Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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June 1940: Hitler launches tanks and troops across France, Belgium and Holland. Yet Germany is impoverished, has few raw materials, and no oil or currency. How did the Nazis manage to set off the cataclysm of WWII with little money and a weak economy? In this episode we follow the period after World War I, where Germany faces a period of poverty. With industrial production at its lowest since their industrial revolution, the Nazi party dreams of setting the country back on a path to greatness through total war. Their first mission is to fund this goal.

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