🎧 WW2: The Great Imperial War
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Most consider the Second World War to have been fought between 1939 - 1945 but, as you'll hear in this podcast, Richard Overy believes that the conflict was much broader than this. The Second World War was in fact the last gasp of global imperialism with Italy, Germany and Japan all seeking to build new empires through violent military means and at a terrible cost to the world. The defeat of the Axis powers in 1945 left the world in ruins and saw the end of territorial empires and marked a new era in global power. Richard brings a new and fascinating approach to the context of the Second World War.
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