6. War Lords Anonymous

Unlike the subjects of AJP Taylor's other lectures, Japan had no single figure to direct the war effort. Taylor considers Japan's reasons for entering the Second World War and e ...

26-05-2025

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5. Franklin D Roosevelt

AJP Taylor examines Franklin Delano Roosevelt's role in the Second World War, explaining how personal decisions he made changed the course of the conflict, assessing his relatio ...

26-05-2025

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4. Stalin

AJP Taylor, the renowned British historian, appraises the performance of World War II leaders, delivering his lectures to camera and without an autocue. In this episode, Taylor ...

19-05-2025

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3. Winston Churchill

19-05-2025

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2. Hitler

The renowned and respected historian AJP Taylor analyses the career of Adolf Hitler - from the birth of his political career to his suicide in 1945 - in this series about the wa ...

12-05-2025

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1. Mussolini

AJP Taylor describes the careers of the 'war lords' who dominated the Second World War. This episode looks at Mussolini.

12-05-2025

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