James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles | Lex Fridman Podcast #470

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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*OUTLINE:*
0:00 – Episode highlight
0:26 – Introduction
1:13 – World War II
11:11 – Lebensraum and Hitler ideology
18:23 – Operation Barbarossa
34:36 – Hitler vs Europe
56:22 – Joseph Goebbels
1:06:17 – Hitler before WW2
1:11:12 – Hitler vs Chamberlain
1:33:18 – Invasion of Poland
1:37:55 – Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
1:45:56 – Winston Churchill
2:09:56 – Most powerful military in WW2
2:32:18 – Tanks
2:42:17 – Battle of Stalingrad
2:55:09 – Concentration camps
3:04:40 – Battle of Normandy
3:18:32 – Lessons from WW2

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