Ep. 24: Richard Overy on World War II

School of War · Apr 5, 2022 · 38m

Richard Overy, professor of history at the University of Exeter, joins the show to discuss World War II and the wars of imperial aggression.

Times

02:23 - Introduction

04:24 - Imperialism prior to World War II

06:00 - Nations as empires

08:32 -Traditional imperialism versus the Axis Powers' concept

11:02 - Who is Halford Mackinder?

13:14 - The development of Germany's vision of empire

14:36 - German war aims in World War I and World War II

17:02 - Germany and the East

22:16 - The Japanese vision of empire

25:01 - How Japan modernization

26:33 - Japan's methods of rule

27:50 - American and the…