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World War Two is a [[Web series|web series]] hosted [[historian]], [[actor]], [[Voice acting|voice actor]], [[musician]] and [[YouTube]] personality [[Indy Neidell|Indy Niedell]] which follows the events of [[World War II]] on a week by week basis.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> The series is owned by TimeGhost and produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.<ref></ref> The first episode was released on September 1st 2018 and focused on the events of that date and the week leading up to it in 1939.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>The series also has a [[Instagram]] account which runs parallel to it and follows the events of the second world war on a day by day basis.<ref></ref> By the February 25 2019 the YouTube channel had received 4,434,893 views.<ref></ref>
== Episodes ==
=== Main series ===
==== 1939 ====
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|The Polish German War
|001
|September 1 1939
|September 1 2018
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| colspan="4" |When Germany invades Poland on September 1 1939, the world is already at the brink of a new world war…<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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|World War Two Begins
|002
|September 8 1939
|September 8 2018
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| colspan="4" |The German-Polish war is the match that ignites the flames that finally burn British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's appeasement efforts to the ground.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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|Poland on Her Own
|003
|September 15/1939
|September 15 2018
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| colspan="4" |When the Wehrmacht and the SS continue devastating Poland and her people in the first weeks of September, her last chance is her western allies.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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|The Russians are Coming!
|004
|September 22/1939
|September 22 2018
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| colspan="4" |When the USSR crushes the plans of the Allies for Poland and the Japanese plans in China in the same week, it is Germany that benefits.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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|Poland is Crushed
|005
|September 29/1939
|September 29 2018
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| colspan="4" |Facing two enemies at once, Poland finds itself in a crushing vice after less than a month of war and the Polish forces must flee their own country to live to fight another day.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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|Poland Falls and China Rises
|006
|October 06 1939
|October 06 2018
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| colspan="4" |In the West, the sun sets on Poland as the last forces surrender, but her defenders are already regrouping abroad. In the East, the sun rises on China as Japan meets yet another defeat.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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|The Baltic in Stalin's Squeeze
|007
|October 13 1939
|October 13 2018
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| colspan="4" |While the Third Reich and USSR consolidate their Polish conquest, their leaders are wary of each other but turn the attention to the next prize. Stalin moves to the North and Hitler pushes for an attack in the West.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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|The Submarine War
|008
|October 20 1939
|October 20 2018
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| colspan="4" |For the men in the navies of the warring nations in Europe, there was nothing phony about WW2 in October 1939 - mortal danger was immediately under the cold surface at the receiving end of a torpedo or a depth charge...<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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|Stalin's Murderous Adventures
|009
|October 27 1939
|October 27 2018
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| colspan="4" |The persecution, incarceration, enslavement and murder of the Polish people in occupied Poland is driven by ideological hatred for both Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia, but it's also a personal matter for Joseph Stalin.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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|Molotov's Heel on Finland and Nobody to Fight in the West
|010
|November 3 1939
|November 3 2018
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| colspan="4" |Ten weeks into World War Two, and the Allied ground forces are bored in France. In North-Eastern Europe, Poland's suffering has no end and Finland is in the crosshairs of the USSR.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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|Hitler Almost Killed
|011
|November 10 1939
|November 10 2018
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| colspan="4" |As Hitler drives for a fast invasion he faces covert and open resistance, even an assassination attempt. In the background,British and German agents and double agents play a game of betrayal and counter-betrayal.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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|The Mysterious Threat to the Royal Navy
|012
|November 17 1939
|November 10 2018
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| colspan="4" |While the Finnish and the Soviets seem to be moving ever closer to war, the Royal Navy is losing ships at a frightening rate to an explosive threat not yet understood.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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|Will the Kriegsmarine Rule the Waves?
|013
|24 November 1939
|November 24 2018
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| colspan="4" |The European Allies seek a countermeasure to the mysterious German mines, in China the Japanese advance, and in Poland it is the beginning of the Warsaw Ghetto.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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|The Winter War
|014
|December 1 1939
|December 1 2018
|-
| colspan="4" |On the last day of November 1939 the Red Army of the USSR invades Finland and the Winter War begins.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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|The Invasion of Finland
|015
|December 8 1939
|December 8 2018
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| colspan="4" |When the Red Army invades Finland they get a cold reception and a pretty nasty surprise. It looks like team Stalin might just be skating on some very thin ice.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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|Perkele! Finland Strikes Back
|016
|December 15 1939
|December 15 2018
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| colspan="4" |In the second week of the Winter War, during multiple counteroffensives, including the famous Sausage War, the Finnish Defence Forces dash any hopes of a quick victory that the Red Army and Stalin might have had.
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|Trouble in China
|017
|December 22 1939
|December 22 2018
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| colspan="4" |While the Winter War continues with a Soviet armoured attack at Summa and the Lähde Road and the British attack the Germans from the skies in the first official aerial battle of World War Two, there's trouble in China. Chiang Kai Shek is looking for ways to gain a new advantage on the Japanese.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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|Stalin’s Unexpected Bedfellows
|018
|December 29 1939
|December 29 2018
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| colspan="4" |The Chinese Nationalists under command of Chiang Kai Shek is desperately looking to make new or restore old, allies to aid them in their fight against the Japanese. Meanwhile, the Soviets are still struggling to turn the Winter War against the Finnish in their favor.<ref></ref>
|}
==== 1940 ====
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!Episode No
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|The Finns Strike Again and Japan Strikes Back
|019
|January 5 1940
|January 5 2019
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| colspan="4" |In Finland the invading Red Army suffers catastrophic casualties, while in China the Nationalists are divided as Japan uses diplomacy to strike back.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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|The Red Army Regroups to Crush Finland
|020
|January 12 1940
|January 12 2019
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| colspan="4" |After the chaotic invasion and catastrophic losses of the first weeks of the Winter War, the Soviet Army has learnt their lesson. Further west the Wehrmacht is ready to move, as long as the skies stay clear.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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|Swedes not Sweden to Finland's Rescue
|021
|19 January 1940
|19 January 2019
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| colspan="4" |As the Winter War rolls on the only help the Finns are getting are from volunteers. The Western Allies still have their thoughts on Norway, little do they know that the Phoney War almost ends this week...<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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|The Enigma of Germany's Wartime Economy
|022
|26 January 1940
|26 January 2019
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| colspan="4" |This week shows the Allies first attempts to break the German Enigma code. Meanwhile, the German war economy shows some flaws and the Soviets are massing artillery in an effort to break the Finnish defences.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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|The Soviet Hammer Strikes Hard at Finland
|023
|February 2 1940
|February 9 2019
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| colspan="4" |The Soviet forces revive their winter offensive this week. More men, more tanks and more artillery are brought in to try to force a breakthrough in the Finnish lines. Meanwhile, Churchill encounters resistance to his plan to cut of the German iron trade with Sweden. <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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|Stalemate in China, Bombs over Finland
|024
|February 9 1940
|February 9 2019
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| colspan="4" |While the Winter War rages on in Finland, Japan is confronted with a dilemma. Keep fighting the Chinese and face huge problems feeding the populace in Japan and their newly conquered territories or withdraw and face your own populace to whom you've promised a glorious victory. <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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|Finland’s Desperate Fight
|025
|February 16 1940
|February 16 2019
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| colspan="4" |After more than a week of preliminary bombardments and attacks, the Red Army finally attacks the Finnish defensive positions on the Karelian Isthmus en masse. They throw thousands of troops at the Finns at the entire width of their lines, even exceeding them. The Finns defend the best as they can, but their winning streak seems to come to an end.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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|Manstein Makes a Plan and Hitler has a Man Crush
|026
|February 23 1940
|February 23 2019
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| colspan="4" |German General Erich von Manstein has a cunning plan. And as it happens, it's just how Hitler likes it. This week, the German war plans change quite drastically. In the meantime, the Soviet Red Army continues it push through the Finnish Mannerheim line, except for a stubborn Finnish pocket of resistance at Taipale.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
|}
=== Specials ===
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!Upload date
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|Development of the Panzer Arm to 1939
|September 28 2018
|Uploaded on "The_chieftain" YouTube channel
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| colspan="3" |Synchronising in with the World War Two channel as they go over the German invasion of Poland, a discussion of how the Germans went from "Bad Germans, no tanks!" to "What hit us?" in the period between 1918 and 1939.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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|Development of the British Tank Arm, 1918-1939
|January 5 2019
|Uploaded on "The_chieftain" YouTube channel
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| colspan="3" |The second in the series of videos discussing how various nations spent the time in between the two wars analyzing what did or did not work for their tank doctrines, how they were developed, and what they came up with. This video (obviously) looks at the British, where budgets and votes were far more important than tank capability.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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|The T-26 and Tank Warfare in Finland and China
|January 28 2019
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| colspan="3" |The T-26 tank was one of the most frequently used tanks during the first battles of World War Two. It saw action in the Soviet Union, Finland and China. In our first collaborative video with the Tank Museum in Bovington, UK, David Willey and David Fletcher talk about the development, production and action of the this tank. <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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|Development of French Armoured Doctrine, 1918-1939
|February 16 2019
|Uploaded on "The_chieftain" YouTube channel
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| colspan="3" |The tour of the various powers continues, now looking into the rather unfortunate state of affairs which controlled how the French would decide to fight the next war against Germany. Again, in support of the WW2 Channel...<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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