Japan's few allies in Europe. They strongly urged that hostilities be suspended and that peaceful processes be pursued, but offered zero consequences for either belligerent should they choose not to comply. As they say today in politics, a nothing burger. China found itself resorting to shaming the international community into action, with barely any success.  In Berlin, the evening following the conference's conclusion, diplomats gathered as the Japanese embassy hosted a dinner to mark the first anniversary of the Anti-Comintern Pact. Among the guests, though he probably really did not want to be there, was Adolf Hitler. The Japanese Communications Minister, Nagai Ryutaro, speaking via radio stated “The Sino-Japanese conflict is a holy struggle for us. The objective is to hold the Nanjing government accountable for its anti-Japanese stance, to liberate the Chinese people from the red menace, and to secure peace in the Far East.” By hosting such an event, Germany was basically signalling that she would abandon her old Chinese ally to forge a stronger partnership with Japan. This was driving the world into two camps that would emerge as the Axis and Allies. My favorite boardgame by the way, I make a lot of goofy videos on my youtube channel about it.  Back at the front, a city sat midway along the Yangtze River between Shanghai and Nanjing, Jiangyin. By Chinese standards, Jiangyin was not a large city; its population numbered just 50,000, most of whom had already fled by the end of November. The city's military significance had considerably diminished after a naval battle in late September resulted in the sinking of half the Chinese fleet, forcing the remainder to retreat upriver. Nevertheless, the Chinese still maintained control on land. This became a pressing concern for the Japanese after the fall of Suzhou and Changshu led to the collapse of the Wufu defensive line. Consequently, the next line of defense was the Xicheng line, of which Jiangyin formed the northern end. The city stood directly in the path of the 13th Japanese Division, positioned at the far right of the front line. Jiangyin featured 33 partially fortified hills, and like many other cities in the region, its primary defense was a robust 10-mile wall constructed of brick and stone. Standing 30 feet high, the wall was reinforced on the inside by an earthen embankment measuring up to 25 feet in diameter. Defending Jiangyin alone was the 112th Division, comprising approximately 5,000 soldiers. Only in November did it receive reinforcements from the 103rd Division, which had previously participated in the brutal fighting in Shanghai and withdrew westward after the Japanese victory there. Like the 112th, the 103rd also consisted of around 5,000 soldiers from former warlord armies, though they hailed from the hot and humid southwest of China rather than the cold and arid northeast. Both divisions faced an adversary with far superior equipment and training. Just hours after Japanese observation balloons appeared on the horizon, their artillery opened fire. The initial shells fell at approximately 30 second intervals, but the pace quickly accelerated. Most of the shells landed near the river, obliterating the buildings in that area. The explosions tore up telephone wires, severing communication between the scattered Chinese units. As the first shells began to fall over Jiangyin, Tang Shengzhi gathered with Chinese and foreign journalists in Nanjing, openly acknowledging the monumental challenge ahead but resolutely vowing to defend Nanjing to the bitter end. “Even though it is lagging behind in material terms, China has the will to fight. Since the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, we have suffered defeats in various theaters, but we will continue to fight until we achieve final victory.” Tang then promised that Nanjing would be fought to the last man. As early as November 14, the central government had ordered the evacuation of women and children from Nanjing, calling for all means of transportation available to be dedicated to this purpose. However, this directive proved to be an empty proclamation. Almost all resources were directed toward relocating government officials westward. Moving office furniture and filing cabinets took precedence over evacuating people. The government commandeered 600 trucks and 220 boats and ships to aid in this effort, but once those means of transportation were exhausted, little remained for the common people. In the final days of November, Nanjing's mayor, Ma Chaojun, attempted to rectify this dire situation. He sent a cable to the Ministry of Communications requesting that the ships used to relocate government agencies be returned to Nanjing as soon as possible to assist with the evacuation. For most vessels, there wasn't enough time to make the journey back. The people of Nanjing were left to fend for themselves. Meanwhile the battles south and west of the Lake Tai continued to rage in late November. While the 18th Japanese Division advanced toward Guangde, aiming eventually for Wuhu and the Yangtze River, the 114th Japanese Division received different orders. It turned right along the western bank of Lake Tai, clearly intending to push onward to Nanjing. Awaiting them was the 144th Chinese Division, consisting primarily of Sichuanese soldiers. They dug in across the one viable road running west of the lake, with a large body of water on one side and rugged terrain on the other. This terrain forced the Japanese to attack over a narrow front, constraining the advantage they held due to their technological superiority. The Chinese were able to concentrate their limited artillery, primarily mountain guns that could be disassembled and transported by mules or even men, on the advancing Japanese attackers, and utilized it effectively. They allowed the Japanese to shell their positions without immediate retaliation, waiting until the infantry was within 1,000 yards before ordering their mountain guns to open fire. The result was devastating; the Japanese column became disorganized, and their advance stalled. However, just as the Chinese artillery appeared on the verge of achieving a significant victory, the decision was made to withdraw. The officers responsible for the mountain guns argued that the Japanese would soon overrun their positions, and it was preferable to take preemptive measures to prevent their valuable equipment from falling into enemy hands. The commanders of the 144th Division reluctantly concurred. The Chinese did their best to maintain the facade that their artillery remained in position, but the Japanese quickly noticed the weakened defense and attacked with renewed fervor. Despite this setback, Chinese soldiers found their morale boosted as their division commander, Guo Junqi, led from the front, issuing orders from a stretcher after sustaining a leg injury. However, deprived of their artillery, the Chinese faced increasingly dire odds, and they were pushed back along the entire front. As the Chinese front neared collapse, the officers of the 144th Division faced yet another challenge: Japanese infantry approached across Lake Tai in boats commandeered in previous days. With no artillery to defend themselves, the Chinese could only direct small arms fire at the vessels, allowing the Japanese to make an almost unimpeded landing. This was the final straw. Under pressure from two sides, the 144th Division had no choice but to abandon its position, retreating westward toward the main Chinese force around Guangde. Jiangyin endured two days of continuous shelling before the Japanese infantry attack commenced, but the city was fortified to withstand such a bombardment of this magnitude and duration. The 33 hills in and around the city had long served as scenic viewpoints and natural strongholds. The tallest hill, known as Mount Ding, rose 900 feet above the area, providing a commanding view and boasted over 100 artillery pieces. By late November, when the Japanese Army reached the area, most civilians had fled, but their homes remained, and the Chinese defenders effectively utilized them, converting them into concealed strongholds. The attack by the Japanese 13th Division on November 29 was led by the 26th Brigade on its right flank and the 103rd Brigade on its left. The advance proved challenging, constantly disrupted by Chinese ambushes. As a row of Japanese soldiers cautiously crossed an empty field, gunshots would erupt, striking down one of their ranks while the others scrambled for cover, desperately trying to identify the source of the fire. The Chinese launched frequent counterattacks, and on several occasions, individual Japanese units found themselves cut off from the main body and had to be rescued. Despite some setbacks, the 13th Division made satisfactory progress, bolstered by both land and ship-based artillery, and soon nearly encircled Jiangyin, leaving only a narrow corridor to the west of the city. However, the Chinese artillery was well-prepared, effectively targeting Japanese vessels on the Yangtze River. This led to an artillery duel that lasted three hours, resulting in several hits on Japanese ships; however, the Chinese batteries also suffered considerable damage. In the sector of the 103rd Chinese Division, the defenders had taken time to construct deep antitank ditches, hindering the advance of Japanese armored units. During the night of November 29-30, the Chinese organized suicide missions behind enemy lines to level the playing field. Armed only with a belt, a combat knife, a rifle, and explosives, the soldiers infiltrated Japanese positions, targeting armored vehicles. They quietly climbed onto the tanks, dropping hand grenades into turrets or detonating explosives strapped to their bodies. Though reducing Japanese armored superiority granted the Chinese some time, the attackers' momentum simply could not be stopped. On November 30, the Japanese launched a relentless assault on Mount Ding, the dominant hill in the Jiangyin area. Supported by aircraft, artillery, and naval bombardments, Japanese infantry engaged the entrenched Chinese company at the summit. After a fierce and bloody battle, the Japanese succeeded in capturing the position. The Chinese company commander, Xia Min'an, withdrew with his troops toward Jiangyin to report the loss to the regimental command post. When the deputy commander of the 103rd Division, Dai Zhiqi, heard the news, he was furious and wanted to execute Xia on the spot. However, Xia's regimental commander intervened, saving him from a firing squad. Instead, he insisted that Xia redeem himself by recapturing the hill from the Japanese. Xia was put in command of a company that had previously been held in reserve. What followed was a fierce battle lasting over four hours. Eventually, the Japanese were forced to relinquish the hill, but the victory came at a steep price, with numerous casualties on both sides, including the death of Xia Min'an. The last days of November also witnessed chaotic fighting around Guangde, where the unfamiliar terrain added to the confusion for both sides. For the Chinese, this chaos was exacerbated by their upper command issuing contradictory orders, instructing troops to advance and retreat simultaneously. Pan Wenhua, the Sichuanese commander of the 23rd Army, prepared a pincer maneuver, directing the 13th Independent Brigade to launch a counterattack against the town of Sian, which was held by the Japanese, while the 146th Division would attack from the south. Both units set out immediately. However, due to a lack of radio equipment, a common issue among the Sichuanese forces, they did not receive the new orders to withdraw, which originated not from Pan Wenhua but from Chen Cheng, the Chiang Kai-shek loyalist who had taken command after Liu Xiang fell ill and was eager to assert his authority. Fortunately, the officers of the 13th Independent Brigade were alerted to the general order for withdrawal by neighboring units and managed to halt their advance on Sian in time. The 146th Division, however, had no such luck and continued its march toward the Japanese-occupied city. It was joined by the 14th Independent Brigade, which had just arrived from Wuhu and was also unaware of the general retreat order. Upon reaching Sian, these Chinese troops engaged in intense close combat with the Japanese. It was a familiar scenario of Japanese technological superiority pitted against Chinese determination. The Japanese brought armor up from the rear, while the Chinese lay in ambush, tossing hand grenades into tank turrets before jumping onto the burning vehicles to kill any surviving crew members. As the fighting around the flanks slowed, the area in front of Guangde became the focal point of the battle. Japanese soldiers advanced toward the city during the day, passing piles of dead Chinese and numerous houses set ablaze by retreating defenders. At night, the situation became perilous for the Japanese, as Chinese forces infiltrated their positions under the cover of darkness. In the confusion, small units from both sides often got lost and were just as likely to encounter hostile forces as friendly ones. Despite the chaos along the front lines, it was evident that the Japanese were gaining the upper hand primarily due to their material superiority. Japanese artillery bombarded Guangde, igniting many structures, while infantry approached the city from multiple directions. The Chinese 145th Division, led by Rao Guohua, was nearing its breaking point. In a desperate gamble, on November 30, Rao ordered one of his regiments to counterattack, but the regimental commander, sensing the futility of the move, simply refused. This refusal was a personal failure for Rao, one he could not accept. Deeply ashamed, Rao Guohua withdrew from Guangde. As darkness enveloped the battlefield, he and a small group of staff officers found a place to rest for the night in a house near a bamboo grove. Overwhelmed with anguish, he penned a letter to Liu Xiang, apparently unaware that Liu had been evacuated to the rear due to stomach issues. In the letter, he apologized for his inability to hold Guangde. Telling his bodyguard to get some rest, he stepped outside, disappearing into the bamboo grove. Shortly thereafter, his staff heard a single gunshot. When they rushed out and searched the dense bamboo, they found Rao sitting against a tree, his service weapon beside him. Blood streamed thickly from a wound to his temple. He was already dead. I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. As the Japanese forces advanced on Nanjing, tensions escalated within the Chinese leadership. While Commander Tang Shengzhi fortified the city, some sought retreat. Japanese Commander Yanagawa, confident of victory, pushed his troops westward, disregarding high command's hesitations. Meanwhile, ill-equipped Sichuanese reinforcements hurried to defend Nanjing, braving cholera and disorganization. Intense battles unfolded around Lake Tai, marked by fierce ambushes and casualties. 

    New Books in History
    Michael Geheran, "Comrades Betrayed: Jewish World War I Veterans under Hitler" (Cornell UP, 2020)

    New Books in History

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2025 73:02


    What claims could Jewish veterans make on the Nazi state by virtue of their having fought for Germany? How often did Germans treat Jewish veterans differently from Jewish men without military experience during the Weimar and Nazi periods? How did perceptions of masculinity and of Germanness intersect to shape attitudes and behaviors of Jewish veterans?   Michael Geheran's wonderful new book Comrades Betrayed: Jewish World War I Veterans under Hitler (Cornell UP, 2020) tries to understand how Jewish participation in World War I shaped their lives in 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. He uses a seemingly never-ending supply of diaries, letters, journals and other sources to paint a compelling picture of the ways in which German Jews understood their identities and influenced  their interactions with Germans and with the restrictions imposed by the Nazi Government. It raises new questions about how to periodize the Holocaust and how to think about the role of Germans--both civilian and military--in the persecution and elimination of German Jews. Kelly McFall is Professor of History and Director of the Honors Program at Newman University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

    From The Void Podcast
    Robert Hutchinson "The Death of Hitler"

    From The Void Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2025 33:36


    The Death of Hitler: What If the Story We've Been Told Isn't True?   Guest: Robert Hutchinson – investigative journalist and author of What Really Happened: The Death of Hitler For decades, history books have confidently closed the chapter on Adolf Hitler's final days: April 30th, 1945. A bunker beneath Berlin. A suicide pact. Case closed.   But what if the truth is messier—and far more mysterious?   In this episode of From the Void, I sit down with investigative journalist and author Robert Hutchinson to dig into the shocking inconsistencies and unanswered questions surrounding Hitler's supposed death. Drawing from FBI files, declassified intelligence, and eyewitness contradictions, Hutchinson makes the case that the official story may not be the only story.   Did Hitler die in that bunker? Or did he escape—vanishing into the fog of post-war chaos and Cold War politics?   We cover: •

    New Books Network
    Brendan Simms, "Hitler: A Global Biography" (Basic Books, 2019)

    New Books Network

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2025 29:13


    Every generation returns to the titanic heroes and villains of the 20th century. And every generation produces a new set of biographies--often immense--in an effort to understand the role of that eras main figures. In the past three years, three important new books have reassessed Hitler's life, beliefs and actions. Two of the authors, Volker Ulrich and Peter Longerich, are historians of Germany who are German. The third, our guest for today's interview, is British. In his new book Hitler: A Global Biography (Basic Books, 2019), Brendan Simms  offers us a different Hitler, one much more focused on global capitalism and on the Anglo-American world than either Ulrich of Longerich.  Simms argues that fears that Germany would lose the economic and demographic competition with Britain and especially the US sat at the heart of Hitler's world view. Anti-Semitism, fears of German particularism, scientific understandings of race, all of these appear in Simms' portrait of Hitler. But they are joined by a constant fear that the American system was simultaneously seductive and corrupting, and that Germans and Germany would not be able to resist. This, Simms argues, drove many of Hitler's decisions, especially in the 1920s and 30s. We had some technological problems getting connected for the interview and had only 30 minutes to talk. But Simms does a marvelous job using that time to lay out the broad outlines of his argument and to sketch in some of his main lines of defense. It's a fascinating interview. Not everyone will agree with his conclusions. But at the least the book will prompt a stimulating debate about the role of the west in HItler's thinking. Kelly McFall is Professor of History and Director of the Honors Program at Newman University. He's the author of four modules in the Reacting to the Past series, including The Needs of Others: Human Rights, International Organizations and Intervention in Rwanda, 1994, published by W. W. Norton Press. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

    Witness History
    Geneva Conventions

    Witness History

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2025 10:02


    In 1859, Swiss businessman Henry Dunant witnessed the Battle of Solferino, in Italy. He couldn't believe the lack of aid for the wounded soldiers and came up with two ideas – a voluntary aid organisation and an international treaty to protect those injured in wartime. They went on to become the International Committee of the Red Cross in 1863 and the first Geneva Convention in 1864. Henry's great great great grand nephew, Gabriel Martinez, read excerpts from his book, A Memory of Solferino, to Rachel Naylor. Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups, scientific discoveries, cultural moments and much more. Recent episodes explore everything from the death of Adolf Hitler, the first spacewalk and the making of the movie Jaws, to celebrity tortoise Lonesome George, the Kobe earthquake and the invention of superglue. We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: Eva Peron – Argentina's Evita; President Ronald Reagan and his famous ‘tear down this wall' speech; Thomas Keneally on why he wrote Schindler's List; and Jacques Derrida, France's ‘rock star' philosopher. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the civil rights swimming protest; the disastrous D-Day rehearsal; and the death of one of the world's oldest languages.(Photo: Participants representing 16 states during the adoption of the first Geneva Convention on 22 August 1864 in Geneva. Credit: AFP via Getty Images)

    I Don't Speak German
    Public Bonus: Selling Hitler (1986, 1991)

    I Don't Speak German

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2025 67:46


    Daniel and Jack continue to be haunted by the fetid shade of David Irving as they discuss the 1991 UK television mini-series Selling Hitler (starring Jonathan Pryce, Alexei Sayle, and various once-and-future Doctor Whos)... and also the 1986 non-fiction book by Robert Harris upon which it is based... and thus also the real-life 1983 Stern Magazine fake Hitler diaries scandal which both are about.  Content warning: Jack is very enthusiastic about this. The mini-series, free on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWzIjl-RsZKuDuoLINA6pvhzmAj_v9-eQ&si=2Q30UUkBb1_R7kyx A good article about the real event: https://www.dw.com/en/how-a-german-magazine-fell-for-fake-hitler-diaries/a-65399517 Show Notes: Please consider donating to help us make the show and stay ad-free and independent.  Patrons get exclusive access to at least one full extra episode a month plus all backer-only back-episodes. Daniel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielharper/posts Jack's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4196618&fan_landing=true IDSG Twitter: https://twitter.com/idsgpod Daniel's Twitter: @danieleharper Jack's (Locked) Twitter: @_Jack_Graham_ Jack's Bluesky: @timescarcass.bsky.social Daniel's Bluesky: @danielharper.bsky.social IDSG on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-dont-speak-german/id1449848509?ls=1

    Good Morning Liberty
    Dumb BLEEP of the Week! (Newsom, Nina Turner, Cracker Barrel, DC Guns & More) || EP 1612

    Good Morning Liberty

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2025 80:07


    Join Nate Thurston and Charles 'Chuck' Thompson on another episode of Good Morning Liberty as they discuss a range of topics including the controversial Cracker Barrel rebrand, Trump's flag burning executive order, misconceptions about 55 million U.S. visas, Hitler comparisons, and much more. From political blunders to corporate decisions, this episode has it all! Don't miss the Dumb Bleep of the Week! (00:00) Intro (02:51) Gavin Newsom and Bed Bath & Beyond (10:00) Kroger Store Closures (18:20) Nina Turner and Gerrymandering (23:27) Joy Reed's Controversial Comments (30:51) SNAP Benefits and Health (34:38) ADL and America First (39:21) Conservative Reactions to Gun Laws (39:40) Debate on Gun Possession and Crime (40:42) Thomas Massey's Stance on Gun Rights (41:37) Libertarian Views on Gun Ownership (42:17) Critique of Government Policies (45:45) Trump and Putin Assassination Comments (49:32) Trump's Executive Order on Flag Burning (53:13) Andrew Yang's Mobile Voting Proposal (56:07) Cracker Barrel Rebranding Controversy (01:06:35) Misconceptions About Visa Holders (01:13:17) ESPN's Barry Sanders Mix-Up (01:18:02) Concluding Remarks and Voting   Links: https://gml.bio.link/ YOUTUBE: https://bit.ly/3UwsRiv Check out Martens Minute! https://martensminute.podbean.com/ Follow Josh Martens on X: https://twitter.com/joshmartens13 CB Distillery 25% off with promo code GML cbdistillery.com Join the Fed Haters Club! joingml.com secure.thomasmassie.com/donate

    The Ben Shapiro Show
    Introducing The Pope and the Führer: The Secret Vatican Files of World War II with Michael Knowles

    The Ben Shapiro Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2025 0:54


    Pope Pius XII, the man who led the Church through WWII, has been maligned by history as the Pope that could have stood against Hitler, but remained silent. Recent archival revelations, however, tell a different story. What is the truth? How did he respond to the Nazi threat? And who told his story? Streaming Now Exclusively on DailyWire+. - - - Privacy Policy: ⁠https://www.dailywire.com/privacy⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices