World War Two S09E22 · How Hitler Targeted Czechoslovakia - Q2 1938

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In this episode of Death of Democracy, Spartacus Olsson reports from Berlin at the end of Q2 1938, as the Nazi regime fuses foreign-policy intimidation with domestic repression. After the Anschluss, Hitler pressures Czechoslovakia over the Sudetenland, but the May Crisis exposes that Germany may not yet be ready for war. Humiliated, Hitler secretly issues a revised Case Green directive: Czechoslovakia is to be smashed by military action.

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1. 1 1. How to End Democracy in 60 Days - Death of Democracy Q1 19332026-01-31 · 17mThis episode of the history documentary series “Death of Democracy" covers Q1 1933 with Hitler’s appointment as chancellor, the Reichstag Fire, Reichstag Fire Decree, Enabling Act,
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6. 6 6. How to Serve Retribution and Become Popular - Q2 19342026-03-07 · 17mIn the spring of 1934, Nazi Germany stands on the edge of internal collapse. In this episode of Death of Democracy, we follow the escalating conflict between Adolf Hitler, the SA s
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8. 8 8. How To Indoctrinate the Children - Q4 19342026-03-21 · 16mIn this episode of Death of Democracy, we examine Germany in the final quarter of 1934, as Adolf Hitler tightens his grip on power after Hindenburg’s death and prepares the Reich f
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11. 11 11. How to Legalize Scapegoating - Q3 19352026-04-11 · 18mNuremberg Laws explained: how Nazi Germany turned antisemitic street violence into state policy in 1935. In this episode, Spartacus Olsson reports from Berlin on the third quarter
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15. 15 15. How to Make Nazi Germany Look Normal - Q3 19362026-05-09 · 17mBerlin, September 30, 1936. Under the Olympic flame, Nazi Germany staged one of the most successful propaganda spectacles of the twentieth century. Foreign visitors saw order, cere
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18. 18 18. How Hitler Tested His Next War in Spain - Q2 19372026-06-06 · 16mIn Spain, the Condor Legion helps Franco’s Nationalists and the bombing of Guernica gives the world a terrifying preview of modern aerial terror. At home, the regime escalates its
19. 19 19. How to Make Dissent Disappear - Q3 19372026-06-13 · 18mIn 1937, Nazi Germany moved from controlling politics to controlling thought itself. Churches, artists, workers, and dissenters all came under attack. Berlin, September 1937. From
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22. 22 22. How Hitler Targeted Czechoslovakia - Q2 19382026-07-04 · 20mIn this episode of Death of Democracy, Spartacus Olsson reports from Berlin at the end of Q2 1938, as the Nazi regime fuses foreign-policy intimidation with domestic repression. A
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