# Germany and the Second World War,

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Sir Richard Evans
- Year: 2008
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: History
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/germany-and-second-world-war)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Nearly half a century ago, the historian A. J. P. Taylor brought about a startling rethinking of our understanding of the origins of World War II. The first lecture in this series revisits the debate he unleashed, pointing to the evidence that has accumulated in recent years of Hitler's far-reaching plans for the creation of a new Nazi empire in Eastern Europe as a springboard for the rise of Germany as the dominant power in the world. Appeasement may have been the only feasible policy up to early 1939, but it rested all along on a misreading of Hitler's intentions.

## Lectures

1. [Hitler and the origins of the war, 1919-1939](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-germany-and-second-world-war/7a763f2a4b0d) (YouTube)
2. [Hitler's Victories, 1939-41](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-germany-and-second-world-war/b77a459d8f45) (YouTube)
3. [Stalingrad and Beyond, 1942-1943](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-germany-and-second-world-war/ed05ada6207c) (YouTube)
4. [The Fall of the Third Reich, 1944-45](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-germany-and-second-world-war/e212c9733b2c) (YouTube)