Episode 57: The Storm Unleashed - In 1939-1940, World War II escalated as Germany invaded Poland, triggering the conflict. Soon after, Russia entered Finland, and Germany turned its sights on Scandinavia and France. This episode unpacks the fall of France, the dramatic Dunkirk evacuation, and how Britain stood on the brink—preparing for the battle to come.

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Reference Material:

The Second World War by John Keegan - https://www.amazon.com/Second-World-War-John-Keegan/dp/0143035738

The Second World War by Antony Beevor - https://a.co/d/buiOkUX

Inferno: The World at War by Max Hastings - https://www.amazon.com/Inferno-World-at-War-1939-1945/dp/0307475530

Hitler's Table Talk by Heinrich Heim - https://www.amazon.com/dp/191564514X?ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_ZSR5EFNA2XDKRGJFM9JT

The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War by Andrew Roberts - https://a.co/d/eiI4n3Z

The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy by Adam Tooze - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08RF19SJD?ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_F2YKBC10QNPEK1KH8ZA9

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003X4R6GQ?ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_342S2V7392AXWTF40D59

Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich by Norman Ohler - https://a.co/d/iSX2Xkr

The World at War Documentary  - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071075/