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James Holland

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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American History Hit
1945: America & Victory in Europe

But where they have the most, they have the densest radio network of any nation on the planet by 1939. And they've been really, really cunning. So in the early 1930s, for example, they create the Deutsche Fanger, which is a German radio. And then they create the Deutsche Kleinen Fanger.

American History Hit
1945: America & Victory in Europe

But where they have the most, they have the densest radio network of any nation on the planet by 1939. And they've been really, really cunning. So in the early 1930s, for example, they create the Deutsche Fanger, which is a German radio. And then they create the Deutsche Kleinen Fanger.

American History Hit
1945: America & Victory in Europe

But where they have the most, they have the densest radio network of any nation on the planet by 1939. And they've been really, really cunning. So in the early 1930s, for example, they create the Deutsche Fanger, which is a German radio. And then they create the Deutsche Kleinen Fanger.

American History Hit
1945: America & Victory in Europe

Which is the German little radio. And this is about as revolutionary when it comes in in 1935 as the arrival of the iPod. Up until that point, radios are aspirational and they kind of come with a sort of walnut veneer and, you know, you only get them if you're middle class. But what Germany realizes is if they control the whole media, then they can start to really... warp people's minds.

American History Hit
1945: America & Victory in Europe

Which is the German little radio. And this is about as revolutionary when it comes in in 1935 as the arrival of the iPod. Up until that point, radios are aspirational and they kind of come with a sort of walnut veneer and, you know, you only get them if you're middle class. But what Germany realizes is if they control the whole media, then they can start to really... warp people's minds.

American History Hit
1945: America & Victory in Europe

Which is the German little radio. And this is about as revolutionary when it comes in in 1935 as the arrival of the iPod. Up until that point, radios are aspirational and they kind of come with a sort of walnut veneer and, you know, you only get them if you're middle class. But what Germany realizes is if they control the whole media, then they can start to really... warp people's minds.

American History Hit
1945: America & Victory in Europe

It's the same as taking over Twitter or something. So what you do is you have this radio, which is nine inches by four inches by four inches, made of Bakelite, super cheap. And even if those who can't afford it, you put them in stairwells and apartment blocks and in public squares and all the rest of it. And you're just churning out the same old nonsense the whole time.

American History Hit
1945: America & Victory in Europe

It's the same as taking over Twitter or something. So what you do is you have this radio, which is nine inches by four inches by four inches, made of Bakelite, super cheap. And even if those who can't afford it, you put them in stairwells and apartment blocks and in public squares and all the rest of it. And you're just churning out the same old nonsense the whole time.

American History Hit
1945: America & Victory in Europe

It's the same as taking over Twitter or something. So what you do is you have this radio, which is nine inches by four inches by four inches, made of Bakelite, super cheap. And even if those who can't afford it, you put them in stairwells and apartment blocks and in public squares and all the rest of it. And you're just churning out the same old nonsense the whole time.

American History Hit
1945: America & Victory in Europe

So it is partly Hitlerian speeches with Spittel and all the rest of it, but it's also kind of light comedy moments. And it's sort of, you know, Wagner as well and other speeches and other talk programs and discussion programs. But the subliminal message is the same. We're cool. We're German. We're the best in the world militarily. Jews are awful. Bolsheviks, communists are awful. Slavs are awful.

American History Hit
1945: America & Victory in Europe

So it is partly Hitlerian speeches with Spittel and all the rest of it, but it's also kind of light comedy moments. And it's sort of, you know, Wagner as well and other speeches and other talk programs and discussion programs. But the subliminal message is the same. We're cool. We're German. We're the best in the world militarily. Jews are awful. Bolsheviks, communists are awful. Slavs are awful.

American History Hit
1945: America & Victory in Europe

So it is partly Hitlerian speeches with Spittel and all the rest of it, but it's also kind of light comedy moments. And it's sort of, you know, Wagner as well and other speeches and other talk programs and discussion programs. But the subliminal message is the same. We're cool. We're German. We're the best in the world militarily. Jews are awful. Bolsheviks, communists are awful. Slavs are awful.

American History Hit
1945: America & Victory in Europe

It is our destiny to take over the world. We need to do it. We're top dogs. And it just people start if you repeat stuff enough. People believe it. So the reason they're still going is because Hitler has this grip and because they've all bought into it to start off with.

American History Hit
1945: America & Victory in Europe

It is our destiny to take over the world. We need to do it. We're top dogs. And it just people start if you repeat stuff enough. People believe it. So the reason they're still going is because Hitler has this grip and because they've all bought into it to start off with.

American History Hit
1945: America & Victory in Europe

It is our destiny to take over the world. We need to do it. We're top dogs. And it just people start if you repeat stuff enough. People believe it. So the reason they're still going is because Hitler has this grip and because they've all bought into it to start off with.

American History Hit
1945: America & Victory in Europe

Then suddenly there's this halfway point, which is early 1943 in the surrender of Stalingrad, when everyone suddenly thinks, ah, OK, we're not going to win here. So then it's kind of everyone's maximum effort. And if you don't do the maximum effort, you're going to have the Russian hordes coming here and they're going to rape and pillage and, you know, savage you.

American History Hit
1945: America & Victory in Europe

Then suddenly there's this halfway point, which is early 1943 in the surrender of Stalingrad, when everyone suddenly thinks, ah, OK, we're not going to win here. So then it's kind of everyone's maximum effort. And if you don't do the maximum effort, you're going to have the Russian hordes coming here and they're going to rape and pillage and, you know, savage you.

American History Hit
1945: America & Victory in Europe

Then suddenly there's this halfway point, which is early 1943 in the surrender of Stalingrad, when everyone suddenly thinks, ah, OK, we're not going to win here. So then it's kind of everyone's maximum effort. And if you don't do the maximum effort, you're going to have the Russian hordes coming here and they're going to rape and pillage and, you know, savage you.

American History Hit
1945: America & Victory in Europe

And it's going to be Armageddon, which I warned you about. So what's the alternative? You know, so that's why they're keeping on fighting. Fear mentality.

American History Hit
1945: America & Victory in Europe

And it's going to be Armageddon, which I warned you about. So what's the alternative? You know, so that's why they're keeping on fighting. Fear mentality.