The Great War (2014)

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New Wars and Revolutions - Demobilisation
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In our first new episode, our host Jesse takes a look at the German Revolution of 1918/1919 and how the Spartacists under Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg tried to take power. We also .. show full overview
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The Russian Civil War in Early 1919
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The biggest conflict, or rather series of conflicts, that had their roots in the First World War are today known as the Russian Civil War. After the October Revolution the Bolsheviks .. show full overview
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Greater Poland Uprising - Book Picks - Veteran Care
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It's time for another episode of Beyond The Great War where we answer questions from the community. This time we take a look at the Greater Poland Uprising and the situation of Poland in .. show full overview
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The Lenin Boys Go To War - Hungarian Soviet Republic
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Like many European countries, Hungary experiences rapid political changes in the aftermath of the 1918 armistices. The Kingdom of Hungary used to rule big parts of South Eastern Europe .. show full overview
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Bavarian Soviet Republic - 1919 Economy and Reconstruction
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Jesse Alexander takes a look at the short lived but historically important Bavarian Soviet Republic that existed for 3 weeks in April 1919. He also takes a look at the post armistice economy and reconstruction in the west.
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Mussolini and D'Annunzio On The Rise - Allies in Crisis Over Italy
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Italy joined World War 1 in 1915 after it had been promised territorial gains in the Treaty of London. Now that the Central Powers had been defeated, the Italian government and the .. show full overview
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US Soldiers Fighting in Russia - The End of the "Polar Bear Expedition"
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The so called Allied intervention into the Russian Civil War suffered from no clear operational goals and mandate and when US President Woodrow Wilson pulled out the American soldiers .. show full overview
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Just Peace Or Day of Dishonor? - The Treaty of Versailles
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The Treaty of Versailles was the first of the big peace treaties after the armistice of 1918. In just six months the allied powers had – without talking to the defeated powers – .. show full overview
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Estonia and Latvia Fight For Independence - Russian Civil War Baltic Front
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Estonia and Latvia had declared their independence from Russia in the late 1918 chaos. Over the spring of 1919 both countries' new governments needed to defend that independence not only .. show full overview
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The Allied Occupation of Germany After The Treaty of Versailles
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When the Allied armies marched into German territory in late 1918 under the terms of the armistice, they were surprised to see a relatively untouched land. After the signing of the .. show full overview
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Polish-Ukrainian War 1919 - The Battle for Lemberg
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Lviv or Lwów are two names for the same city that was known as Lemberg until 1919. The Poles considered it as one of their most important cultural and political centers, the Ukrainians .. show full overview
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The Drive On Moscow - Russian Civil War Summer 1919
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The summer of 1919 was a pivotal moment in the Russian Civil War. Backed with Allied support the White movement went on the offensive in the East under Alexander Kolchak and in the South .. show full overview
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Communist Revolution in America? - The Red Scare
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The American intervention in the Russian Civil War, the economic hardships of workers and returning veterans and the strikes all over the US in 1919 created a hysteria that we know as .. show full overview
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Worse Than Versailles? - The Treaty of Saint-Germain
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The Treaty of Versailles between the Allies and Germany was only one of the peace treaties that followed the defeat of the Central Powers. The new Austrian republic, one of the countries .. show full overview
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The Freikorps Fights On - Estonia and Latvia War For Independence
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After the Battle of Cesis it seemed the situation in Latvia and Estonia was about to quieten down. But the German soldiers in the region and the ongoing conflict with Bolshevik Russia meant the 2nd half of 1919 saw even more fighting in the Baltics.
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The Tide Is Turning - Russian Civil War Fall 1919
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The White Russian advance on Moscow comes to a crashing end as the Red Army manages to turn the tide of the Russian Civil War in Fall 1919.
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The Graveyard of Empires Strikes Back - The British-Afghan War of 1919
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The British-Afghan War of 1919
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The Brief Independence of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan
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Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan used the power vacuum after the 1917 revolution in Russia and after the collapse of the Central Powers in 1918 to gain their independence. But the .. show full overview
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Treaty of Neuilly - A National Catastrophe for Bulgaria?
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Treaty of Neuilly - A National Catastrophe for Bulgaria?
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The Hungarian Romanian War & The Downfall of the Hungarian Soviet Republic
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In early 1919 Hungary was one of the European territories that saw a communist revolution. Bela Kun and his supporters established the Hungarian Soviet Republic while the country was in .. show full overview
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Adolf Hitler's First Steps In Politics - The Foundation Of The Nazi Party
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Like many former soldiers, lance corporal Adolf Hitler was disillusioned with the new German Republic after the Armistice in 1918. Like man of his country men he was also in dire need of .. show full overview
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The Treaty of Versailles And The Economic Consequences Of The Peace
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John Maynard Keynes was an economist and part of the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. He had high hopes for a new post-war order but when he realized what Georges Clemenceau, David .. show full overview

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