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The Road to World War II explores the turbulent years between the end of the First World War and the outbreak of the Second World War, tracing how fragile peace collapsed into global catastrophe. From the harsh consequences of the Treaty of Versailles to the rise of Fascism, Nazism, Stalinism, and Japanese militarism, this book examines the political, economic, and ideological forces that destabilized the world in the 1920s and 1930s.
This first volume follows the failure of democracy in Germany, the terror of Stalin's Soviet Union, the expansion of Japan in Asia, the shock of the Great Depression, the Spanish Civil War, appeasement, the failure of the League of Nations, the Anschluss, the Sudeten Crisis, the Nazi-Soviet Pact, and finally the invasion of Poland in 1939. This book offers readers a compelling chronological account of how unresolved grievances, dictatorship, fear, and failed diplomacy led humanity toward the most destructive war in history.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length6 hrs 38 mins
Narrated bySantiago Machain
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJul 6, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
11-intro
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2C1
9C8
3C2
10C9
4C3
11C10
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