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Ep 68: Peter H. Wilson on the Military History of the German-Speaking Peoples
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Length:
42 minutes
Released:
Apr 11, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Peter H. Wilson, Chichele Professor of the History of War at All Souls, Oxford, and author of Iron and Blood: A Military History of the German-Speaking Peoples since 1500, joins the show to talk about Germany, Germans, and German-speakers at war.
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• 01:52 Introduction
• 03:07 A dominance myth?
• 06:58 The Holy Roman Empire
• 10:33 HRE longevity
• 12:38 The Thirty Years War
• 15:31 Westphalia
• 21:24 Prussia rising
• 24:09 Prussia and Austria
• 27:56 Napoleon
• 31:43 The Imperial legacy
• 34:42 Bismarck’s wars
• 37:06 1914 vs 1940
• 40:03 Blitzkrieg
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Times
• 01:52 Introduction
• 03:07 A dominance myth?
• 06:58 The Holy Roman Empire
• 10:33 HRE longevity
• 12:38 The Thirty Years War
• 15:31 Westphalia
• 21:24 Prussia rising
• 24:09 Prussia and Austria
• 27:56 Napoleon
• 31:43 The Imperial legacy
• 34:42 Bismarck’s wars
• 37:06 1914 vs 1940
• 40:03 Blitzkrieg
Released:
Apr 11, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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