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In our first new episode, our host Jesse takes a look at the German Revolution of 1918/1919 and how the Spartacists under Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg tried to take power. We also take a look at the new conflicts that emerge right after the supposed "war to end all wars" and explain how the massive armies of the great powers were demobilized.
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Mark Jones, Founding Weimar. Violence and the German Revolution of 1918-19 (Cambridge University Press, 2016)
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Robert Gerwarth, The Vanquished. Why the First World War Failed to End, 1917-1923 (Penguin, 2017)
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Audoin-Rouzeau, Stéphane and Annette Becker. 14-18, retrouver la guerre (Npp : Gallimard, 2000).
Bessel, Richard. “Post War Societies,” in 1914-1918 online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War. encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/post-war_societies
Cabanes, Bruno. “Démobilisations et retour des hommes,” in Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau and Jean-Jacques Becker, eds. Encyclopédie de la Grande guerre 1914-1918 (Paris : Bayard, 2013) : 987-1003.
Cook, Tim. Shock Troops. Canadians Fighting the Great War 1917-1918, vol. 2 (Toronto: Penguin, 2008).
Gerwarth, Robert. "The Continuum of Violence," in J. Winter (Ed.), The Cambridge History of the First World War (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014): 638-662
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Presented by: Jesse Alexander
Written by: Jesse Alexander
Director: Toni Steller & Florian Wittig
Director of Photography: Toni Steller
Sound: Toni Steller
Editing: Toni Steller
Motion Design: Philipp Appelt
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Maps: Daniel Kogosov (patreon.com/Zalezsky)
Research by: Jesse Alexander
Fact checking: Florian Wittig
Channel Design: Alexander Clark
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In our first new episode, our host Jesse takes a look at the German Revolution of 1918/1919 and how the Spartacists under Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg tried to take power. We also take a look at the new conflicts that emerge right after the supposed "war to end all wars" and explain how the massive armies of the great powers were demobilized.
» SUPPORT THE CHANNEL
Patreon: patreon.com/thegreatwar
Become a member: youtube.com/channel/UCUcyEsEjhPEDf69RRVhRh4A/join
» OUR PODCAST
realtimehistory.net/podcast - interviews with World War 1 historians and background info for the show.
» BUY OUR SOURCES IN OUR AMAZON STORES
realtimehistory.net/amazon *
*Buying via this link supports The Great War (Affiliate-Link)
» SOURCES
including affiliate* links to amazon
Mark Jones, Founding Weimar. Violence and the German Revolution of 1918-19 (Cambridge University Press, 2016)
Amazon.com: amzn.to/2TJPugY
Amazon.de: amzn.to/2DCQVqE
Amazon.co.uk amzn.to/2DDEf2H
Amazon.ca: amzn.to/2TSNfZ3
Robert Gerwarth, The Vanquished. Why the First World War Failed to End, 1917-1923 (Penguin, 2017)
Amazon.com: amzn.to/2X2s3Bt
Amazon.de: amzn.to/2UYlvSS
Amazon.co.uk: amzn.to/2UWaRvA
Amazon.ca: amzn.to/2WSrp9I
*affiliate links are specially tagged links which give the referring person a certain percentage of the sale price. This is a way to support our show and the authors of these books, of course.
» ADDITIONAL SOURCES
Audoin-Rouzeau, Stéphane and Annette Becker. 14-18, retrouver la guerre (Npp : Gallimard, 2000).
Bessel, Richard. “Post War Societies,” in 1914-1918 online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War. encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/post-war_societies
Cabanes, Bruno. “Démobilisations et retour des hommes,” in Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau and Jean-Jacques Becker, eds. Encyclopédie de la Grande guerre 1914-1918 (Paris : Bayard, 2013) : 987-1003.
Cook, Tim. Shock Troops. Canadians Fighting the Great War 1917-1918, vol. 2 (Toronto: Penguin, 2008).
Gerwarth, Robert. "The Continuum of Violence," in J. Winter (Ed.), The Cambridge History of the First World War (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014): 638-662
» MORE THE GREAT WAR
Website: https://realtimehistory.net
Facebook: facebook.com/TheGreatWarYT
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Twitter: twitter.com/WW1_Series
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» OTHER PROJECTS
16 DAYS IN BERLIN: realtimehistory.net/pages/16-days-in-berlin
»CREDITS
Presented by: Jesse Alexander
Written by: Jesse Alexander
Director: Toni Steller & Florian Wittig
Director of Photography: Toni Steller
Sound: Toni Steller
Editing: Toni Steller
Motion Design: Philipp Appelt
Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: above-zero.com
Maps: Daniel Kogosov (patreon.com/Zalezsky)
Research by: Jesse Alexander
Fact checking: Florian Wittig
Channel Design: Alexander Clark
Original Logo: David van Stephold
Contains licensed material by getty images
All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2020
