EPISODE · Jul 12, 2022 · 59 MIN
Ep 36: Charlie Laderman on Hitler’s Decision to Declare War on America
from School of War · host The Free Press
Charlie Laderman, lecturer at King’s College London and co-author of Hitler's American Gamble, joins the show to talk about his latest book, which covers the crucial days between the attack on Pearl Harbor and Hitler’s perplexing declaration of war on the United States. ▪️ Times • 01:52 Introduction • 02:50 Wasn’t War Inevitable? • 07:12 Japan And Germany - Strange Bedfellows • 11:10 Hitler’s Blurred Vision • 14:45 Japan - Will They, Won’t They Attack • 15:51 Churchill’s Outlook • 22:58 Anti-Interventionist Sentiment • 26:57 Anti-Semitism • 31:18 Roosevelt Sees Things Clearly • 35:21 A War With Germany, Not Japan • 38:40 Catastrophic German Strategic Errors • 43:23 Hitler’s American Gamble • 49:15 Pearl Harbor Condemned The European Jews • 53:54 Alarmingly Relevant Parallels Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Charlie Laderman, lecturer at King’s College London and co-author of Hitler's American Gamble, joins the show to talk about his latest book, which covers the crucial days between the attack on Pearl Harbor and Hitler’s perplexing declaration of war on the United States. ▪️ Times • 01:52 Introduction • 02:50 Wasn’t War Inevitable? • 07:12 Japan And Germany - Strange Bedfellows • 11:10 Hitler’s Blurred Vision • 14:45 Japan - Will They, Won’t They Attack • 15:51 Churchill’s Outlook • 22:58 Anti-Interventionist Sentiment • 26:57 Anti-Semitism • 31:18 Roosevelt Sees Things Clearly • 35:21 A War With Germany, Not Japan • 38:40 Catastrophic German Strategic Errors • 43:23 Hitler’s American Gamble • 49:15 Pearl Harbor Condemned The European Jews • 53:54 Alarmingly Relevant Parallels Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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