Impossible Peace: The Time Between World Wars
Season 1
8320178 episodes
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- S1 E1 - The Lap of the Gods 1919-1921Watch on supported devicesApril 4, 201750minFor four years during WWI, a life was lost every 25 seconds. After the carnage, a new age of prosperity and celebration was expected. However, that it would not be so simple. The economy and society had a lot of recovering to do.Freevee (with ads)
- S1 E2 - Just Like the Arabian Nights 1922-1925Watch on supported devicesApril 11, 201750minIn effort to keep peace, treaties were proposed to keep the aggressors of World War 1 under-armed. The ratio of military power was drastically in favor of the US and Great Britain. This might have successfully kept peace, if it was only given a chance.Freevee (with ads)
- S1 E3 - Mussolini Is Always Right 1925-1929Watch on supported devicesApril 18, 201750minExchange rates and floundering economies were not the only things influencing how and where people lived. The motor-car and other technological advances were transformative, though some clung tight to the past...Freevee (with ads)
- S1 E4 - Dancing On A Volcano 1929-1931Watch on supported devicesApril 25, 201750minAs Paris lurched into 1929, it seemed on the surface (to those with deep pockets) that the party would go on forever. However, few saw the impending future claiming that these people were just hiding away from a harsh reality.Freevee (with ads)
- S1 E5 - I'm Alright 1932-1933Watch on supported devicesMay 2, 201750minIn the 20's there seemed to be some good candidates for leadership in Europe. But where were these people when the great depression hits, effecting the lives of people around the world?Freevee (with ads)
- S1 E6 - Everyone Trusts Him 1933-1936Watch on supported devicesMay 9, 201750minAs the effect of the depression in the US became clear, Japanese businessmen began to think that the America would never recover. They then set their focus on East Asia, where the invasion of Manchuria had doubled the size of the Japanese empire.Freevee (with ads)
- S1 E7 - History Stopped 1936-1938Watch on supported devicesMay 16, 201750minNo one knows for sure if early action would have stopped Adolph Hitler's ambition. But we do know that inaction certainly didn't. Buy why did neighboring countries refuse to act early? One word: Appeasement.Freevee (with ads)
- S1 E8 - Peace For Our Time 1938-1939Watch on supported devicesMay 23, 201750minSome saw the idea of appeasement as the salvation of peace. Some were so blinded by it, that they either didn't see, or ignored, Hitler's all to obvious strategic manipulation of territories.Freevee (with ads)
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- English
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- English [CC]
- Directors
- Michael Cove
- Studio
- MagellanTV
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