If you're a history nerd like me, you've probably been obsessed at one point or another with World War II.

And who could blame you? It's one of the most consequential and fascinating moments in world history.

It's history's worst war, full of epic figures and chance encounters, key moments that change the course of history.

Well, I have a podcast to recommend to you. It's a sister

podcast on the Parthenon podcast network. It's called Key Battles of American History. And it's hosted by

my friend James Early. Make sure you check it out. They've just released an episode on specifically

the causes of World War II. And in this latest episode, James and his co-host, Sean McIver, discuss all of the factors that happened from the 1920s to the 30s that led to the worst war in human history.

And we actually have a clip that will play for you from the podcast.

So make sure you check it out.

It's called Key Battles of

American History, and it's hosted by James Early. Welcome to Key Battles of World War II in Europe,

our 10,000-foot survey of the Second World War in Europe and the areas around it. I'm your host, James

Early, as always, and my co-host once again is Sean McIver. Now, the European

theater of the Second World War is an incredibly complex topic. The root causes of the war go all

the way back to the First World War, if not earlier. And in order to fully understand the war,

we can't just start with the German invasion of Poland on September 1st,

1939. We have to go further back than that. So in the first few episodes, Sean and I will

narrate the key events in Europe between the World Wars. We will begin with the very end of World War I.

All right, Sean, we're embarking on a major task here. Are you ready for this?

Yeah. Yep, I am. And, you know, we've got a lot of ground to cover. And so we've kind of,

we've got a flat high altitude on this one. We are. Yes, listener, just so you'll know,

we're not going to go into all the nitty gritty. and this is not going to be a 200, 300 episode

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