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67: The Third Republic Pt. 7 - Rearmament
If France wanted to compete militarily with the growing power of Germany, it was going to have to start a serious effort to rearm itself.
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23: A Naval Chat with Dr. Alexander Clarke
Usually these interviews start with a topic and go from there, but in this case I was joined by Dr. Alexander Clarke for a wide ranging discussion on…
4 years, 6 months ago
66: The Third Republic Pt. 6 - Political Cleanup
In the last years before the war there were many different concerns in Paris, honestly too many to cover in one episode, but this episode discusses a…
4 years, 6 months ago
22: The Politics of Veteran's Benefits with Dr. Crotty, Dr. Diamant, and Dr. Edele
After the wars were over, there were millions of veterans and each nation and each group of veterans found themselves in different positions. In this…
4 years, 6 months ago
65: The Third Republic Pt. 5 - Popular Front in Power
With the victory of the Popular Front it was time to completely transform French society, to fix all of the problems they had identified in the previ…
4 years, 6 months ago
64: The Third Republic Pt. 4 - Left Left Left Right Left
The events of February 6th 1934 would result in a new unity on the French Left, enter the Popular Front.
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4 years, 6 months ago
21: Fighter Pilot Nostalgia with Dr. Michael Hankins
Release Note: I was unable to record this week, so pulling forward this interview that was going to release later this year.
In this interview I was …
4 years, 7 months ago
63: The Third Republic Pt. 3 - France and Friends
Among the most important projects by France during the 1930s would be relations with other nations.
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62: The Third Republic Pt. 2 - The Shadow of Victory
After their victory during the First World War the French had some very real problems. Those problems and their possible solutions would shape French…
4 years, 7 months ago
61: The Third Republic Pt. 1 - The Maginot Line
During the interwar period the French decided to take a bit of concrete and build some fortifications, 5 billion Francs later they had completed an i…
4 years, 7 months ago