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Adolf Hitler (Part 3)

May 14, 2026 · 2 h 2 min

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In part 3, we explore how Hitler went from taking over Europe to losing everything.


00:00 Introduction

06:51 Reichstag Fire

09:44 Working Toward the Führer

14:40 Night of the Long Knives

22:18 Rearmament

23:26 Rhineland Reoccupation

31:37 Berlin Olympics

42:03 Anschluss

44:51 Sudetenland

48:15 Czechoslovakia

53:45 Pact With Stalin

01:01:11 Phony War

01:03:17 Norway to Fall of France

01:06:16 Dunkirk and Aftermath

01:11:59 Battle of Britain Blitz

01:14:31 Barbarossa

01:20:08 Wolfsschanze And Early Confidence

01:21:08 Genocidal War

01:25:53 Winter Pushback

01:31:43 War With America Declared

01:34:31 Operation Blue

01:36:51 Stalingrad Catastrophe

01:39:31 Kursk And Lost Initiative

01:42:16 Allies Coordinate Axis Fractures

01:46:27 Unconditional Surrender Debate

01:49:19 D Day And July Plot

01:53:33 Bunker Collapse And Suicide

01:56:13 Conclusion

----- Sources:⁠ Hitler: A Biography by Ian Kershaw⁠⁠ Hitler: Beyond Evil and Tyranny by RHS Stolfi ⁠⁠Hitler: A Global Biography by Brendan Simms ⁠⁠In His Own Words: The Essential Speeches of Adolf Hitler by CJ Miller⁠ ⁠Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler (New Ford Translation)⁠ ----- Sponsors:⁠

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