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James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles | Lex Fridman Podcast #470

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James Holland is a historian specializing in World War II. He hosts a podcast called WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk.
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*OUTLINE:*
0:00 - Episode highlight
0:26 - Introduction
1:13 - World War II
11:11 - Lebensraum and Hitler ideology
18:23 - Operation Barbarossa
34:36 - Hitler vs Europe
56:22 - Joseph Goebbels
1:06:17 - Hitler before WW2
1:11:12 - Hitler vs Chamberlain
1:33:18 - Invasion of Poland
1:37:55 - Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
1:45:56 - Winston Churchill
2:09:56 - Most powerful military in WW2
2:32:18 - Tanks
2:42:17 - Battle of Stalingrad
2:55:09 - Concentration camps
3:04:40 - Battle of Normandy
3:18:32 - Lessons from WW2

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