Month: September 2020

211: 1919 – Germany II

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SMS Bayern sinking off Scapa Flow after being scuttled by her crew.

After the German Revolution, the new democratic government was feeling pretty good. Woodrow Wilson had said America’s quarrel was with the Kaiser, not the German people, and they were the representatives of the German people.

They looked forward to a generous peace offer, based on the Fourteen Points. They were dreaming.

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Fanfare

Opening Theme

Symphony No. 2
Composed in 1802 by Ludwig van Beethoven. Public domain.
Public domain recording. Source.

Closing Theme 


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210: 1919 – Germany I

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Rosa Luxemburg.

Following the abdication (or deposition) of Kaiser Wilhelm II, Germany was declared a republic. But what kind of republic would it be?

In a split reminiscent of Russia in 1917, the central government was in the hands of Reichstag deputies, who administered the old Imperial bureaucracy, while across the country, workers’ councils, like the Russian soviets, were taking power locally.

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Fanfare

Opening Theme

Symphony No. 1
Composed in 1800 by Ludwig van Beethoven. Public domain.
Public domain recording. Source.

Closing Theme 


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209: 1919 – Ireland III

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A British cavalry regiment boards a ship departing Ireland in 1922.

With no end in sight to the fighting, the British government and the Irish Republic negotiate a compromise solution.

But the peace agreement is itself controversial in Ireland and sparks further bloodshed and a bitter legacy.

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Fanfare

Opening Theme

“Limerick Jig”

Closing Theme 


Except when otherwise indicated, the contents of this podcast are © and ℗ 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 by Mark Painter, all rights reserved. Some music and sound effects used by arrangement with Pond 5.