#470 – James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles
Lex Fridman Podcast24 Touko 2025

#470 – James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

James Holland is a historian specializing in World War II. He hosts a podcast called WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk.
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Transcript:
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EPISODE LINKS:
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James’s Substack: https://james1940.substack.com
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WW2 Pod (Podcast – YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/@wehaveways
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OUTLINE:
(00:00) – Introduction
(00:34) – Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections
(07:25) – World War II
(17:23) – Lebensraum and Hitler ideology
(24:36) – Operation Barbarossa
(40:49) – Hitler vs Europe
(1:02:35) – Joseph Goebbels
(1:12:29) – Hitler before WW2
(1:17:25) – Hitler vs Chamberlain
(1:39:31) – Invasion of Poland
(1:44:07) – Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
(1:52:09) – Winston Churchill
(2:16:09) – Most powerful military in WW2
(2:38:31) – Tanks
(2:48:30) – Battle of Stalingrad
(3:01:21) – Concentration camps
(3:10:53) – Battle of Normandy
(3:24:45) – Lessons from WW2

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