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Benjamin Hett is a historian, author, and college professor specializing in World War 1 and 2. I don't know anything about WW2, so today he came on to explain the whole conflict to me. He revealed what happened to Hitlers body, how nuclear war happened, and the future of global conflicts. WELCOME TO CAMP!

Intro by @Chifftie
Produced by @99OvrAll

00:00 Intro
01:21 Biggest misconceptions about WW2
04:16 Why Soviets were responsible for winning the war
07:00 Soviet incompetence, Siege of Leningrad + Holodomor
11:30 Americans’ fondness for WW2 because it didn’t impact domestically
14:20 US economy - from the Depression to being 50% of world’s GDP
19:09 Why does World War 2 start?
24:45 Rise of Fascism + difficulty defining “fascism”
35:06 Imperialism birthing modern-day racism
42:22 What is an Aryan?
45:32 Germany post-WW1 + extreme hyperinflation
50:19 Fascist regimes enacting expansionism + ramping it up in 1930s
1:02:15 The Munich Conference + Camps existed in the 30s
1:08:28 Germany invading Czechia + Poland was the redline
1:14:14 What was Soviet Russia’s position? Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
1:19:26 Poland’s invaded + “Speak for England” + shadow of WW1
1:27:01 UK & France waiting for German collapse + German economy reorientation
1:33:50 1940 - The rise of Winston Churchill + France’s collapse
1:48:08 Churchill needs the US for victory
1:53:27 Antisemitism turning into the Holocaust
1:58:04 Why did Pearl Harbor happen? Japan + German alliance
2:08:37 Invading the Soviet Union + German realising the inevitable
2:13:37 Why would Soviets blockade Japan?
2:16:10 Italy’s “effort” + African front
2:18:54 Last 3 years of the war - Allies had so much resources
2:20:50 D-Day was the beginning of the end
2:25:09 North Atlantic secured, Air supremacy + P-51 Mustang
2:29:58 AH’s suicide + Soviet’s have his skull/teeth + Who gets Berlin?
2:34:47 Italy had surrendered in 1943 + Liberation of camps
2:37:07 Allies knew about the Holocaust + why not bomb the railway lines?
2:40:34 Operation Paperclip - Nazis took us to the moon
2:42:10 Using nuclear bombs on Japan