Western Civ

By the end of the Second World War, more than seventy million people across the globe had been killed, most of them civilians. Cities from Warsaw to Tokyo lay in ruins, and fully half of the world’s two billion people had been mobilized, enslaved, or displaced. In 1942 , historian Peter Fritzsche offers a gripping, ground-level portrait of the decisive year when World War II escalated to global ca...

In the span of one decade, Great Britain went from winning a war against France to fighting a war with its own colonies. This is that story. Western Civ 2.0 Free Trial

Over the course of roughly three decades, Lithuania-Poland ceased to exist.  Western Civ 2.0 Free Trial

AKA the French and Indian War for those of you who ever took US History... Western Civ 2.0 Free Trial

A number of factors led into the Seven Years War. Here I break them down. Western Civ 2.0

Plus the Russo-Turkish War of 1710 and the founding of New Orleans. Support the Show!

Frederick I founds the Kingdom of Prussia and the Great Frost of 1709 grips Europe. Western Civ 2.0 Free Trial

Russia enters our story as a major power player under Peter the Great. Support the Show

I cover a few remaining issues from the year 1700 including the rise of Russian and the formation of Great Britain. Western Civ 2.0 Free Trial

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William of Orange supplants James II, the Stuart line ends, and with it, the English Civil War. Western Civ 2.0

The restored monarchy ends, but not with a bang. Charles II's death, however, thrusts the question of the succession front and center. Western Civ 2.0

We introduce Louis XIV. The French King quickly bribes his way into controlling Charles II. Western Civ 2.0

Enter stage left: the Restoration. Spoiler alert, it won't last long. Western Civ 2.0

Oliver Cromwell dies. His son is NOT a chip off the old block. And Charles II sees the Stuart line restored. Western Civ 2.0

Oliver Cromwell refuses the crown but agrees to become the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth.  Western Civ 2.0

Charles II is dead. England has no king. So now what? Western Civ 2.0

Charles II becomes the only king in English history to be executed by the state. Western Civ 2.0

Charles' inability to raise men and capital finally dooms his cause and he surrenders to the Scottish army rather than fall into the hands of Parliament.  Western Civ 2.0

The King begins the war with a run of successes. Arguably, Charles squanders them. Western Civ 2.0 Free Trial

For the first time terms Cavalier and Roundhead come into the vernacular. Charles decides the time for negotiation is over. And the English Civil War begins. Join Western Civ 2.0 for More Content!

Charles begins to rule without his key advisor. It doesn't go well... Western Civ 2.0 Free Trial

The first casualty of the English Civil War could be said to be the Earl of Strafford.  Western Civ 2.0

The dam finally breaks in Scotland where discontent over Charles' religious policies ends his period of personal rule. Support the Show!

Charles continues his period of personal rule. He successfully demands ship money from England, but unsuccessfully tries to rein in the Scottish church. Western Civ 2.0