History of the Second World War

Remember to check out Private Internet Access at privateinternetaccess.com/HistorySWWAirpower was an important feature of the First World War, but after the conflict was over it entered into the great unknown - peace.Contact sales@advertisecast.com to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During 1939 British rearmament efforts would escalate rapidly, but was it going to be enough?Contact sales@advertisecast.com to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The British Army would be in a very clear third position when it came to defense spending during the interwar years, but that did not mean that it did not have moments of innovation and thought leadership. Money would be a real problem though.Contact sales@advertisecast.com to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During the last half of the 1930s the British needed to get serious about rearmament, but they had some problems to solve first.Contact sales@advertisecast.com to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Alan Allport has written the excellent Britain at Bay: The Epic Story of the Second World War, 1938-1941. He joined me to chat about various topics relating to interwar Britain, and of course Lord of the Rings (I really cannot resist, I am sorry).Find out more about Dr. Allport: Alan Allport, Professor (syr.edu)Check out Britain at Bay: Britain at Bay by Alan Allport: 9781101974698 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: BooksContact sales@advertisecast.com to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While the Pacific ocean was on the other side of the world, far closer to home for the British was the Mediterranean, where there were also many problems.Contact sales@advertisecast.com to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The British Empire spanned the entire globe, which was great...except for the fact that it meant defending the entire globe.Sources: Air Power and Colonial Control: The Royal Air Force 1919-1939 by David E. Omissi Anglo-American Strategic Relations and the Far East 1933-1939: Imperial Crossroads by Greg Kennedy The History of Anglo-Japanese Relations, 1600-2000 Volume III: The Military Dimension Edited by Ian Gow and Yoichi Hirama with John Chapman 'A Fearful Concatenation of Circumstances': The Anglo-Soviet Rapprochement, 1934-6 by Michael Jabara Carley Brave New World: Imperial and Democratic Nation-building in Britain Between the Wars Edited By Laura Beers and Geraint Thomas Britain at Bay by Alan Allport The British Defence of Egypt 1935-1940: Conflict and Crisis in the Eastern Mediterranean by Steven Morewood British Establishment Perspectives on France, 1936-1940 by Michael Dockrill The British General Election of 1935 by James C. Robertson Patterns of the Future? British Mediterranean Strategy and the Choice Between Alexandria and Syprus 1935-8 by Manolis Koumas 'Living the Blackshirt Life': Culture, Community and the British Union of Fascists, 1932-1940 by Michael A. Spurr Economics, Rearmament, and Foreign Policy: The United Kingdom before 1939 - A Preliminary Study by R.A.C. Parker Fascism, Communism, and the Foreign Office, 1937-1939 by Donald Lammers Fighting the People's War: The British Commonwealth Armies and the Second World War by Jonathan Fennell Forgotten Armies by Christopher Bayly and Tim Harper Franco-British Relations and the Question of Conscription in Britain, 1938-1939 by Daniel Hucker The Battle for Britain: Interservice Rivalry between the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy; 1909-40 by Anthony J. Cumming Malta and British Strategic Policy 1925-1943 by Douglas Austin Pacifism and Politics in Britain, 1931-1935 by Michael Pugh The Royal Air Force, Air Power and British Foreign Policy, 1932-37 by Malcolm Smith British Rearmament in the 1930s: A Chronology and Review by J.P.D. Dunbabin The Royal Air Force - Volume 2: An Encyclopedia of the Inter-War Years 1930-1939: v. 2 by Ian Philpott British Seapower and Procurement Between the Wars: A Reappraisal of Rearmament by G.A.H. Gordon The British Government and the South African Neutrality Crisis, 1938-39 by Andrew Stewart Strategy versus Finance in Twentieth-Century Great Britain by Paul M. Kennedy The British General Staff: Reform and Innovation, 1890-1939 Edited By David French and Brian Holden Reid Deterrence and the European Balance of Power: the Field Force and British Grand Strategy, 1934-1938 by B.J.C. McKercher The Tradition of Appeasement in British Foreign Policy 1865-1939 by Paul M. Kennedy British Rearmament 1936-39: Treasury, Trade Unions and Skilled Labour by R.A.C. Parker Winston Churchill's Parliamentary Commentary on British Foreign Policy, 1935-1938 by Richard Howard Powers British Rearmament and the 'Merchants of Death': The 1935-36 Royal Commission on the Manufacture of and Trade in Armaments by David G. Anderson Whitehall and the Control of Prices and Profits in a Major War, 1919-1939 by Neil Rollings Thinking the Unthinkable: British and American Naval Strategies for an Anglo-American War, 1918-1931 by Chistopher M. Bell Britain's War: into Battle, 1937-1941 by Daniel Todman British Armour Theory and the Rise of the Panzer Arm: Revising the Revisionists by Azar Gat Changing American Perceptions of the Royal Navy Since 1775 by John B. Hattendorf Military Innovation and Technological Determinism: British and US Ways of Carrier Warfare, 1919-1945 by Kendrick Kuo British Military Policy between the Two World Wars by Brian Bond Contact sales@advertisecast.com to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During the interwar period there were some areas in which British politics would change, but in many ways it would be more of the same.Sources: Air Power and Colonial Control: The Royal Air Force 1919-1939 by David E. Omissi Anglo-American Strategic Relations and the Far East 1933-1939: Imperial Crossroads by Greg Kennedy The History of Anglo-Japanese Relations, 1600-2000 Volume III: The Military Dimension Edited by Ian Gow and Yoichi Hirama with John Chapman 'A Fearful Concatenation of Circumstances': The Anglo-Soviet Rapprochement, 1934-6 by Michael Jabara Carley Brave New World: Imperial and Democratic Nation-building in Britain Between the Wars Edited By Laura Beers and Geraint Thomas Britain at Bay by Alan Allport The British Defence of Egypt 1935-1940: Conflict and Crisis in the Eastern Mediterranean by Steven Morewood British Establishment Perspectives on France, 1936-1940 by Michael Dockrill The British General Election of 1935 by James C. Robertson Patterns of the Future? British Mediterranean Strategy and the Choice Between Alexandria and Syprus 1935-8 by Manolis Koumas 'Living the Blackshirt Life': Culture, Community and the British Union of Fascists, 1932-1940 by Michael A. Spurr Economics, Rearmament, and Foreign Policy: The United Kingdom before 1939 - A Preliminary Study by R.A.C. Parker Fascism, Communism, and the Foreign Office, 1937-1939 by Donald Lammers Fighting the People's War: The British Commonwealth Armies and the Second World War by Jonathan Fennell Forgotten Armies by Christopher Bayly and Tim Harper Franco-British Relations and the Question of Conscription in Britain, 1938-1939 by Daniel Hucker The Battle for Britain: Interservice Rivalry between the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy; 1909-40 by Anthony J. Cumming Malta and British Strategic Policy 1925-1943 by Douglas Austin Pacifism and Politics in Britain, 1931-1935 by Michael Pugh The Royal Air Force, Air Power and British Foreign Policy, 1932-37 by Malcolm Smith British Rearmament in the 1930s: A Chronology and Review by J.P.D. Dunbabin The Royal Air Force - Volume 2: An Encyclopedia of the Inter-War Years 1930-1939: v. 2 by Ian Philpott British Seapower and Procurement Between the Wars: A Reappraisal of Rearmament by G.A.H. Gordon The British Government and the South African Neutrality Crisis, 1938-39 by Andrew Stewart Strategy versus Finance in Twentieth-Century Great Britain by Paul M. Kennedy The British General Staff: Reform and Innovation, 1890-1939 Edited By David French and Brian Holden Reid Deterrence and the European Balance of Power: the Field Force and British Grand Strategy, 1934-1938 by B.J.C. McKercher The Tradition of Appeasement in British Foreign Policy 1865-1939 by Paul M. Kennedy British Rearmament 1936-39: Treasury, Trade Unions and Skilled Labour by R.A.C. Parker Winston Churchill's Parliamentary Commentary on British Foreign Policy, 1935-1938 by Richard Howard Powers British Rearmament and the 'Merchants of Death': The 1935-36 Royal Commission on the Manufacture of and Trade in Armaments by David G. Anderson Whitehall and the Control of Prices and Profits in a Major War, 1919-1939 by Neil Rollings Thinking the Unthinkable: British and American Naval Strategies for an Anglo-American War, 1918-1931 by Chistopher M. Bell Britain's War: into Battle, 1937-1941 by Daniel Todman British Armour Theory and the Rise of the Panzer Arm: Revising the Revisionists by Azar Gat Changing American Perceptions of the Royal Navy Since 1775 by John B. Hattendorf Military Innovation and Technological Determinism: British and US Ways of Carrier Warfare, 1919-1945 by Kendrick Kuo British Military Policy between the Two World Wars by Brian Bond Contact sales@advertisecast.com to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PREORDER NOW: A CANLOAN Officer – a VMGCRA Reprint (PRE-ORDER) - The Vickers Machine Gun (vickersmg.blog)In this interview I was joined by Rich Fisher from the Vickers MG Collection & Research Association to talk about the Vickers, how the Association got started, and a new book that is available for pre-order today which is a reprint of a memoir of a CANLOAN officer, Lieutenant Rex Fendick.Contact sales@advertisecast.com to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During November 1938, a man would be murdered in Paris, and it would have drastic consequences for Jewish Germans.Contact sales@advertisecast.com to advertise on History of the Second World War. History of the Second World War is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices