Podcasts History School of War Ep 68: Peter H. Wilson on the Military History of the German-Speaking Peoples

Ep 68: Peter H. Wilson on the Military History of the German-Speaking Peoples

Published: April 11, 2023, 10 a.m.

Peter H. Wilson, Chichele Professor of the History of War at All Souls, Oxford, and author of Iron and Blood: A Military History of the German-Speaking Peoples since 1500, joins the show to talk about Germany, Germans, and German-speakers at war.\n\u25aa\ufe0f\nTimes\xa0\n\t\u2022\t01:52 Introduction\xa0\n\t\u2022\t03:07 A dominance myth?\xa0\n\t\u2022\t06:58 The Holy Roman Empire\xa0\n\t\u2022\t10:33 HRE longevity\n\t\u2022\t12:38 The Thirty Years War\n\t\u2022\t15:31 Westphalia\n\t\u2022\t21:24 Prussia rising\n\t\u2022\t24:09 Prussia and Austria\xa0\n\t\u2022\t27:56 Napoleon\xa0\n\t\u2022\t31:43 The Imperial legacy\xa0\n\t\u2022\t34:42 Bismarck\u2019s wars \xa0\n\t\u2022\t37:06 1914 vs 1940\xa0\n\t\u2022\t40:03 Blitzkrieg