Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUYK0BJZF3yNb2fw1EdAXUQ/join Our whole series on the Nazis can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbAHi3fZpuGxEWIhEho-xuMhe7MRXGKG What was Adolf Hitler’s next move, after occupying Czechoslovakia in March 1939, and brutally invading Poland that September? Why did the Allies fail to act, despite the Nazis shocking offensive? And, would an assassination plot from within Germany itself prove to be Hitler’s undoing? Join Dominic and Tom as they launch into the Second World War, as Hitler and the Nazis escalate their war on Europe. Hive. Know your power. Visit https://hivehome.com to find out more. Is your door in the draw? Sign up by midnight 30th November at https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/trackclk/N1402925.5602654GOALHANGERPODCAS/B34414951.432459328;dc_trk_aid=625863262;dc_trk_cid=243981865;dc_lat=;dc_rdid=;tag_for_child_directed_treatment=;tfua=;ltd=;dc_tdv=1. People’s Postcode Lottery manages lotteries on behalf of good causes, 18 plus, conditions apply, play responsibly, not available in Northern Ireland. Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Social channels: https://www.instagram.com/theresthistory/ https://www.tiktok.com/@theresthistory https://x.com/TheRestHistory https://bsky.app/profile/theresthistory.bsky.social https://www.threads.com/@theresthistory 00:00 Intro 00:20 Hive 01:48 Hitler’s Reichstag speech, October 1939 03:20 Poland conquered and Hitler’s “peace” offer to Britain and France 08:17 Invasion of Poland and the Phoney War in the West 16:06 Hitler’s sham peace proposal rejected 19:22 Germany’s fragile economy 23:03 Generals’ doubts 33:01 Case Yellow ordered then postponed by bad weather 34:45 People’s Postcode Lottery 38:34 Life on the German home front 43:26 Georg Elser’s meticulous bomb plot at the Bürgerbräukeller 57:05 The road to Blitzkrieg 1:02:26 Towards Norway, France and Blitzkrieg; radicalisation of Nazi policy & outro Video Editor: Jack Meek Social Producer: Harry Balden Assistant Producer: Aaliyah Akude Producer: Tabby Syrett Senior Producer: Theo Young-Smith Executive Producer: Dom Johnson