• 532. Hitler's War on Poland: The Fall of Warsaw (Part 3)

  • Jan 20 2025
  • Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (1 rating)

532. Hitler's War on Poland: The Fall of Warsaw (Part 3)

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  • The Nazi invasion of Poland is one of the most harrowing episodes of the Second World War, which saw terrible scenes of abuse take place. Though long threatened, Poland was in no way prepared to face Hitler’s war machine when it finally attacked. Replete with tanks and planes, his would be a new kind of warfare. So, on the 10th of September 1939, Warsaw became the first capital in Europe to face relentless bombing raids, with Hitler - delighted by war - a spectator to the whole thing. The breaking point came when Stalin, whose troops had been fighting in Japan, agreed to send in his Red Army into Poland to reinforce the Germans. Before long, and despite their heroic resistance, the Poles had been decimated by German machinery, and nine days later the Nazis entered Danzig in triumph. With Warsaw an apocalyptic wasteland, Nazi occupied Poland became a hell of random brutality, discrimination, and horrific violence, particularly for the Jewish members of the population. Join Dominic and Tom for the tragic conclusion of their journey into the dark depths of the fall of Poland, including the invasion of the German war machine, Russian participation, and Poland's inspiring defence. _______ Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Producer: Theo Young-Smith Assistant Producer: Tabby Syrett Editor: Jack Meek Executive Producers: Jack Davenport + Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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this show was the 1st clusterbunk of the year fellas, Detroit appreciates organization.. and this was not organized well.

nothing exactly bad other than Dominic lacking the seamless and rotund oration he has displayed the last several series. Tom Holland most have finally broken in his new year trousers because he definitely picked up a lot of the slack left by Dominic and was able to restrain from any buffoonish remarks. overall just a bad way to organize and storyboard this exceptionally important time. it should have been the climax and taken at least 2 episodes in and of itself one each for the east and west plus an episode discussing the geopolitics of the polish defeat. instead you got bogged down in repetitive nazi atrocious details and gave Stalin a basic wave-off

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