This episode discusses a few events leading up to World War II, including the rise of European dictatorship and military control in Japan. We briefly cover how the rest of Europe reacted to Hitler seizing territory and end the episode with Germany's invasion of Poland.
Mussolini Speaking in Germany - 1927
Mussolini Speaking in Italy - 1938
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