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Patreon Premiere - Road to WW2: 1937 (Patreon)

Published:
2026-01-23 17:44:01
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2026-07-29 10:00:01
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2026-09
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Dear Patron,

We're delighted to share the new episode of our World War Two series - 1937. It's a year that sees Stalin's 'Great Purge' reach its terrifying crescendo, Spanish Republican forces win a victory at Guadalajara, while for the first time, Hitler shares his long term vision for the Reich with top aides and generals, as described in the 'Hossbach Memorandum'. Meanwhile in Asia, a full scale Japanese invasion of China warrants the question - is this the year World War Two actually started?

We faced a dilemma for this video - either a VERY long 1937-38 video, or two shorter videos, one for each year. I feel we've delivered some very large videos in recent months, so I trust you will forgive us for choosing option 2! So this video is slightly shorter than usual, but on the flip side - we're already animating '1938'.

Lots of great videos in the pipeline - don't forget to check out the latest schedule news on the Epic History Blackboard (see 'Chats' section). More updates and sneak peeks in next week's newsletter!

Thanks as always for your brilliant support.

Toby

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KrivaDoktor

Finally, long waited episode! 🔥

TankerBricks

Finally! 1937 is here with all it's shock and horrors.... I hope the 1938 Battle of Teruel in the Spanish Civil War gets a mention in 1938, fought amidst brutal winter conditions, with house to house fighting.

dylan peltier

Good episode but too short I have to say

Robert Carriere

Yeah, I understand why though, as it primarily focuses on 1937

Timothy Fisher

Does this also mean that you’ll now be covering each year individually? Because I think that’s the right way to go with this series now.

Discorules

These episodes are very well done. I can actually feel the tension rise as the years progress.

EpicHistoryTV

Yes, although some years are going to be tough to fit into a single episode..

EpicHistoryTV

I would like to take all credit for this analogy, but in fact it's borrowed from the Australian historian of the USSR, Sheila Fitzpatrick.

Eli Khanam

I watched Dead to Rights and City of Life and Death last year, and hearing about the Rape of Nanking again brings back so many vivid memories of watching them. Although I've always loved Japanese media and culture, I really wish the modern Japan education system would take a cue from Germany and teach about the atrocities they committed during WW2, instead of minimising or not mentioning them at all. Yes it contributes to why Germans today have some of the lowest national pride, but at least there are less incidents like when many Japanese celebrities mention praying at Yasukuni Shrine for good fortunes, completely unaware that over a thousand convicted war criminals are commemorated there. Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat the same mistakes.

Mohammed Alsaadoon

I think Japan's approach is better. In Germany, there is now this sort twisted victim complex where they browbeat anyone from a supposed position of moral superiority whenever atrocities occur. It also leads to a strange sort protectionism around Israel where even outwardly extreme-left organizations to rally against any criticism of the War in Gaza. Like the popular tweet says: "the way germans talk with moral authority about genocide, you'd swear that the Nazis were overthrown by popular internal revolt instead of having to be stopped by a combination of world powers most of whom were at that time only slightly less genocidal than Germany itself"

Mohammed Alsaadoon

I'm surprised that a small mention to Picasso's painting of Guernica is not mentioned since it was one of the major cultural pieces bringing attention to the Spanish Civil War. The Hindenburg, in comparison, is quite irrelevant to the video.

Stuart Walker

Another episode which makes me realise that there is so much to learn about. It is also so illuminating to see events in a clear chronological order and to understand how incidents which you know about in isolation are all connected. Great work.

Stuart Walker

With such a vast subject it is always going to be difficult to decide what to include and what to leave out. The impact of WW2 on art and culture is probably worthy of a massive series in itself. I didn’t realise that the Hindenburg disaster was the first major disaster on film. It is really relevant as it shows how film would change people’s understanding of what was happening in the world. No longer would people just rely on descriptions in newspapers but they could see it for themselves. Film changed the world and would play such an important part in WW2.

EpicHistoryTV

We included the Hindenburg as it's one of the most famous pieces of newsreel in history. Although not directly relevant to the WW2 timeline, I think it's an iconic moment that people will find interesting to see placed in historical context. I was very tempted to include Picasso's painting, but we were short on space, and the painting itself is still in copyright.

EpicHistoryTV

Great to hear - that's almost exactly the aim of the series!

Stuart Carver

No one’s perfect but I think Japan has some way to go. Try getting into some of their war archives…you can’t, and it was a little unnerving to see some of the people who were honoured at memorials in Tokyo. Contrast that to visiting Auschwitz-Birkenau and seeing German school children on school trips. I think I’d take the latter.

MitchyCool

FDR was a cousin-lover.

Ryan White

Perhaps for some of those years, if they get too big, you could split off videos focusing on particular subjects? Looking at the first year of Operation Barbarossa, or the North African campaign for example, they could then be done in as much depth as with your Napoleonic series.

EpicHistoryTV

Nice idea, but the aim of this series is slightly different - more of a strategic, global overview of the war, to help viewers understand the bigger picture. If we get too involved in specific campaigns, the series will fail in its main purpose. But more detailed accounts of specific campaigns might be something we do later.