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Impossible Peace: The Time Between World Wars

Season 1
World Wars I and II tore the heart out of the 20th century. However, the twenty years between them saw the rise of jazz, prohibition, the talkies, radio, and the motor car. Amid the rapid progress, historians describe the inter-war years as an age of anxiety. This richly detailed series explores the looming reality of the period: that the terms of peace merely set the stage for another world war.
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  1. S1 E1 - The Lap of the Gods 1919-1921
    April 4, 2017
    50min
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    For four years during WWI, a life was lost every 25 seconds. After the carnage, a new age of prosperity and celebration was expected. However, that it would not be so simple. The economy and society had a lot of recovering to do.
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  2. S1 E2 - Just Like the Arabian Nights 1922-1925
    April 11, 2017
    50min
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    In effort to keep peace, treaties were proposed to keep the aggressors of World War 1 under-armed. The ratio of military power was drastically in favor of the US and Great Britain. This might have successfully kept peace, if it was only given a chance.
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  3. S1 E3 - Mussolini Is Always Right 1925-1929
    April 18, 2017
    50min
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    Exchange rates and floundering economies were not the only things influencing how and where people lived. The motor-car and other technological advances were transformative, though some clung tight to the past...
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  4. S1 E4 - Dancing On A Volcano 1929-1931
    April 25, 2017
    50min
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    As Paris lurched into 1929, it seemed on the surface (to those with deep pockets) that the party would go on forever. However, few saw the impending future claiming that these people were just hiding away from a harsh reality.
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  5. S1 E5 - I'm Alright 1932-1933
    May 2, 2017
    50min
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    In the 20's there seemed to be some good candidates for leadership in Europe. But where were these people when the great depression hits, effecting the lives of people around the world?
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  6. S1 E6 - Everyone Trusts Him 1933-1936
    May 9, 2017
    50min
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    As the effect of the depression in the US became clear, Japanese businessmen began to think that the America would never recover. They then set their focus on East Asia, where the invasion of Manchuria had doubled the size of the Japanese empire.
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  7. S1 E7 - History Stopped 1936-1938
    May 16, 2017
    50min
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    No one knows for sure if early action would have stopped Adolph Hitler's ambition. But we do know that inaction certainly didn't. Buy why did neighboring countries refuse to act early? One word: Appeasement.
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  8. S1 E8 - Peace For Our Time 1938-1939
    May 23, 2017
    50min
    13+
    Some saw the idea of appeasement as the salvation of peace. Some were so blinded by it, that they either didn't see, or ignored, Hitler's all to obvious strategic manipulation of territories.
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Directors
Michael Cove
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MagellanTV
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