{"id":5849,"date":"2025-02-26T16:59:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T13:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=5849"},"modified":"2025-03-07T17:00:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T14:00:40","slug":"was-hitler-a-gambler-or-a-planner-in-foreign-affairs-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/uncategorized\/was-hitler-a-gambler-or-a-planner-in-foreign-affairs-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Was Hitler a Gambler, or a Planner, in foreign affairs?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/creators.spotify.com\/pod\/show\/russel-tarr\/episodes\/Was-Hitler-a-Gambler--or-a-Planner--in-foreign-affairs-e2vrbvp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This podcast<\/a><\/strong> Investigates the question &#8220;Was Hitler a gambler, or a planner, in foreign affairs?&#8221;.<br \/>Makes references to AJP Taylor and Hugh Trevor-Roper in particular.<br \/>Find evidence on both sides of the argument, considering:<br \/>Remilitarisation of the Rhineland<br \/>Anschluss<br \/>Sudeten Crisis, Munich Conference<br \/>Invasion of Czechoslovakia<br \/>Nazi-Soviet Pact<br \/>Invasion of Poland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This podcast Investigates the question &#8220;Was Hitler a gambler, or a planner, in foreign affairs?&#8221;.Makes references to AJP Taylor and Hugh Trevor-Roper in particular.Find evidence on both sides of the argument, considering:Remilitarisation of the RhinelandAnschlussSudeten Crisis, Munich ConferenceInvasion of CzechoslovakiaNazi-Soviet PactInvasion of Poland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5150,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/igcse-gcse-history\/was-hitler-a-gambler-or-a-planner-in-foreign-affairs-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":5849,"position":0},"title":"Was Hitler a Gambler, or a Planner, in Foreign Affairs?","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"November 9, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The Historiography of World War Two: Was Hitler a Gambler, or a Planner, in Foreign Affairs? 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