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The Real James Bond was Balkan - Duško Popov

July 9, 2020

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The career of Duško Popov is probably more exciting than any work of fiction. A glamorous and brave spy who plays a central role in the underground intelligence war of the time.

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World War Two: Season 0 - 101 Episode s

0x39 - 9 Days of Christmas with the TimeGhost of Christmas Past
December 19, 2019
We are going to do something special for Christmas! For every day between 24 December and 1 January 2020, we'll have one episode about something that happened on that day in History. Tell your friends and stay tuned on our TimeGhost channel!
0x40 - 1941 and 2020 will be a Crazy Year on WW2 and TimeGhost
January 21, 2020
It's a new year - and what a year. We're going to make more content and new kinds of content and we will have two new hosts.
0x41 - TimeGhost's Attacks for 1941 - WW2 PSA
February 15, 2020
Lot of new stuff coming and here's a preview by Indy and Spartacus on some of it - new TimeGhost series, Barbarossa, Pearl Harbor, who knows... well any minute you will.
0x42 - Royal Resistance in Benelux and Scandinavia 1940
February 17, 2020
When the Racism of Naziism hits the Nationalism of Monarchism, it doesn't quite go like Hitler would have imagined.
0x43 - The TimeGhost WW2 Memorial for the Heroes of a Great Generation - WW2 Public Service Announcement
February 19, 2020
We want to increase the scope of this channel by visiting locations relevant to World War Two. And for that, we need more financial support. We want to handle that tasteful though, without abandoning the integrity of this channel. This is what we came up with.
0x44 - What if the Spanish Fascists Lost the Civil War?
February 20, 2020
This video is sponsored by Paradox Interactive. Indy shares his thoughts on what he thinks would have happened if the Spanish Revolution would have happened differently.
0x45 - On December 7, 2020 - World War Two Goes Global
February 25, 2020
Pearl Harbor is one of the major events of 1941 and World War Two, bringing America into the war and changing history for ever. We want to do it justice by going there with boots on the ground, and by covering it minute-by-minute as it unfolds.
0x46 - A French Civil War in 1937? - WW2 feat. Hearts of Iron IV
February 26, 2020
Indy shares his thoughts on what he thinks would have happened if the French would have decided to meddle in the Spanish Civil War – triggering a Civil War.
0x47 - Resistance in China - Myth or Reality?
March 3, 2020
The war in China already started in 1931 when Japan invaded Manchuria. Early resistance was small and was met by heavy Japanese retaliations. But throughout the 30's, the movement started to grow.
0x48 - August von Mackensen in WW2, Stolen Wine, and America
March 5, 2020
In this episode of Out of the Foxholes, we answer some community questions on what August von Mackensen did in World War Two, if there was a shortage on French wines and what the Axis' perception of the Monroe Doctrine was.
0x49 - Pearl Harbor Teaser - WW2 - Coming December 7th 1941
March 5, 2020
On 7 December 1941, we will cover the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor minute-by-minute.
0x50 - Carton de Wiart - A Man For All Seasons
March 10, 2020
Carton de Wiart was a remarkable figure in World War One, but his story continues in World War Two, where he rolls from one adventure into the next.
0x51 - WW2 On The Homefront Starts next week!
March 11, 2020
Next week our monthly new sub series On The Homefront premieres hosted by Anna Deinhard. This is why...
0x52 - Fallschirmjäger - Germany's Finest
March 12, 2020
The Fallschirmjäger were Germany's own paratrooper branch, designed to deal a swift and fatal blow behind the enemy's lines. They were deployed with great success in Scandinavia and the Benelux, but they come too close to the sun when they attempt to invade Crete.
0x53 - When You Run Out of Stuff to Hoard - Rationing 1940
March 17, 2020
In this first episode of On the Homefront, Anna tells you about division of labour, food production and rationing in the early years of the war.
0x54 - Will Stalin invade India? And what about the West Indies?
March 19, 2020
In today's episode of Out of the Foxholes, we answer exciting questions concerning Dutch and French colonies in America, British defence strategies in India and French soldiers stuck in Britain post-armistice.
0x55 - Hans Oster - A German Against Nazism
March 24, 2020
Hans Oster opposed the Nazis and tried to oppose them from early on. As a member of the Abwehr, he tried to do whatever he could. During the war, his efforts increased with a dramatic outcome.
0x56 - Poland Will Not Bow to Nazis & Stalinists
March 27, 2020
Poland faces two brutal occupiers led by Hitler and Stalin, hellbent on wiping Poland off the map. But the Poles have been preparing to stand up and resist since before the war - and now they do.
0x57 - The end of US neutrality? The Lend-Lease Act
March 31, 2020
The United States of America aims to remain neutral during World War Two. But they see it in their best interest to aid the British in their fight against Nazism. The Lend-Lease Act is designed to do exactly that.
0x58 - Barbarossa, African Jews, and the fate of PoWs in Germany
April 2, 2020
Did the British government know of the German plans for Operation Barbarossa? What happened to Jewish communities in Ethiopia? And to Prisoners of War in occupied countries?
0x59 - Prince Paul of Yugoslavia - Victim of Circumstance?
April 7, 2020
A Serb royal with an English heart sounds pretty romantic, but the story of Prince Paul of Yugoslavia is far from it. Trapped by circumstance, he is forced to make decisions that go against his own personal beliefs and leave him condemned as a traitor.
0x60 - Did the British Engineer the Yugoslavian Coup of March 1941?
April 9, 2020
As Hitler pressured Yugoslavia to join the Axis Powers, Britain tried to gain a Balkan ally. Then Yugoslavia did join then Axis... and then there was an anti-Axis coup in Yugoslavia. But just how much were the British involved in that coup? Let's find out.
0x61 - Girls Armed With Pitchforks - The Women’s Land Army
April 14, 2020
Now that the labour-needs and the availability of manpower has changed due to the outbreak of World War Two, Women are required to join the workforce. They're put to work in the Women's Land Army.
0x62 - Charles De Gaulle - The Flame of French Resistance?
April 16, 2020
Charles De Gaulle is a towering figure in history, and not just because of his height. Becoming increasingly political in the interwar years due to his unorthodox views on military strategy, The Fall of France will thrust him into the limelight.
0x63 - Tanks of the Early North-Africa Campaigns, by The Chieftain
April 21, 2020
The Chieftain takes us to North-Africa, where he talks us through the tanks that were used during the first months of the Battles in North-Africa between the Italians and Germans on the one side and British and commonwealth forces on the other.
0x64 - Field Rations, Foreign Legion, and French Anti-Semitism
April 23, 2020
What did soldiers eat on the frontlines? What happened to the French Foreign Legion? And how is the legacy of Alfred Dreyfus handled in the anti-semitic Vichy France? Find out in this exciting episode of Out of the Foxholes!
0x65 - Haile Selassie - The New Messiah
April 28, 2020
Haile Selassie was the Emperor of the Ethiopian Empire. He led the country against the Italians in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War after which he is exiled to Britain.
0x66 - Why Pearl Harbor? Peaceful Portugal, and the poor Kriegsmarine
April 30, 2020
How were relations between Japan and the United States at the beginning of the war? What were both sides doing to try and make Portugal enter the war? And to what extent did the Kriegsmarine match the Royal Navy? Find out as we answer these questions in this Out of the Foxholes episode!
0x67 - Georgy Zhukov - Hero of the Soviet Union!
May 5, 2020
Georgy Zhukov's rise to one day become the Hero of the Soviet Union did not happen overnight. Instead, the son of a poor tradesman has slowly worked himself up the ranks of the Red Army using his grit, determination, and iron will.
0x68 - Sending the Jews to Madagascar? - May 1941
May 7, 2020
The War Against Humanity is accelerating and accelerating. Across the world, people live under oppression. In Nazi Europe, solutions to the so-called "Jewish Question" has taken on new, fantastical, proportions.
0x69 - Rudolf Hess - Nazi Pacifist, Traitor or Madman?
May 12, 2020
In a series of events, Hitlers second in command Rudolf Hess decides to fly to Britain to enter peace negotiations with the Allies. But the true reasons behind and effects of his action remain ambiguous at best.
0x70 - Protecting the Innocent - Kids Evacuations
May 14, 2020
The European powers may be at war but there's now thing they can agree on: their young must be protected. So, before the first RAF or Luftwaffe bombs were even dropped on cities, countries are drawing up plans to save as many lives of their youth as they possibly can.
0x71 - Roald Dahl - Pilot, Seducer and Author
May 19, 2020
Roald Dahl is not just a beloved author, he is also a wartime adventurer. He saw plenty of action in North-Africa and Greece, where he got the inspiration for many of his work to come.
0x72 - Indy is in recovery from COVID 19
May 20, 2020
Indy has been suffering with Covid-19 for the past three weeks, but he seems to be well on the road to recovery. How does this affect the content and scheduling for WW2, TimeGhost, and Sabaton History?
0x73 - Wehrmacht Wages, Argentina in WW2, and Otto von Habsburg
May 21, 2020
You’re just an average German doing your work when suddenly you’re called up for service and asked to put your life on the line for your country. But how does your country repay you? Find out today as we take a look at the regular German soldier’s salary, the political turmoil in Argentina during the war and the former powerhouse of Europe: the mighty Habsburg dynasty.
0x74 - The Battle to Crack Enigma - The real story of "The Imitation Game"
May 26, 2020
For the British, breaking the German's seemingly unbreakable codes is one of the most vital battles of the war. If they fail, there is litte to stop the German U-Boats hunting down Allied shipping in the Atlantic.
0x75 - Der Bismarck: Doomed to Fail?
May 28, 2020
The Bismarck is without a doubt a force to be reckoned with. But with the Kriegsmarine experiencing an identity crisis throughout the 1930s, the Bismarcks design and strategic purpose foreshadow a dramatic ending.
0x76 - The Wehrmacht's License to Kill the Innocent - May 1941
June 2, 2020
As the Blitzes of Britain slow down considerably, violence in Croatia increases dramatically as the Ustaše government purges the country of Jews and Serbs and the Wehrmacht gets deadly instructions for their Invasion of the Soviet Union.
0x77 - Foreign Fighters Part 1 - The Non-German Germanics Fighting for Hitler
June 5, 2020
The SS are the elite force of the Third Reich, representing everything good about the German race. But half of them will one day be foreign-born non-Germans. How did this happen?
0x78 - US Racism Against Germans, South African Neutrality and the Occupation of the Maginot
June 9, 2020
Did the neutral US discriminate against German- and Italian-Americans? And exactly how pro-Axis was South Africa? And what happened to the Maginot Line after the Fall of France? Find out as Indy answers three more of your interesting questions in this episode of Out of the Foxholes!
0x79 - Operation Barbarossa Transport Vehicles and Logistics
June 11, 2020
What good is your army if you can't supply it? As the German army prepares to invade the massive lands of the Soviet Union, it faces hefty production, logistical and supply challenges.
0x80 - The Tanks of Operation Barbarossa
June 16, 2020
We take a look at the types and amounts of tanks available to the German and Soviet armies on the eve before Barbarossa.
0x81 - What Actually Is Blitzkrieg?
June 18, 2020
When the Nazi war machines tears through Poland, France, and the Soviet Union, people will call it Blitzkrieg. But what is Blitzkrieg and is it anything that unique?
0x82 - Soviet Gender Equality Was a Scam
June 19, 2020
The future looks bright for soviet women in the 1910s, they have the right to vote and they're on track for social emancipation. Yet this doesn't last long. Soon, the demands of the nation will rob them of these promises.
0x83 - Bonus Before Barbarossa - Ep 001 to 014 1939 Remakes
June 21, 2020
Are you new to WW2 in Real Time, or a long time viewer? No matter, now you can see our first 14 weekly episodes in higher quality and with even more detail.
0x84 - The Holocaust Begins in Lithuania - June 1941
June 25, 2020
The German Fallschirmjäger target the Cretan civilian population as they take the Island with big losses. But the War Against Humanity intensifies dramatically as Operation Barbarossa is launched on 22nd June, 1941.
0x85 - A Non-Nazi in Nazi Uniform? - Gerd von Rundstedt
June 30, 2020
Most of the German high-command are not committed National Socialists. So what were like and why did they still serve the Nazi regime?
0x86 - 500,000 subs! - Bloopers
July 1, 2020
To celebrate that we have reached the milestone of 500k subscribers, we have a nice message from us for you. And some bloopers.
0x87 - The Healthcare Crisis of 1941
July 2, 2020
When WWII breaks out many parts of the world are still missing population wide healthcare. The pressure of the war deteriorates healthcare services even further. By 1941, both the British Commonwealth and Germany are facing an outright healthcare crisis on the home front.
0x88 - The Luftwaffe and Barbarossa
July 7, 2020
Unlike the German Army, which for the most part had many idle months over the past year, the German Air Force- the Luftwaffe- has seen constant action in the Battle of Britain and the Mediterranean Theater. How did this affect its preparations and plans for the invasion of the Soviet Union?
0x89 - The Real James Bond was Balkan - Duško Popov
July 9, 2020
The career of Duško Popov is probably more exciting than any work of fiction. A glamorous and brave spy who plays a central role in the underground intelligence war of the time.
0x90 - Barbarossa, Hitler's and Stalin's Hell on Earth - July 1941, Part 01
July 14, 2020
When the German armed forces invade the USSR, they come with an order to exterminate from Hitler. Now the defending Soviet armed forces receive similar orders from Stalin. The bloodshed that follows defies human imagination.
0x91 - Spanish Republican Exiles - Nazi Colonialism & Hitler + Mussolini ≠ ❤️
July 16, 2020
What did Spanish Republicans do during the Second World War? How would the Axis have divided Africa? And did Hitler plan to keep Mussolini around after the war? Find out as Indy and the Chair of Infinite Knowledge answer three more intriguing questions in this episode of Out of the Foxholes!
0x92 - Operation Barbarossa - The German Plans to Lose the War
July 21, 2020
The planning for Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, took nearly a year and went through a variety of scenarios. The basic plan was finalized in December 1940, and that month General Friedrich Paulus ran a series of war games to test its feasibility. Today we'll look at his conclusions.
0x93 - War Diplomats, Japanese/Soviet Neutrality, and why not Sweden?
July 23, 2020
What happened to Allied ambassadors? And how did Hitler react to the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact? And why didn’t he invade Sweden? Once again, Indy is in the Chair of Infinite Knowledge answering all your exciting questions about World War Two!
0x94 - Operation Barbarossa - How much Intelligence do you need?
July 30, 2020
Josef Stalin was warned time and again from a variety of sources of the German plans for invading the Soviet Union, and yet, he did NOT heed those warnings.
0x95 - Generalplan Ost, the Nazi plan to kill the Slavs
August 4, 2020
In China, and the Soviet Union, all sides are causing widespread death to the local civilians. The defending forces are scorching the earth and plundering their own civilians, the attacking armed forces of Japan and Germany are executing planned genocide and mass destruction.
0x96 - A Career Anti-Fascist – George Orwell
August 6, 2020
George Orwell is one of the most famous English writers in the modern age. But how did he become the man who would coin so many of the words we still use in our political debates?
0x97 - Hitler's screen idol - Leni Riefenstahl
August 12, 2020
Leni Riefenstal's film techniques were groundbreaking and are still influential today. She did, though, create her most famous works in the service of Adolf Hitler.
0x98 - How Feminism Came to the Middle East - Women's Emancipation
August 13, 2020
While battles rage across the world, women at home are fighting for their basic emancipation. In Egypt, Huda Shaarawi stands at the center of this struggle.
0x99 - The Luftwaffe and Barbarossa, Part II - No Longer Masters of the Sky
August 18, 2020
As Barbarossa unfolds and the Germans take ever more Soviet territory, they have ever fewer planes with which to fly over it. What does this mean for the forces on the ground? What does this mean for their other theaters of war?
0x100 - British Deserters, Sword Fights, and Poison Gas
August 20, 2020
What happened to deserters in the British Army? Did Chinese and Japanese troops ever engage in sword to sword combat? Why didn’t Germany use poison gas on the battlefield? Find out the answers to all these questions in today’s Out of the Foxholes!
0x101 - "Your Strict Thesis is not Correct!" - Reading Comments
August 25, 2020
Indy and Sparty are back again for ‘Across the Airwaves,’ where we look at interesting and unique comments from our videos and forums. In this episode, we will look at foreign volunteers in the SS, and the Polish experience in World War Two.
0x102 - Pearl Harbor and Tie Barn Update!
August 27, 2020
Join us for a progress update of the intense and thrilling work with the Pearl Harbor minute-by-minute special! Indy and Spartacus will - in their own special way - walk you through what's going on with this MEGA DOCUMENTARY. Indy and Astrid will also let you know the status of the ties from Indy's Tie Barn that have been auctioned off so far.
0x103 - Extermination Now! - August 1941, Part 01
August 28, 2020
Not all plans for Operation Barbarossa are as successful as hoped. In August 1941, Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler push forward their plans to wage war on all Jews, unleashing the Einzatsgruppen and the SS Cavalry Brigade of Hermann Fegelein on the Jewish people of Eastern Europe.
0x104 - Hitler's Hangman and Himmler's Protégé - Reinhard Heydrich
September 1, 2020
After being taken in by Himmler as a sort of apprentice, Reinhard Heydrich rapidly climbed the Nazi political hierarchy. With the outbreak of World War Two, he expands his political power by ruthlessly carrying out political repression on the home front and genocidal racial policies of the Third Reich.
0x105 - The ϟϟ and Wehrmacht Murder Inc. - August 1941, Part 2
September 3, 2020
Fegelein's and Himmler's actions to 'comb' the Pripet Marshes for Jews continues. The largest mass-murder yet is committed in Kamianets-Podilskyi, while new methods to commit genocide on an industrial scale are being devised.
0x106 - Tanks of the Red Army in 1941: Armoured Cars and Light Tanks, by the Chieftain
September 8, 2020
Chieftain is back on the World War Two channel with a deep-dive into the Soviet armour in the first months of war on the Eastern Front. Remember that this is only Part 1 and covers armoured cars and light tanks. Part 2 comes out next week and focuses on medium and heavy tanks.
0x107 - Ecuadorian-Peruvian War: The War That Had Nothing to do with World War Two
September 10, 2020
While the Second World War grows ever more destructive, some nations take advantage of the global chaos to settle old disputes. In Peru and Ecuador, long standing territorial disputes turn violent.
0x108 - Tanks of the Red Army in 1941: Medium and Heavy Tanks, by the Chieftain
September 15, 2020
Chieftain returns to the World War Two channel this week for Part 2 of his deep-dive into the Soviet armor in the first months of war on the Eastern Front. This week, the focus is on medium and heavy tanks.
0x109 - Édith Piaf during World War Two, Kerensky, & the German Journey to N. Africa
September 17, 2020
How did Alexander Kerensky react towards the invasion of the Soviet Union? How were French musicians working during the war? How did Germans get to Africa in 1940? Find out from Indy the answers to all these questions in Out of the Foxholes!
0x110 - The Man in Monty's Shadow - Claude Auchinleck
September 22, 2020
Claude Auchinleck put military matters over that of politics. Although this angered some, mainly Churchill, Auchinleck still found himself in India, and later facing down Rommel in North Africa.
0x111 - Resistance is Futile in Nazi Europe - September 1941, Part 1
September 25, 2020
In the first half of September, Nazi murder campaigns in Vilnius and the Pripet Marshes continue. In the rest of Europe, the Germans tighten their grip on the occupied countries, taking away media privileges and further restricting the freedoms of Jewish populations.
0x112 - America First - Patriots or Nazis?
September 29, 2020
In 1941, the question of whether America should join the European War still isn't settled. Different groups whip up opposition to it, and those such as the America First Committee seem suspiciously sympathetic to Hitler's message and cause.
0x113 - The Rape of Humanity at Babi Yar
October 1, 2020
Killing Jews by the thousands becomes the main way of eradicating the Jews in Eastern Europe in August and September 1941. The Mass Murder at Babi Yar in Kiev is yet another escalation in that process.
0x114 - Keeping up with the Bonapartes, Sino-German relations and Barbarossa news
October 7, 2020
What were the Bonapartes up to during World War Two? How were the German casualties of Operation Barbarossa reported, if at all, in Germany? And what exactly was the relationship between China and Germany in World War Two? Join Indy in the Chair of Infinite Wisdom to find out.
0x115 - Yugoslav Resistance and Serb Collaboration in 1941
October 8, 2020
Resistance has been brewing since the Axis invasion in April 1941. Multiple resistance groups fight for very different reasons and with different methods. When they launch a big offensive against the occupier, lines between friend and foe become blurry.
0x116 - Wolfpack Killers - U-Boat Tactics
October 13, 2020
German U-Boats were a big threat to Allied shipping across the Atlantic. New inventions and tactics triggered a race to outsmart the opponent, dramatically changing the tides of the Battle of the Atlantic every few months.
0x117 - The Wehrmacht is Not Clean! - October 1941 Pt 1
October 15, 2020
The Wehrmacht is deeply involved with the Nazis' War Against Humanity. They are complicit in the murder of thousands of Jews in the 'Holocaust of Bullets', and the severe treatment of Soviet Prisoners of War. In October 1941, Wehrmacht General Walther von Reichenau issues the 'Severity Order', taking away any ambiguity there may be as to the Wehrmacht's vision.
0x118 - The First Liberation From Nazism - The Republic of Užice
October 20, 2020
When the Yugoslav Partisans and Chetniks liberate a large part of modern-day Serbia, the Partisans found the Republic of Užice, complete with its own governmental structure, education and cultural policy and weapons factory.
0x119 - On Stalin's Secret Service - Richard Sorge
October 22, 2020
A spy who is famous for warning Stalin about Hitler's plan to invade the Soviet Union. But he was so much more than that. His fascinating life begins in the Cacuausases and eventually leads him to Tokyo.
0x120 - Cranking This War Up to Eleven - Hideki Tojo
October 28, 2020
A man who was both Japan's War Minister and Prime Minister, who played a large role in escalating the already daunting scale of the war in China to a world war against multiple world powers. We learn about his life from his birth in Tokyo in 1884 to his execution at Sugamo prison in Tokyo in 1948.
0x121 - The Banality of Death - October 1941 Pt. 2
October 29, 2020
French resistance members liquidate a high-ranking German officer, triggering a series of retaliatory actions by the German occupiers. Meanwhile, actions in the 'Holocaust of Bullets' continue in the east as German forces move further into the USSR, taking Odessa.
0x122 - How Mighty is the Red Army?
November 3, 2020
Hitler and German High Command had expected the invasion of the Soviet Union to be an easy victory and for the Red Army to quickly collapse. Yet here we are, with millions of Soviet soldiers captured, wounded or killed and the Red Army still holding fast.
0x123 - An American Globalist - Cordell Hull
November 5, 2020
Cordell Hull is the face of American diplomacy in 1941 as it navigates the precarious road to war against Imperial Japan.
0x124 - How To Kill 15,000 People in One Day - November 1941 Pt 1
November 10, 2020
As German troops pull into eastern Ukraine, locals fight back in any way they can. Some of them have been the target of Soviet brutalization for decades. For many who are deemed 'enemy of the Third Reich', the first two weeks of November 1941 are their last, as the 'Holocaust of Bullets' continues.
0x125 - Pearl Harbor- Minute by Minute - Official Teaser!
November 12, 2020
December 7th is one of the pivotal dates in world history. That day, Japan launched offensives all over Southeast Asia and the Pacific to secure the resources that embargo had denied them. They also- more famously- launched a surprise attack against the American Pacific Fleet at anchor at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii- the only naval power with any realistic chance of stopping them. The United States was neutral, but this "Day of Infamy" brought the US very much into World War Two. We are covering the events of that day for five hours in real time as they happen, and have recreated many of the action sequences in collaboration with World of Warships using their game engine. It's going to be very cool; it's going to be very good; and it's going to happen December 7th.
0x126 - Deception and Dust-ups - Desert Warfare Tactics
November 18, 2020
When Allies and Axis clash on the deserts of North Africa, harsh and unique conditions force them to develop new tactics. From misdirection to new ways to move across the desert, all to gain an advantage over the enemy.
0x127 - Patton marches on Shreveport, Romania vs. USSR, and Free French intelligence
November 19, 2020
How did the non-German Axis fare against the Soviet Union? What was the intelligence agency of the Free French like? And what were the Louisiana Maneuvers? All these questions are answered in this edition of Out of the Foxholes.
0x128 - Switzerland: Neutral or Nazi Ally?
November 24, 2020
After the fall of France in June 1940, neutral Switzerland found itself surrounded on all sides by a hostile expansionist power. The small nation would have been a valuable possession but the jaws of the Reich hesitated to swallow it. How did Switzerland manage to exit the conflict intact and largely unscathed?
0x129 - Japanese Plague Bombs - November 1941, Pt. 2
November 26, 2020
Japanse deploys Biological Weapons in China, leading to un unspecified number of deaths. Meanwhile, European Jews from Germany and their occupied territories are deported to Eastern Europe, where Jews are already being killed by the thousands.
0x130 - The Nazis: Most Notorious Art Thieves in History
December 1, 2020
During their occupation of large parts of Europe, the Nazis systematically looted foreign countries for art, gold and other items holding financial or cultural value. Often for any larger purpose, but for their own, egocentric, criminal gain.
0x131 - A Japanese Bureaucratic Mess
December 3, 2020
Contrary to popular belief, Imperial Japan was not an absolute monarchy marching (or sailing) to war with singular vision and purpose. Rather, it was a dysfunctional government of competing factions, players and interests.
0x132 - Pearl Harbor and the Global War Against Humanity - December 1941, Part 1
December 11, 2020
December 1941 marks the shift to a new chapter in the War Against Humanity. New fronts open up, exposing millions more to the horrors of war. Other developments continue their path of continuous escalation.
0x133 - The NKVD: from Pen-Pushers to Communist Hit Squads
December 15, 2020
The NKVD started out as your regular old Ministry of the Interior. But over time, they grew out to a hugely influential and highly lethal weapon for some of the Soviet Union's leaders.
0x134 - The Warlords of the United Nations
December 17, 2020
Following the German declaration of war on America on the 11th of December 1941, Britain gained an invaluable ally. Securing a joint military command between the new partnership will be central to its success, the question is, how can this be achieved?
0x135 - Kido Butai: Terror of the Pacific
December 22, 2020
Kido Butai was the fleet that launched the surprise attack on the US Pacific Fleet at anchor at Pearl Harbor and followed that up with a string of victories in 1942. But how was it commanded, both as a whole and in the high and even mid level command? Today we'll look at that.
0x136 - Christmas with Adolf Hitler - December 1941, Part 2
December 24, 2020
Christmas 1941. A holiday season in a year of darkness and suffering, where Hitler celebrates his own greatness as the world goes up in flames.
0x137 - Waking the Sleeping Giant - America Prepares for War
January 12, 2021
As the United States enter World War Two, a huge industrial giant awakens from hibernation. This episode covers Industrial Mobilization plans, their execution, and their potential.
0x138 - Germany Bankrupts Greece - Countless Die in Famine – January 1942 - pt. 1
January 14, 2021
The early weeks of 1942 show how much of a global War Against Humanity this really is. People in occupied zones across the globe suffer under the boot of their tormentors. In Greece, thousands die in a famine, while repressive tactics claim the lives of many more in the Balkans. The Holocaust continues in cities and the extermination camp of Chełmno, while the Japanese army wreaks havoc in South-East Asia as they advance on Allied positions.
0x139 - Hitler Never Gave the Order - So Who Did?
January 19, 2021
The structure of decision-making in the Nazi Party and the German government is clouded in ambiguity and implicit power-structures. We explore how this leads to a. rat-race, resulting in an endless spiral of irrational decisions and violence.

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0x39 - 9 Days of Christmas with the TimeGhost of Christmas Past

0x40 - 1941 and 2020 will be a Crazy Year on WW2 and TimeGhost

0x41 - TimeGhost's Attacks for 1941 - WW2 PSA

0x42 - Royal Resistance in Benelux and Scandinavia 1940

0x43 - The TimeGhost WW2 Memorial for the Heroes of a Great Generation - WW2 Public Service Announcement

0x44 - What if the Spanish Fascists Lost the Civil War?

0x45 - On December 7, 2020 - World War Two Goes Global

0x46 - A French Civil War in 1937? - WW2 feat. Hearts of Iron IV

0x47 - Resistance in China - Myth or Reality?

0x48 - August von Mackensen in WW2, Stolen Wine, and America

0x49 - Pearl Harbor Teaser - WW2 - Coming December 7th 1941

0x50 - Carton de Wiart - A Man For All Seasons

0x51 - WW2 On The Homefront Starts next week!

0x52 - Fallschirmjäger - Germany's Finest

0x53 - When You Run Out of Stuff to Hoard - Rationing 1940

0x54 - Will Stalin invade India? And what about the West Indies?

0x55 - Hans Oster - A German Against Nazism

0x56 - Poland Will Not Bow to Nazis & Stalinists

0x57 - The end of US neutrality? The Lend-Lease Act

0x58 - Barbarossa, African Jews, and the fate of PoWs in Germany

0x59 - Prince Paul of Yugoslavia - Victim of Circumstance?

0x60 - Did the British Engineer the Yugoslavian Coup of March 1941?

0x61 - Girls Armed With Pitchforks - The Women’s Land Army

0x62 - Charles De Gaulle - The Flame of French Resistance?

0x63 - Tanks of the Early North-Africa Campaigns, by The Chieftain

0x64 - Field Rations, Foreign Legion, and French Anti-Semitism

0x65 - Haile Selassie - The New Messiah

0x66 - Why Pearl Harbor? Peaceful Portugal, and the poor Kriegsmarine

0x67 - Georgy Zhukov - Hero of the Soviet Union!

0x68 - Sending the Jews to Madagascar? - May 1941

0x69 - Rudolf Hess - Nazi Pacifist, Traitor or Madman?

0x70 - Protecting the Innocent - Kids Evacuations

0x71 - Roald Dahl - Pilot, Seducer and Author

0x72 - Indy is in recovery from COVID 19

0x73 - Wehrmacht Wages, Argentina in WW2, and Otto von Habsburg

0x74 - The Battle to Crack Enigma - The real story of "The Imitation Game"

0x75 - Der Bismarck: Doomed to Fail?

0x76 - The Wehrmacht's License to Kill the Innocent - May 1941

0x77 - Foreign Fighters Part 1 - The Non-German Germanics Fighting for Hitler

0x78 - US Racism Against Germans, South African Neutrality and the Occupation of the Maginot

0x79 - Operation Barbarossa Transport Vehicles and Logistics

0x80 - The Tanks of Operation Barbarossa

0x81 - What Actually Is Blitzkrieg?

0x82 - Soviet Gender Equality Was a Scam

0x83 - Bonus Before Barbarossa - Ep 001 to 014 1939 Remakes

0x84 - The Holocaust Begins in Lithuania - June 1941

0x85 - A Non-Nazi in Nazi Uniform? - Gerd von Rundstedt

0x86 - 500,000 subs! - Bloopers

0x87 - The Healthcare Crisis of 1941

0x88 - The Luftwaffe and Barbarossa

0x89 - The Real James Bond was Balkan - Duško Popov

0x90 - Barbarossa, Hitler's and Stalin's Hell on Earth - July 1941, Part 01

0x91 - Spanish Republican Exiles - Nazi Colonialism & Hitler + Mussolini ≠ ❤️

0x92 - Operation Barbarossa - The German Plans to Lose the War

0x93 - War Diplomats, Japanese/Soviet Neutrality, and why not Sweden?

0x94 - Operation Barbarossa - How much Intelligence do you need?

0x95 - Generalplan Ost, the Nazi plan to kill the Slavs

0x96 - A Career Anti-Fascist – George Orwell

0x97 - Hitler's screen idol - Leni Riefenstahl

0x98 - How Feminism Came to the Middle East - Women's Emancipation

0x99 - The Luftwaffe and Barbarossa, Part II - No Longer Masters of the Sky

0x100 - British Deserters, Sword Fights, and Poison Gas

0x101 - "Your Strict Thesis is not Correct!" - Reading Comments

0x102 - Pearl Harbor and Tie Barn Update!

0x103 - Extermination Now! - August 1941, Part 01

0x104 - Hitler's Hangman and Himmler's Protégé - Reinhard Heydrich

0x105 - The ϟϟ and Wehrmacht Murder Inc. - August 1941, Part 2

0x106 - Tanks of the Red Army in 1941: Armoured Cars and Light Tanks, by the Chieftain

0x107 - Ecuadorian-Peruvian War: The War That Had Nothing to do with World War Two

0x108 - Tanks of the Red Army in 1941: Medium and Heavy Tanks, by the Chieftain

0x109 - Édith Piaf during World War Two, Kerensky, & the German Journey to N. Africa

0x110 - The Man in Monty's Shadow - Claude Auchinleck

0x111 - Resistance is Futile in Nazi Europe - September 1941, Part 1

0x112 - America First - Patriots or Nazis?

0x113 - The Rape of Humanity at Babi Yar

0x114 - Keeping up with the Bonapartes, Sino-German relations and Barbarossa news

0x115 - Yugoslav Resistance and Serb Collaboration in 1941

0x116 - Wolfpack Killers - U-Boat Tactics

0x117 - The Wehrmacht is Not Clean! - October 1941 Pt 1

0x118 - The First Liberation From Nazism - The Republic of Užice