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On this season of The Fault Line: Bush, Blair and Iraq, renowned journalist, David Dimbleby, explores the 18 months between 9/11 and the start of the war and how the distrust in leadership response to crisis effects our world today.The Fault Line: Bush, Blair and Iraq – premieres on September 29th on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts.

Part 3 of a 3 part series from the History of the Second World War podcast.You can find information about the new podcast at any of the links below:WebsitePatreonTwitterFacebookDiscordEmail: historyofthesecondworldwar@outlook.comLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 2 of a 3 part series from the History of the Second World War podcast.You can find information about the new podcast at any of the links below:WebsitePatreonTwitterFacebookDiscordEmail: historyofthesecondworldwar@outlook.comLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 1 of a 3 part series from the History of the Second World War podcast. You can find information about the new podcast at any of the links below:WebsitePatreonTwitterFacebookDiscordEmail: historyofthesecondworldwar@outlook.comLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week my new podcast launched, History of the Second World War. I bet you cannot guess what it is about! You can find it wherever podcasts are found. You can find information about the new podcast at any of the links below: WebsitePatreonTwitterFacebookDiscordEmail: historyofthesecondworldwar@outlook.comLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The fighting on the Western Front ended over 101 years ago, why is the First World War so important?Do you want to chat with other History of the Great War listeners, and yours truly, come hang out in Discord: https://discord.gg/ASbBjaTSupport the podcast on http://patreon.com/historyofthegreatwar where you can get access to special supporter only episodes.For a no strings attached donation: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=2528RCAZG4R3Y&source=urlWith time, every epilogue extends into a sequel.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In her time of need the British Empire called upon her possessions around the world for assistance, and India answered.Do you want to chat with other History of the Great War listeners, and yours truly, come hang out in Discord: https://discord.gg/ASbBjaTSupport the podcast on http://patreon.com/historyofthegreatwar where you can get access to special supporter only episodes.For a no strings attached donation: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=2528RCAZG4R3Y&source=urlLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

China tries to contribute to the Allied war effort, and finds it surprisingly difficult to do so. Do you want to chat with other History of the Great War listeners, and yours truly, come hang out in Discord: https://discord.gg/ASbBjaTSupport the podcast on http://patreon.com/historyofthegreatwar where you can get access to special supporter only episodes.For a no strings attached donation: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=2528RCAZG4R3Y&source=urlLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The war in East Africa comes to a close.Do you want to chat with other History of the Great War listeners, and yours truly, come hang out in Discord: https://discord.gg/ASbBjaTSupport the podcast on http://patreon.com/historyofthegreatwar where you can get access to special supporter only episodes.For a no strings attached donation: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=2528RCAZG4R3Y&source=urlLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The war in East Africa heats up. Do you want to chat with other History of the Great War listeners, and yours truly, come hang out in Discord: https://discord.gg/ASbBjaTSupport the podcast on http://patreon.com/historyofthegreatwar where you can get access to special supporter only episodes.For a no strings attached donation: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=2528RCAZG4R3Y&source=urlLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A previous version of this episode was posted with some incorrect audio.In this previously Patreon exclusive episode we find out about the war in East Africa.Do you want to chat with other History of the Great War listeners, and yours truly, come hang out in Discord: https://discord.gg/ASbBjaTSupport the podcast on http://patreon.com/historyofthegreatwar where you can get access to special supporter only episodes.For a no strings attached donation: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=2528RCAZG4R3Y&source=urlLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week I travel to Kansas City, Missouri to speak with representatives of the National World War 1 Museum and MemorialVisit the National World War 1 Museum and Memorial's website at https://theworldwar.org Do you want to chat with other History of the Great War listeners, and yours truly, come hang out in Discord: https://discord.gg/ASbBjaTSupport the podcast on http://patreon.com/historyofthegreatwar where you can get access to special supporter only episodes.For a no strings attached donation: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=2528RCAZG4R3Y&source=urlLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The listeners asked questions, I found answers. Do you want to chat with other History of the Great War listeners, and yours truly, come hang out in Discord: https://discord.gg/ASbBjaTSupport the podcast on http://patreon.com/historyofthegreatwar where you can get access to special supporter only episodes.For a no strings attached donation: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=2528RCAZG4R3Y&source=urlLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Germans did not do a good job of keeping up with their reparation obligations, and so the French decided to take action.Do you want to chat with other History of the Great War listeners, and yours truly, come hang out in Discord: https://discord.gg/ASbBjaTSupport the podcast on http://patreon.com/historyofthegreatwar where you can get access to special supporter only episodes.For a no strings attached donation: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=2528RCAZG4R3Y&source=urlSources:The Anti-Russian Tide in German Socialism, 1918-1920 by William MaehlThe "Black Horror on the Rhine": Race as a Factor in Post-World War I Diplomacy by Keith L. NelsonWeimar Germany as Seen by an Englishwoman: British Women Writers and the Weimar Republic by Colin StorerLord Hardinge As Ambassador to France, and the Anglo-French Dilemma over Germany and the Near East, 1920-1922 by J. Douglas GooldMussolini and the Ruhr Crisis by Sally MarksPolitics of Illusion: Tirpitz and Right-Wing Putschism, 1922-1924 by Raffael ScheckRapallo Reexamined: A New Look at Germany's Secret Military Collaboration with Russia in 1922 by Gordon H. MuellerThe Reich Government versus Saxony, 1923: The Decision to Intervene by Donald B. PryceThe Ruhr Authority and the German Problem by Amos YoderRusso-German Military Collaboration During the Weimar Republic by Hans W. GatzkeThe Ruhr Crisis, 1923-1924 by Conan FischerThe Struggle for Upper Silesia, 1919-1922 by F. Gregory CampbellCivil War in Europe, 1905-1945 by Stanley G. PayneBritain and the Ruhr Crisis by Elspeth Y. O'RiordanThe Weimar Republic by Eberhard KolbPerspectives on modern German economic history and policy by Knut Borchardt (Translated by Peter Lambert)Founding Weimar: Violence and the German Revolution of 1918-1919 by Mark JonesThe German Revolution 1917-1923 by Pierre BroueLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After surviving possible revolution from the left, the Weimar government is thrown out of power from the right. Do you want to chat with other History of the Great War listeners, and yours truly, come hang out in Discord: https://discord.gg/ASbBjaTSupport the podcast on http://patreon.com/historyofthegreatwar where you can get access to special supporter only episodes.For a no strings attached donation: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=2528RCAZG4R3Y&source=urlSources:The Anti-Russian Tide in German Socialism, 1918-1920 by William MaehlThe "Black Horror on the Rhine": Race as a Factor in Post-World War I Diplomacy by Keith L. NelsonWeimar Germany as Seen by an Englishwoman: British Women Writers and the Weimar Republic by Colin StorerLord Hardinge As Ambassador to France, and the Anglo-French Dilemma over Germany and the Near East, 1920-1922 by J. Douglas GooldMussolini and the Ruhr Crisis by Sally MarksPolitics of Illusion: Tirpitz and Right-Wing Putschism, 1922-1924 by Raffael ScheckRapallo Reexamined: A New Look at Germany's Secret Military Collaboration with Russia in 1922 by Gordon H. MuellerThe Reich Government versus Saxony, 1923: The Decision to Intervene by Donald B. PryceThe Ruhr Authority and the German Problem by Amos YoderRusso-German Military Collaboration During the Weimar Republic by Hans W. GatzkeThe Ruhr Crisis, 1923-1924 by Conan FischerThe Struggle for Upper Silesia, 1919-1922 by F. Gregory CampbellCivil War in Europe, 1905-1945 by Stanley G. PayneBritain and the Ruhr Crisis by Elspeth Y. O'RiordanThe Weimar Republic by Eberhard KolbPerspectives on modern German economic history and policy by Knut Borchardt (Translated by Peter Lambert)Founding Weimar: Violence and the German Revolution of 1918-1919 by Mark JonesThe German Revolution 1917-1923 by Pierre BroueLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the aftermath of the war was left a German state struggling against revolution from all sides.Do you want to chat with other History of the Great War listeners, and yours truly, come hang out in Discord: https://discord.gg/ASbBjaTSupport the podcast on http://patreon.com/historyofthegreatwar where you can get access to special supporter only episodes.For a no strings attached donation: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=2528RCAZG4R3Y&source=urlSources:The Anti-Russian Tide in German Socialism, 1918-1920 by William MaehlThe "Black Horror on the Rhine": Race as a Factor in Post-World War I Diplomacy by Keith L. NelsonWeimar Germany as Seen by an Englishwoman: British Women Writers and the Weimar Republic by Colin StorerLord Hardinge As Ambassador to France, and the Anglo-French Dilemma over Germany and the Near East, 1920-1922 by J. Douglas GooldMussolini and the Ruhr Crisis by Sally MarksPolitics of Illusion: Tirpitz and Right-Wing Putschism, 1922-1924 by Raffael ScheckRapallo Reexamined: A New Look at Germany's Secret Military Collaboration with Russia in 1922 by Gordon H. MuellerThe Reich Government versus Saxony, 1923: The Decision to Intervene by Donald B. PryceThe Ruhr Authority and the German Problem by Amos YoderRusso-German Military Collaboration During the Weimar Republic by Hans W. GatzkeThe Ruhr Crisis, 1923-1924 by Conan FischerThe Struggle for Upper Silesia, 1919-1922 by F. Gregory CampbellCivil War in Europe, 1905-1945 by Stanley G. PayneBritain and the Ruhr Crisis by Elspeth Y. O'RiordanThe Weimar Republic by Eberhard KolbPerspectives on modern German economic history and policy by Knut Borchardt (Translated by Peter Lambert)Founding Weimar: Violence and the German Revolution of 1918-1919 by Mark JonesThe German Revolution 1917-1923 by Pierre BroueLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Irish-Civil War would come to an end in 1923, not with a bang but with a whimper.Do you want to chat with other History of the Great War listeners, and yours truly, come hang out in Discord: https://discord.gg/ASbBjaTSupport the podcast on http://patreon.com/historyofthegreatwar where you can get access to special supporter only episodes.For a no strings attached donation: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=2528RCAZG4R3Y&source=urlSources   1922: the Birth of Irish Democracy by Tom Gravin   Green Against Green – The Irish Civil War: A History of the Irish Civil War, 1922–1923 by Michael Hopkinson   A Short History of the Irish Revolution, 1912 to 1927: From the Ulster Crisis to the formation of the Irish Free State by Richard KilleenLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After some early failures, the Republican Army would face some hard questions, with no good answers.Do you want to chat with other History of the Great War listeners, and yours truly, come hang out in Discord: https://discord.gg/ASbBjaTSupport the podcast on http://patreon.com/historyofthegreatwar where you can get access to special supporter only episodes.For a no strings attached donation: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=2528RCAZG4R3Y&source=urlSources   1922: the Birth of Irish Democracy by Tom Gravin   Green Against Green – The Irish Civil War: A History of the Irish Civil War, 1922–1923 by Michael Hopkinson   A Short History of the Irish Revolution, 1912 to 1927: From the Ulster Crisis to the formation of the Irish Free State by Richard KilleenLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Anglo-Irish war would end with a treaty that had to be accepted in Dublin, but not everybody thought that it was the best path forward. Do you want to chat with other History of the Great War listeners, and yours truly, come hang out in Discord: https://discord.gg/ASbBjaTSupport the podcast on http://patreon.com/historyofthegreatwar where you can get access to special supporter only episodes.For a no strings attached donation: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=2528RCAZG4R3Y&source=urlSources   1922: the Birth of Irish Democracy by Tom Gravin   Green Against Green – The Irish Civil War: A History of the Irish Civil War, 1922–1923 by Michael Hopkinson   A Short History of the Irish Revolution, 1912 to 1927: From the Ulster Crisis to the formation of the Irish Free State by Richard KilleenLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the war over, the dreams of Irish Home Rule quickly turned into a violent nightmareSources   1922: the Birth of Irish Democracy by Tom Gravin   Green Against Green – The Irish Civil War: A History of the Irish Civil War, 1922–1923 by Michael Hopkinson   A Short History of the Irish Revolution, 1912 to 1927: From the Ulster Crisis to the formation of the Irish Free State by Richard KilleenLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices