The new lecture on the channel “History Lessons with Tamara Eidelman” is dedicated to the first years of World War II, the period when the Soviet Union was an ally of Nazi Germany, and Stalin and Hitler were delighted to tear Europe apart, first subjugating Poland, and then more and more countries. This is a period that people in Russia don’t really like to remember, but it needs to be remembered. BOOKS: 1. Antony Beevor. World War II. 2. Oleg Budnitsky. People at War. 3. Mark Mazower. Hitler’s Empire. How Nazis ruled Europe. Upcoming performances Tickets at https://eidelman.ru Vienna 30.09, Munich 2.10, Ljubljana 3.10, Milan 5.10, Zurich 6.10, Berlin 8.10, Barcelona 11.10, Nice 13.10, Riga 15.10, Warsaw 17.10, Prague 19.10, Amsterdam 20.10, London 25.10. Support the channel: FOR FOREIGN CARDS — Support the release of new history lessons on the Patreon platform — / eidelman FOR RUSSIAN CARDS — Support the release of new history lessons on the Boosty platform — https://boosty.to/eidelman/ Support the release of new history lessons by becoming a sponsor on YouTube — / @tamaraeidelmanhistory Using cryptocurrency: BTC: bc1qepf70kndy4ce6yxg6vxh9j98utx690w529fl9s ETH: 0x0Ebc2cCcD4Fd705CfFC5F25B271871df71c8332B USDT: 0x8d0B26D5f58e4a1B2Cc702C431CB7B444F9452F6 (ERC20 network) USDT: TC5eXDPz8TuXPiHLDLbGkmN2rnQkg3Qe5W (TRC20 network) #history #history #ww2 Follow us on social media, where we regularly publish additional stories: Follow Tamara Natanovna on Instagram — / tamaraeidelman Subscribe to our Telegram channel — https://t.me/eidelman Subscribe to our Facebook page — / eidelmantn 0:00:00 — Introduction. Lecture topic. 0:00:28 — Tamara Eidelman on the importance of talking about World War II. 0:05:04 — Distortion of the image of the Great Patriotic War in the USSR. 0:07:35 — The tragedy of World War II. Twists of fate in the life of Korean military man Yang Gyeongjong. 0:10:36 — Prerequisites for the war in the 1930s. Armed conflicts, invasions and seizures of territories. 0:15:23 — Premonition of war in the late 1930s. 0:17:12 — The situation in Europe in the late 1930s. The policy of appeasement of the aggressor. 0:21:26 — The desire of Adolf Hitler and Japan to fight. 0:23:56 — Attempts of states to resist the war. The conclusion of pacts. Fear of an alliance with the USSR. 0:27:37 — Negotiations between France and Great Britain with the USSR. Negotiations between Germany and the USSR. 0:30:01 — The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. Secret protocols. The division of spheres of influence in Poland. 0:34:26 — Strengthening relations between Germany and the USSR. The reaction of other states. 0:37:13 — The beginning of World War II. The entry of Great Britain and France into the war. 0:40:41 — The “Phoney War”. Preparation of countries for military action. Introduction of the Cash and Carry Law in the USA. 0:47:03 — Lawlessness of German soldiers in Poland. 0:50:35 — USSR invasion of Poland. Parade of the Wehrmacht and Red Army troops in Brest. Rapprochement of the USSR and Germany. 0:54:45 — USSR pressure on neighboring states. Annexation of new republics to the USSR. 0:57:51 — Negotiations between the USSR and Finland. Soviet-Finnish War. Failures of the Red Army. Peace Treaty. 1:05:23 — Calm. First clashes. Strengthening of Germany and the USSR in the occupied territories. 1:08:58 — German invasion of Norway and Denmark. Differences in behavior of Jewish communities in the occupied territories. 1:12:23 — Evacuation of Polish codebreakers. 1:17:17 — French campaign. 1:18:30 — Neville Chamberlain resigns. Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister. 1:19:59 — Germany advances. Belgium and Luxembourg capitulate. France's military failures. Britain's inability to support its allies. 1:24:13 — The Miracle of Dunkirk. Churchill's unwillingness to negotiate. 1:29:28 — The heroism of Charles Lightoller. 1:32:23 — The Fall of France. The formation of Vichy France. The dictatorship of Philippe Pétain. 1:34:55 — Italy enters the war. Japan invades French Indochina. 1:36:35 — The Fall of Paris. Charles de Gaulle and the French resistance. Contemporaries recall France's defeat. 1:40:20 — Britain's ultimatum to the French fleet. The collision. 1:42:59 — The Battle of Britain. Bombing of British cities. Counterattacks on German cities. 1:47:26 — Hitler's attempts to find allies for the invasion of Great Britain. 1:50:01 — Italy's military failures. Egyptian operation. Italo-Greek War. 1:53:05 — Greek operation of the Wehrmacht. 1:55:26 — Erwin Rommel's offensive in North Africa. 1:59:31 — Siege of Tobruk. Heroism of the Australian army and Lieutenant General Leslie Morshead. 2:02:53 — Delay of the German invasion of the USSR. Yugoslav operation of the Wehrmacht. 2:04:56 — Division of Europe between Stalin and Hitler. 2:05:50 — Hess's flight. Was peace between Germany and Great Britain possible in 1941?