Feb 10, 2017 | Podcast, Premium |
During the rest of Day Two of Yalta they discuss how much Germany should pay in reparations and how many Germans should go to Russia as slave labour. On Day Three, the talk turns to FDR’s passion project – The United Nations. We go into some detail about...
Feb 3, 2017 | Free, Latest, Podcast, Premium, Recent |
As the Yalta conference now turns to whether or not France should have a role in the occupation of Germany, the Allied Control Commission and the UN Security Council, we thought it was a good time to do a quick bio on France’s post-WWII leader, Charles de...
Jan 27, 2017 | Latest, Podcast, Premium, Recent |
On day two of the Yalta Conference Franky wanted to discuss the role of France in the German occupation. Joey hijacked the agenda to demand agreement on dismemberment. And Winny just sucked his thumb because no-one cared what he thought about anything. PS ignore the...
Nov 25, 2016 | Latest, Premium, Recent |
Like he had before Tehran, FDR refused the idea of an Anglo-American bloc when he and Churchill met briefly in Malta before the conference.He’s trying hard to avoid putting Stalin on the defensive.Because he knows that in the game of wartime diplomacy, the...
Nov 18, 2016 | Latest, Premium, Recent |
We FINALLY start talking about day one of the Yalta conference, explaining the key cast of characters – and a lemon tree.
Nov 11, 2016 | Free, Latest, Premium, Recent |
Today we have another special guest – Pulitzer Prize-winning author, the Laurence D. Belfer Professor of International Affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government and Professor of History in the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences – Prof Fredrik...